xQc's Streamer Tier List: Every Name in Every Tier
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xQc spent part of his August 18 broadcast ranking the biggest names in streaming into tiers — 37 of them, from S down to F. He put himself in S. He put Ninja in F. Clips did the rest of the work overnight. Here is the complete list.
When
August 18, 2026
Peak viewers
31,281
Streamers ranked
37 names
Top tier
S — five names
The Full Tier List
5 names
7 names
8 names
10 names
5 names
2 names
What the List Actually Reflects
There were no published criteria, and the tiers do not track viewership cleanly. The S tier — IShowSpeed, Jynxzi, xQc, Kai Cenat, CaseOh — is roughly the group that dominates raw concurrents right now, so that part reads as a relevance ranking. Below it, the logic loosens: veterans who still pull large audiences sit in C, while several names in A and B are considerably smaller than the people ranked beneath them.
The two placements doing the numbers are the bottom ones. Ninja in F is the sort of call that guarantees a news cycle given his standing in streaming history, and the D tier — Pokimane, Amouranth, BruceDropEmOff, Esfand, Emiru — reads more like a comment on current output than on career. Either way, it is one streamer's live opinion, delivered off the cuff, not a measurement of anything.
The Stream Behind It
The tier list came out of a marathon session on August 18 that ran past ten hours and peaked at 31,281 concurrent viewers, per Streams Charts. That is a routine night by his standards — the reach came afterwards, from clips, which is increasingly how tier-list segments travel: cheap to produce, endlessly quotable, and guaranteed to pull a response from everyone named.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who did xQc put in S tier?
Five names: IShowSpeed, Jynxzi, xQc himself, Kai Cenat and CaseOh. That is the entire S tier.
What is xQc's full streamer tier list?
S: IShowSpeed, Jynxzi, xQc, Kai Cenat, CaseOh. A: Tyler1, Agent00, ohnePixel, Ice Poseidon, JasonTheWeen, YourRAGE, Lacy. B: Sodapoppin, Erobb221, Cinna, Maya, ExtraEmily, Adapt, PlaqueBoyMax, Summit1g. C: Asmongold, Destiny, Trainwreckstv, MoistCr1TiKaL, Forsen, Nmplol, DDG, Jakenbake, HasanAbi, Pokelawls. D: Pokimane, Amouranth, BruceDropEmOff, Esfand, Emiru. F: Mitch Jones, Ninja.
When did xQc make his streamer tier list?
On his August 18, 2026 broadcast, a marathon session of more than ten hours that peaked at 31,281 concurrent viewers according to Streams Charts. Clips of the segment spread the following morning.
Where did xQc rank himself?
S tier, alongside IShowSpeed, Jynxzi, Kai Cenat and CaseOh — which is roughly the group he is usually measured against on raw viewership.
Did xQc put Ninja in F tier?
Yes. Ninja and Mitch Jones were the only two names placed in F, the bottom tier of the list.
Where did xQc rank Pokimane, Amouranth and Emiru?
All three landed in D tier, together with BruceDropEmOff and Esfand.
Is the xQc tier list a ranking of skill or popularity?
Neither, formally. It is one streamer's off-the-cuff opinion given live on stream, without published criteria, and it mixes current relevance, viewership and personal taste. It is worth reading as commentary rather than a measurement.