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Kai CenatTwitchFashion
Kai Cenat Put a Streamer Fashion Line on the New York Fashion Week Runway
Vivet, Kai Cenat's clothing brand, showed Collection I at Cipriani on September 12 — on the official NYFW schedule, with Ray, BruceDropEmOff, Duke Dennis and Chanel model Alton Mason walking. Twitch called it the first streamer-led fashion line to take on NYFW. His broadcast peaked at 126,665 concurrent viewers. The clothes, the prices and the nine months offline it cost him.
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FortniteVTuberTwitch
Ironmouse Is Getting a Fortnite Icon Series Skin — September 18
Epic confirmed Ironmouse for the Fortnite Icon Series, out September 18 at 5PM PT with two Outfits, two Emotes, a Pickaxe and a guitar. She is the first VTuber with a playable Icon Series Outfit — and she has zero recorded hours streaming Fortnite. The full set, release times by region, and why the announcement landing on day 13 of her charity subathon matters.
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NintendoViewershipEsports Charts
Zelda's 40th Anniversary Direct Peaked at 2.24M Viewers — Sixth-Biggest Showcase of 2026
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct peaked at 2,241,617 concurrent viewers and 1.82M hours watched in a single hour — sixth among 2026's gaming showcases and more than double Sony's State of Play five days earlier. The full ranking, the Japanese-language share that makes Nintendo showcases unlike anyone else's, and everything announced. Data by Esports Charts.
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BlizzConEsportsTwitch
BlizzCon 2026 Schedule: Every Stage, Both Days, and How to Watch It Free
The complete BlizzCon 2026 schedule for September 12-13 — both official grids, all seven stages, start times converted for the US, UK, Europe and APAC. Everything streams free on Twitch and YouTube with no virtual ticket, plus the viewership rewards for WoW, Diablo IV, Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm, and what the Opening Ceremony already revealed.
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StatisticsGamesDrops
Twitch State of Gaming 2026: 8.6 Billion Hours, and the Games and Streamers Behind Them
Twitch's State of Gaming 2026 report: 8.6 billion hours of gaming watched in eight months, with League of Legends, Counter-Strike, GTA V, VALORANT and World of Warcraft taking nearly 1.7B of them. Indie content up 51%, sandbox at 831M hours, Drops-tagged streams at 1.6B. Jynxzi led North America with 78M hours. Full numbers, top streamers per game and the top game in every region.
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AppleCo-streamingTwitch
Apple's iPhone Duo Keynote Peaked at 3.43M Viewers — Third-Biggest Apple Event Ever
Apple's September 9 keynote peaked at 3,433,996 concurrent viewers, 3,105,635 of them on Apple's own YouTube stream — third on Apple's all-time list, behind the September 7, 2022 record. It was also the first Apple event popular streamers co-streamed: IShowSpeed, xQc and ohnepixel reacted live to the $1,999 foldable. Data by Esports Charts.
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N3onAIKick
N3on Defends the AI Version of Himself That Keeps Streaming While He Sleeps
N3on switched his Kick channel to a 24/7 AI clone powered by GPT-6 Astra and Higgsfield, calling it his "last stream as a human being". After the sell-out accusations his defence opened with "first off, it's not AI". The quotes, why the world-first claim fails against Neuro-sama, and what Higgsfield is — including its $1M film contest closing September 14.
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KickRegulationJapan
Kick Blocks Its Slots & Casino Category in Japan — the Ninth Country to Lose It
Kick has geo-blocked its Slots & Casino category for viewers in Japan, joining Turkey, Indonesia, the UAE, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece and Australia. The category is Kick's third-biggest at around 188,000 concurrent viewers. Why Japan's September 2025 law forced it, what the block actually hides, and why Greece is the cautionary tale.
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ZEventRecordsCharity
ZEvent 2026 Results: Record €32.9M Raised, 1.3M Peak Viewers at the Final Edition
The final ZEvent raised €32,891,874 — more than double the 2025 record — and peaked at 1,305,662 viewers, 4,635 short of the series high, with a record 26.18M hours watched across 354 channels. Totals by edition, the most-watched channels led by mastu at 476.8K, the official announcement, and where the €91M raised over ten editions goes.
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ZEventTwitch BadgeCharity
ZEvent 2026: The Final Edition — Dates, Where to Watch and How to Get the Twitch Badge
ZEvent runs September 4-6 for its tenth and final edition, after opening with a concert in Montpellier. Full schedule in every timezone, how to claim the free ZEVENT 2026 global Twitch badge, the 338 registered channels, the EUR 16.179M record from 2025, and why the money now goes to all 22 associations at once.
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TwitchCinnaSubscribers
Who Has the Most Subs on Twitch? Cinna Is Now #1 With 127K Active Subs
Twitch officially crowned Cinna the current most subbed streamer with 127,347 active subscriptions. The full top 10 leaderboard, why 95% of her subs are gifted, who actually leads on self-paid subs, the all-time record that still stands at 1,064,090, and who Cinna is.
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Mobile GamingAwardsVoting
GamingonPhone Awards 2026: All 28 Categories, Finalists & Voting Until September 21
Finalists are live across 28 categories and public polls close September 21, with winners revealed October 28 in Bangkok. The 50/40/10 jury-public-editorial weighting, the Mobile Game of the Year and mobile esports shortlists, and every category.
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Streamer AwardsQTCinderellaAwards
Streamer Awards 2026: Applications Open, 36 Categories, Show Set for November 12
The Streamer Awards opened 2026 applications on August 31. Show date is November 12 at 3PM PT, applications close October 2, public nominations run September 12 to October 2, and voting opens October 16 — but only content from November 8, 2025 to October 1, 2026 is eligible. Full category list and every deadline.
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Kai CenatAmong UsTwitch
Kai Cenat's Among Us Lobby: Full Lineup, Start Time and Where to Watch
Kai Cenat is running an Among Us lobby on August 29 at 3PM ET with Fanum, Pokimane, DDG, ExtraEmily, FlightReacts, YourRAGE, Silky, RayAsianBoy, Yonna, 2xRakai, ImDavisss and PrimatePaige. The full 13-player roster, start time in every timezone, and how to watch on Twitch and YouTube at once.
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RankingsIShowSpeedKai Cenat
Rolling Stone's 25 Most Influential Creators: Three Streamers in the Top Four
Rolling Stone's 2026 influence ranking puts IShowSpeed at #2, Hasan Piker at #3 and Kai Cenat at #4, behind only comedian Druski. Markiplier is #7 — and MrBeast, who tops every earnings list, is absent from all 25. Why follower counts didn't decide the order.
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