Streaming News

iShowSpeed confirmed a North American IRL streaming tour across all 16 FIFA World Cup 2026 host cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Opening match stream kicks off June 13.

Kai Cenat officially confirmed Streamer University 2 is happening. Season 1 generated 23M+ hours watched on Twitch with 120 students and 17 professors. Applications now open at streameruniversity.com.

Team Peanut won the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026 with 75 points. Final standings: Team Ludwig 2nd (50pts), Team Adapt 3rd (40pts), Team Tyler1 4th (35pts). Four games across four weeks.

Twitch opened TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 with a major feature keynote: 1440p streaming for all Partners and Affiliates, Auto Clips, GIFs in chat, Moderator Anniversaries, and 3 new Unity Guilds.

Stake Ranked has launched viewer Drops for its CS2 tournament on Kick. Earn raffle tickets by watching — 1 per hour, up to 69 max entries. Ends May 31, 2026.

PewDiePie and Marzia will stop uploading their family vlog series in September 2026 after nearly four years in Japan. The 3-year-old son Björn's right to choose his own online presence was the deciding factor.

France defeated England 4-3 in Eleven All Stars 2026 at Parc des Princes on May 24. The event peaked at over 1 million concurrent viewers across Twitch and YouTube.

France defeated England 62-61 in the Crunch Creator 2026 influencer rugby match on May 23 at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux, led by Diego (@djaysonkaravane).

11 top-rated gifts for Twitch streamers, TikTokers, and IRL creators across every budget. From a $15 silent desk fan to the Elgato Stream Deck — all available on Amazon.

Kick announced on May 22 that it is updating its front page with a new homepage layout, signaling ongoing investment in viewer discovery features that could impact creator visibility and audience growth.

Streams Charts reports Baller League USA Season 1 peaked at 176,488 viewers with 2.86M hours watched across 14 channels. WestCOL led on Kick (76K), IShowSpeed on YouTube (56K), xQc on Twitch (27K).

Jynxzi lost a high-stakes NBA 2K26 wager to LosPollosTV, who hit back-to-back half-court shots as LeBron James. The penalty: a 30-hour stream of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, releasing May 22.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani debuted a recurring Twitch Q&A series on May 21 at 4:10 PM ET — the first sitting US elected official to host a regularly scheduled show on Twitch. Watch at twitch.tv/nyc_mayor.

Drututt won Tyler1 All-Stars Week 10 on May 19 with a clean 3-0 sweep over Potent in the grand final. The event peaked at 27,000 viewers overall; loltyler1's Twitch channel hit 21K.

Dara's 'Bangaranga' gave Bulgaria its first-ever Eurovision win at the 70th Grand Final in Vienna. The official YouTube stream peaked at 1,257,465 concurrent viewers, down from 1,417,497 in 2025.