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Top 10 most watched and trending channels of the week

Top 10 most watched and trending channels of the week

InfluencerUpdate.biz has teamed up with esports and streaming analytics firm Stream Hatchet to bring you weekly charts of the most popular games and creators in the streaming space.

This chart documents the most-watched channels by hours across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Mixer and Facebook.

Each week we'll be documenting the top ten most-watched channels across all the major streaming platforms, so you can see which creators are growing and which ones are in decline. The chart also shows the games they've played most that week. Check out our chart covering the top ten most-watched games of the week here.

This chart covers the week commencing November 11th.

Most-watched channels

This week's top channel is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - a YouTube spot dedicated to covering the mobile title of the same name.

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) World Championship 2019 took place last weekend, which caused a view spike on related channels. The channel racked up over 6.2 million hours watched.

Last week's number 1, Free Fire - Brasil, is knocked down to second place despite a 10.1 per cent rise in views. The channel is still going strong with Garena Free Fire esports coverage. Third place goes to Mobile Legends: Bang Bang ID - another YouTube channel focusing on MLBB and its events.

Twitch's loltyler1 is the first individual creator on the board this week, and he takes fourth place after a 239.5 per cent rise in views. The long-time League of Legends pro racked up around 1.8 million hours watched last week.

 xQcOW on Twitch keeps fifth place with a return to Overwatch. The streamer saw a spike last week after turning to Death Stranding but is now back on his regular OW grind. ESL_CSGO on Twitch is in sixth place after a 13.1 per cent rise in hours watched. 

PathofExile on Twitch is a new entry in seventh with 1.4 million hours watched over the last week. During ExileCon last weekend, PoE developer Grinding Games unveiled that Path of Exile 2 is on the way.

Garena Lien Quan Mobile, a YouTube channel focused on Arena of Valor, falls one place to eighth following a 5.9 per cent decrease in views. Twitch's top Warcraft streamer Asmongold pops back into the top 10 following a 6.3  per cent rise in hours watched last week.

Dota2RuHub is a new entry in tenth for last week - the Twitch channel racked up around 1.1 million hours watched with ongoing coverage of the Dota 2 esports scene. 

Trending by views and followers

The chart below shows the top 10 channels and creators trending by the number of followers or views they have gained in the last week. 

Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.