# Most Followed Twitch Streamers > The top 20 Twitch channels by followers, with exact counts measured live from Twitch's public API on July 6, 2026 — plus a tool to check any channel's current number yourself. Source: https://vodfetch.com/most-followed-twitch-streamers · Free to quote and cite with attribution to vodfetch. ## Top 20 by followers (measured July 6, 2026) 1. [KaiCenat](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/kaicenat) — 20,371,713 followers — most-followed since July 2025; first channel past 20 million 2. [ibai](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/ibai) — 19,854,004 followers — also holds the all-time viewer record (La Velada V, 9.33M peak) 3. [Ninja](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/ninja) — 19,256,291 followers — led Twitch from 2018 to July 2025 4. [auronplay](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/auronplay) — 17,016,206 followers 5. [Rubius](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/rubius) — 16,448,896 followers 6. [xQc](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/xqc) — 12,524,816 followers 7. **easyliker** — 12,300,344 followers — largely inactive channel — a reminder that follower counts alone don't equal viewership 8. [TheGrefg](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/thegrefg) — 12,285,644 followers 9. [juansguarnizo](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/juansguarnizo) — 11,672,931 followers 10. **Tfue** — 11,527,752 followers 11. [shroud](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/shroud) — 11,299,951 followers 12. [ElMariana](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/elmariana) — 11,015,135 followers 13. **edu90** — 10,802,962 followers 14. [Jynxzi](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/jynxzi) — 10,724,587 followers 15. [ElSpreen](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/elspreen) — 9,714,305 followers 16. [pokimane](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/pokimane) — 9,455,104 followers 17. [sodapoppin](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/sodapoppin) — 8,966,039 followers 18. [caseoh_](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/caseoh_) — 8,720,438 followers 19. [Clix](https://vodfetch.com/streamer/clix) — 8,583,700 followers 20. **alanzoka** — 8,055,938 followers ## How this list is measured Every number above is an exact total queried from Twitch's public API on July 6, 2026 — the same live lookup our follower-count tool performs. The candidate set comes from Wikipedia's list of most-followed Twitch channels (as of June 2026), re-measured channel by channel; the ranking reflects the exact totals at measurement time. Follower counts move every day. This page is refreshed with a new measurement date when we redeploy; for the current number of any channel, use the live follower-count checker — it queries Twitch at the moment you click. ## What follower counts do — and don't — tell you Following is free, so follower totals measure reach and history, not live popularity: some channels in every global top list stream rarely or not at all. Viewership (how many people actually watch) and subscriptions (paid, and not publicly countable — see our sub-counts page) are different metrics. That's also why we publish exactly what this is: a follower ranking with a measurement date — not a 'most popular streamers' claim. ## Frequently asked questions ### Who has the most followers on Twitch? Kai Cenat — 20,371,713 followers measured on July 6, 2026. He became the most-followed channel in July 2025, passing Ninja, and was the first past 20 million. ### How exact are these numbers? Exact to the follower at the stated measurement time (July 6, 2026), queried from Twitch's public API. They change daily — use the live checker for the current total of any channel. ### Why is Ninja no longer number one? Ninja led Twitch from 2018 until July 2025, when Kai Cenat passed him. Ibai also overtook Ninja in 2025–2026; the exact order at any moment depends on daily changes. ### Where can I check a channel's exact live count? Use vodfetch's free Twitch follower-count tool: type any channel name and it fetches the exact current total from Twitch's public API with a timestamp.