Top gaming creators to follow in 2026

Key facts from the table

• PewDiePie has the most subscribers of any gaming-first creator, at 109 million, and his channel dates from April 2010.
• IShowSpeed, created in March 2016, now sits second at 62.1 million.
• MrBeast Gaming reached 61 million subscribers from a start in April 2020, the youngest channel in the top five.
• Techno Gamerz, created in August 2017, is the biggest Hindi-language gaming channel on the list.

Why MrBeast and 5-Minute Crafts sit at the top of the full list

Our full ranking is in the gaming category, and it includes two very large channels that are not mainly about games:

• [MrBeast](/c/mrbeast): 524 million subscribers on his main channel, which makes challenge videos. His gaming channel, MrBeast Gaming, has 61 million.
• [5-Minute Crafts](/c/5-minute-crafts): 80.5 million subscribers. It is a brand account with craft and life-hack videos.

They lead on combined reach, so they appear first in the ranked list. If you want gaming-first creators only, use the table above.

If "gamer" means a creator whose main content is games, the top 10 by YouTube subscribers on 31 October 2026 start with the nine names above. Rankings that put MrBeast first are counting his main channel, which is not a gaming channel. Rankings that count Twitch followers put Kai Cenat higher, because Twitch is his main platform:

1. Kai Cenat: 21.6 million Twitch followers (Wikipedia, updated 26 October 2026).
2. Ninja: well known for Fortnite streams on Twitch, with 23.5 million YouTube subscribers.

Different platforms give different winners. That is why every number on this page names its platform and date.

Age also matters. Felipe Neto's channel dates from May 2006 and Jacksepticeye's from February 2007, so both have had nearly two decades to grow. Felipe Neto has over 20 billion views and Jacksepticeye nearly 17.8 billion. Newer channels such as MrBeast Gaming (2020) and IShowSpeed (2016) have caught up much faster, which shows how quickly gaming audiences now move to new creators. A "top 10" list from a few years ago would look quite different from this one.

Gaming creators do different jobs, and brands should pick by type, not just size.

• Let's play and commentary: PewDiePie, Markiplier and Jacksepticeye built their channels on playing games with commentary.
• Live streamers: Kai Cenat, IShowSpeed and Ninja are best known for live streams.
• Regional gaming creators: Techno Gamerz makes gaming videos in Hindi; Felipe Neto reaches a Portuguese-speaking audience.
• Challenge gaming: MrBeast Gaming turns games into large challenge videos.

Top gaming creators in India and Canada

India has some of the biggest gaming channels in the world. See our gaming influencers in India list. For Canada, see gaming influencers in Canada. For the whole category, see the gaming category.

The same creator can look very different from one platform to the next. Here is how platform choice shapes the top of each list:

• YouTube: rewards long-running channels with big back catalogues. PewDiePie has 29.5 billion views on 4,668 videos.
• Twitch: rewards live streamers. Kai Cenat has 21.6 million Twitch followers but 8.26 million YouTube subscribers.
• Combined reach: rewards creators active everywhere. That is why our ranked list puts MrBeast first.

Pick the platform that matches your question. "Who has the most subscribers?" and "Who is the most popular streamer?" have different answers.

Subscriber count is only one signal. When you compare game content creators for a campaign, look at these:

1. Views per video: a channel with fewer subscribers but steady views can outperform a bigger, quieter channel.
2. Platform: a Twitch-first streamer reaches people live; a YouTube creator reaches people through search and recommendations.
3. Language: a Hindi or Portuguese creator reaches a very different audience from an English one.
4. Game fit: a creator known for horror games is a poor fit for a sports title.
5. Age of audience: some gaming audiences are young, which affects what you can advertise.

Markiplier, for example, has 39 million subscribers and over 24 billion views. That is a lot of views per subscriber, which suggests a loyal audience that keeps watching.

Our ranked list was last refreshed with YouTube checks between September and late October 2026. Most counts were unchanged when we re-read them on 31 October 2026. MrBeast's main channel rose from 523 million (26 October) to 524 million. YouTube rounds subscriber counts on large channels, so small changes do not show. For day-to-day changes, open each creator's Social Blade page from the table.

We read each YouTube count from Social Blade, which pulls from YouTube, on 31 October 2026. Kai Cenat's Twitch figure comes from Wikipedia, last updated on 26 October 2026, because Twitch does not show follower counts to outside readers. We did not estimate any numbers. The ranked list above this text uses combined reach across platforms, so the order there can differ from the YouTube table. For outside reference, you can also check YouTube and Twitch directly.