Source: Twitch Helix API (Get Streams). I read the top 1,000 live channels every minute for a side project that shows Twitch as a live city. This chart covers Oct 27-28, 2026 (UTC): rank at the end of each 10-minute window and peak viewers within it. Tool: node-canvas (JavaScript), drawn by hand, no chart library.

What surprised me:

  • 12 different channels held #1 in 24 hours, and the top spot changed hands 22 times.
  • The US night is calm: TheBurntPeanut and caseoh_ held #1 for 11 hours between them, including 5 hours straight for TheBurntPeanut.
  • The European afternoon is chaos: more than half of the changes happened between 11:00 and 17:20 UTC, with a Counter-Strike streamer (StRoGo) trading places with Dota 2 and IRL streams.
  • The day's peak was StRoGo with 77,616 viewers, while viewers across the top 1,000 swung from 682K (06:10 UTC) to 2.3M (19:30 UTC).

The live version, updated every minute: https://miltorres.com/?ref=lemmy-oc24

Line chart of the ranks of Twitch's top 10 live channels every 10 minutes over 24 hours (Oct 27-28, 2026, UTC), with a strip showing who was #1 and an area chart of total viewers across the top 1,000. TheBurntPeanut and caseoh_ hold #1 through the US night; in the European afternoon StRoGo, Dota 2 and IRL streams swap the top spot many times. Viewers range from 682K to 2.3M.
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[–] 11 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Really bad title. I thought the channel that was at the top changed hands 22 times.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

    Fair point, that reads like the channel got sold 22 times. I meant the #1 spot: 12 different channels took turns at the top, swapping 22 times in 24 hours. I'll word it better next time.

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