Erik “Gronkh” Range (45) has been by far the most successful streamer in Germany in the last 14 days. If you only look at the last 3 days, he is even twice as tall as second-placed Eliasn97 (25). The reason for the success is the new Steam game “Sons of the Forest”. Gronkh has a home game in the forest, he is number 1 in the world for survival games: The German gaming veteran was already enormously successful in 2018 with “The Forest”. His competitor wasn’t even streaming on Twitch at the time.
How successful is Gronkh right now? Gronkh, 45, has been more successful and relevant on Twitch than ever lately:
This puts him in first place in Germany, ahead of EliasN97 and the LoL streamer NoWay4U.
If you only look at the last 3 days, Gronkh has reached 1.09 million hours, twice as many viewer hours as runner-up EliasN97 (25), who has been the most successful German Twitch streamer overall since mid-2022. At that time, the Berliner finally overtook MontanaBlack, who led the German Twitch for years.
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How about the subscriptions? According to Twitch Tracker, Gronkh is in second place in terms of subscriptions, just behind EliasN97.
The reason for the sub-boom at Gronkh is apparently the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy, from which he emerged as a glorious winner. The supposed shitstorm brought him a lot of subscriptions and money that evening when he took a stand on it.
The fans apparently wanted to signal their support. Ultimately, Gronkh didn’t even show “Hogwarts Legacy” on Twitch.
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5 years after “The Forest” on YouTube, Gronkh now dominates Twitch
What is Gronkh so successful at now? With “Sons of the Forest.”
Gronkh is the most successful Sons of the Forest twitch streamer worldwide in the last 7 days, ahead of Trymacs, the Spaniard Rubius and xQc
He also plays the game the most. While xQc only watched 7 hours, Gronkh has already ripped off 30 hours in the last week.
For Eliasn97, however, Sons of the Forest is nothing.
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What advantage does Gronkh have in The Forest? In Germany, Gronkh is closely associated with “The Forest” because he played the previous game intensively, but then in the classic way as Let’s Play on YouTube.
On Twitch, Gronkh was in The Forest for a relatively short amount of time in 2018, 37 hours.
Eliasn97 has only been a regular live stream since 2021, in 2018 he was not on the air on Twitch.
Few of the most successful streamers on Twitch are older than 35
What’s so special? At 45, Gronkh is an exceptional appearance on Twitch. There are hardly any successful content creators older than 35. With DrDisrespect (40), one of the few “Ü40” stars disappeared from Twitch years ago.
Streamers like Ninja (31) are struggling to be relevant in their 30s after initial hype.
Gronkh has valuable tips on how to activate his “survival instincts”:
Most successful content creators, whether in Germany, the US or in Spanish-speaking countries, are in their late 20s or early 30s:
Gronkh is an example of a streamer who doesn’t need a hyped game to be relevant, but is watched for his personality and because fans associate so much with him. But when a game comes along that fits Gronkh perfectly, he can storm to the top of the charts.
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