The biggest streamers in January 2025

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The German-speaking area of ​​Twitch is huge and is home to many live streaming giants. We give you an overview of the five biggest male streamers in January 2025.

What kind of list is this? Determining the “biggest” and therefore probably most successful streamer of the month of January is not that easy. Finally, there are a few factors that make a Twitch streamer successful: watch time, viewers or followers.

We have decided to impose the following framework conditions on the Twitch streamers for our list:

  • The average number of viewers determines the ranking
  • The period is 30 days
  • The channel language is German, nationality does not matter
  • Commercial and/or event channels are excluded
  • Our source: sullygnome

    • 5th place: Zarbex

  • Name/Channel: Maik “Zarbex”
  • Average viewership: 14,898
  • Channel created on: December 22, 2018
  • Most Streamed Categories: Just Chatting, Sons of the Forest, Rust

    • Who is Zarbex? Maik, who streams on Twitch under his pseudonym “Zarbex”, is the biggest newcomer of 2024. The 26-year-old initially started with sketches on YouTube, until he became interested in live streaming in 2019 and gave it a try.

    But his success didn’t last for a long time. So he streamed for a total of 5 years without a really large audience. Then he met the Twitch streamer Filow through X.com, through whom he became known to a wider audience.

    Also crucial for him: He repeatedly uploaded highlights to TikTok and Instagram that were raunchy and controversial, thus attracting curious people to his stream. He is now the first brand ambassador for MontanaBlack’s energy brand GÖNRGY.

    4th place: Gronkh

  • Name/Channel: Erik “Gronkh” Range
  • Average viewership: 20,501
  • Channel created on: May 31, 2010
  • Most Streamed Categories: Just Chatting, Path of Exile 2, MiSide

    • Gronkh is one of the veterans of the German YouTube and Twitch scene. He took off with his first Let’s Plays on YouTube, showing the huge worlds he had built in Minecraft. Due to his humorous and down-to-earth manner, he was a role model for many of today’s YouTubers and Twitch streamers.

    From 2014 to 2016, his YouTube channel was the largest in Germany.

    Ultimately, Gronkh focused on live streaming rather than constantly recording Let’s Plays and was thus able to tap into a new target group. Most recently, the Let’s Player attracted attention when he supported his Twitch colleagues in their Minecraft project “Craftattack” and many became nervous.

    We have summarized Gronkh’s career in this video:

    Gronkh, the man with the voice – career and life of Germany’s most famous Let’s Player

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    3rd place: Dad plate

  • Name/Channel: Kevin “dad plate” plate
  • Average viewership: 30,054
  • Channel created on: November 2, 2013
  • Most Streamed Categories: Just Chatting, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft

    • Papaplatte is one of the current big names in the German Twitch landscape. He is particularly known for speaking with a lot of anglicisms, for which he has often been teased, including on the show “Duel around the World”.

    With his Twitch colleague and friend Reeze, he has the podcast “Edeltalk”, in which they talk every week about current topics from their lives or invite a guest from the YouTube and Twitch scene. The two also toured together in a motorhome and streamed it live on Twitch.

    Papaplatte also always likes to try out challenges and then use them to create content for his Twitch stream:

    THIS is how challenges became a livelihood for Papaplatte

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    2nd place: Eliasn97

  • Name/Channel: Elias “Eliasn97” Nerlich
  • Average viewership: 32,528
  • Channel created on: July 15, 2018
  • Most Streamed Categories: Elden Ring, Events, Just Chatting

    • Elias is also one of the biggest streamers on Twitch. He is a former soccer player who had to give up playing soccer due to an injury. This is how he found his love for football video games and is also known for this on Twitch.

    He is also the co-founder of the Baller League, a kind of separate soccer league for Twitch streamers. Here Twitch streamers can put together their own teams of influencers and play against each other.

    Together with Twitch streamers SidneyEweka and Willy, Elias founded the Vitavate brand. They sell drinks, gum and cereal.

    1st place: MontanaBlack88

  • Name/Channel: Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris
  • Average viewership: 55,036
  • Channel created on: June 21, 2013
  • Most Streamed Categories: Just Chatting, Events, A Way Out

    • MontanaBlack is the undisputed throne holder of this placement. With an average of 55,036 viewers over the last 30 days, it dwarfs the others on the list.

    He is known for his big mouth and controversial behavior. But that’s exactly what makes this Twitch streamer so fascinating.

    He often plays video games in his streams; His content increasingly consists primarily of reactions. Most recently he hosted a Christmas event to which he invited many big personalities from the internet and music.

    Behavior on the street in particular is repeatedly criticized sharply at MontanaBlack:

    Twitch: MontanaBlack is criticized for his driving behavior

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    There are also ways to be successful outside of live streaming. For example, with your own product. We have ranked the products from Twitch streamers from 2024 for you here in this article: The 5 most important products from Twitch streamers in 2024 in the ranking

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