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

  • shutz@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    10 days ago

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

    • Nzo@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      9 days 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.

    • Nzo@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      Good idea. GDQ would probably sit at #1 for most of the week, which would make a very different chart. I’ll try to remember it for the next one.