Biggest Twitch records: Longest subathon, longest Twitch stream, most subs

Twitch streamers are always competing for records such as the longest stream, subathons, most subs, or viewers. To keep track of it all, these are the biggest livestreaming records as of December 2024.

As the audience for livestreaming grows, streamers are in a battle for the attention of viewers. The established names fight to keep hold of their viewer base, as the newcomers fight for their share. Along the way, records are set for various milestones.

You can check out viewership records on Twitch here, as well as the highest viewership on YouTube. But, while peak viewership alone is the most common measure of popularity on Twitch, there are many more records and milestones that streamers strive for. Check out the records below.

Longest subathon on Twitch

The current record for the longest subathon stream is 1119 days, held by Emilycc. This stream is still ongoing.

Sparked by the popularity of Ludwig’s subathon, lots of streamers are now running their own. For every sub or donation, an amount of time is added to the clock, and streamers must stay live until the time expires.

Ludwig capped his stream at 30 days, but others have been less conservative. In September 2021, PandaTV streamed for 840 hours straight, setting a new record. This was then eclipsed by PappiEric, with a 45-day subathon. In September 2021, Athena streamed for over 1000 hours straight for her subathon, amounting to 47 days.

Currently, the record now stands at a whopping 1119 days, completed by streamer Emilycc. Still streaming now (as of the time of writing), the broadcast holds the current record for longest subathon stream.

A new subathon from streamer ‘SweatyPedals’ has now taken the number two spot, with over 700 days live at the time of writing, and still ongoing. Multiple other ongoing subathons are also rising up the charts, all of them on their way to one year live as well.

Longest stream on Twitch

The longest stream on Twitch by a solo livestreamer is also from EmilyCC, with over 1100 days live, uninterrupted.

This record was previously set by Los Pollos TV, way back in April 2020, with 161 hours live, and since then, lots of broadcasters have attempted to break it. CallMeCypher set a new record shortly after, streaming for 200 hours straight, before it was ended due to technical difficulties.

Twitch/GPHustla

GPHustla has been live on Twitch for over 600 days straight.

Then, there was one clear record-holder: Twitch streamer GPHustla was live, with a single uninterrupted broadcast, for 634 days. This was the longest solo livestream on Twitch.

This has since been overtaken by Emilycc’s subathon stream, which has eclipsed 1000 days, and is still ongoing, as you can see in the subathon section above.

Unfortunately, GPHustla’s channel was suspended indefinitely, ending the broadcast. GPHustla believes Twitch made an error by suspending him. As a result, he’s now streaming on YouTube instead.

Beyond solo streamers, the channel ‘StreamerHouse‘ claims to have been live continuously since 2013, which would of course mean it holds the record overall. However, this is a group of friends and guests, rather than an individual streamer.

Most subs on Twitch ever

The record for the highest sub count on Twitch at one time is held by Kai Cenat with 728,532. His Mafiathon 2 broadcast more than doubled the previous record set just a few months prior by VTuber IronMouse.

Cenat’s previous Mafiathon subathon set the record at 306,621, but this was beaten by Ironmouse with 326,252 subscribers.

Both of these records were achieved during 30-day long subathon streams, where viewers extend the timer on the stream by subscribing to the channel.

Without a subathon, Ninja famously set a new record at over 269,000 in April 2018.

Twitch subscribers records

Kai Cenat holds the record for the most subscribed streamer on Twitch, with 728,535 subs at the time of writing. The previous record was 326,252 subscribers, held by Ironmouse when she beat Kai Cenat in September 2024.

Note: These records only include the occasions when the previous record was beaten – i.e. new records.

There are plenty of other records to boast on or off of Twitch too, including viewership and followers.