2023 Streamer Awards

{{Short description|Live streaming awards ceremony}}

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| awarded_for = Excellence in live streaming

| sponsor = Twitch

| date = {{start date|2024|02|17}}

| location = Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California

| country = United States

| presenter =

| host = QTCinderella & Pokimane

| preshow_host = CDawgVA, ExtraEmily, & Will Neff

| acts = Harry Mack, Chrisnxtdoor, Leviathan, & bbno$

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| coverage = Streaming

| runtime = 388 minutes

| viewership = 645,166 peak viewers{{Cite web |url=https://streamscharts.com/news/streamer-awards-2024-recap|title=The Streamer Awards 2024 hits 645K peak viewers as Kai Cenat and Jynxzi shine

|date=2024-02-18 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Streams Charts |last=Iyer |first=Ravi}}

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| director = QTCinderella

| previous = 2022

| main = The Streamer Awards

| next = 2024

| network = Twitch

| most_awards = Quackity, Jynxzi, Kai Cenat (2)

| most_nominations = Quackity, ExtraEmily, Kai Cenat, Jynxzi, CaseOh (3)

}}File:QTCinderella and Maya Higa TwitchCon 2023 (cropped).jpg hosted the show]]

File:Pokimane 2019.jpg co-hosted the show]]

The 2023 Streamer Awards{{Efn|Was referred to as the 2024 Streamer Awards when airing. Name was changed after the December 2024 Streamer Awards.}} was the third edition of The Streamer Awards honoring the best in live streaming in 2022. The ceremony was held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Iyer |first=Ravi |title=How to watch The Streamer Awards 2024 |url=https://streamscharts.com/news/how-watch-streamer-awards-2024}}{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2024-01-25 |title=Kai Cenat, Jynxzi lead nominations at 2024 Streamer Awards hosted by QTCinderella and Pokimane |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/01/25/2024-streamer-awards-nominations-kai-cenat-jynxzi-hosted-qt-cinderella-pokimane/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} Hosted by showrunner QTCinderella and fellow streamer Pokimane.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxaWOjElEYo |title=The Streamer Awards 2023 |date=2024-02-18 |last=QTCinderella |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=YouTube}}

The red carpet was hosted by CDawgVA, ExtraEmily, and Will Neff.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZPZqf8eOo |title=The Streamer Awards Red Carpet AT&T Pre-Show Interviews 2023 |date=2024-02-18 |last=QTCinderella |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=YouTube}} AustinShow would serve as the floor host during the show, while Prezoh would conduct interviews backstage with the winners which would be uploaded to the Patreon page for QTCinderella and Maya Higa's podcast, Wine About It.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_azlr2QIJg |title=I interviewed the biggest streamers ever.. drunk |date=2024-03-03 |last=prezoh |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=Get more from Wine About It on Patreon |url=https://www.patreon.com/wineaboutit |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Patreon |language=en-US}}

This edition was partnered with Streamlabs, OMEN, AT&T, Fourthwall, Loaded and Offbrand,{{Cite web |title=Our Partners |url=https://thestreamerawards.com/partners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216051027/https://thestreamerawards.com/partners |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=The Streamer Awards}} and sponsored by Marvel Snap, Chess.com, Enotria: The Last Song, Lunar Client, UnlimitedIRL, Honkai: Star Rail, Factor, Party Animals, FlyQuest, Twitch, Junkfood Custom Arcades, Feastables, Mad Mushroom, Nightingale and Patreon.

For this edition, eight new categories were added (Best Creative Arts Streamer, Best Software And Game Development Streamer, Best Fighting Games Streamer, Best Shared Channel, Best Streamed Series, Best International Streamer, Best Breakthrough Streamer, and The Sapphire Award), two were removed (Best Soulslike Streamer and Best Philanthropic Stream Event), and four were merged into existing or new categories (Best Art Streamer and Best Music Streamer merged into Best Creative Arts Streamer, Best League of Legends Streamer merged into Best Strategy Game Streamer, and Best VALORANT Streamer merged into Best FPS Streamer).

This was the first edition to be streamed on multiple platforms and had interactive features for viewers on Twitch, including "pickems".{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Mike |date=Jan 24, 2024 |title=QTCinderella And Pokimane Will Host The 2024 Streamer Awards |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2024/01/24/qtcinderella-and-pokimane-to-host-the-streamer-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

This edition of the awards peaked at 645,166 live concurrent viewers across all platforms and channels,{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards 2024 Statistics |url=https://escharts.com/tournaments/awards/streamer-awards-2024 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=ESports Charts}} the most of any of the previous editions.

Performers

The 2023 Streamer Awards featured musical performances from

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|+Performers at the 2023 Streamer Awards

!Artist(s)

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Harry Mack

|Freestyled song

Chrisnxtdoor

|"Open Your Eyes"

Leviathan

|"Chug Jug With You"

"Fortnite Is Trash"

bbno${{Efn|Joined by Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on piano}}

|"lalala"

"edamame"

Winners & nominees

File:Kai_Cenat_2023.jpg, winner of the Streamer of the Year award]]

File:MaximilianDood in 2018.png, winner of the Legacy award]]

Streamers were nominated and voted for by their fans, besides the Legacy Award and the Streamer's Streamer Award, which were voted on by the Streamer Awards panel and audience respectively.{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards |url=http://thestreamerawards.com/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=The Streamer Awards |language=en}}

Winners are listed first and in boldface.{{Cite web |last1=Michael |first1=Cale |last2=Taifalos |first2=Nicholas |date=2024-02-18 |title=Streamer Awards 2024: All results and winners for every category |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamer-awards-2024-all-results-and-winners-for-every-category |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}

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| width="500px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Creative Arts Streamer}}

| width="500px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best MMORPG Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Strategy Game Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Chess Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Software And Game Development Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Fighting Games Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Speedrun Streamer}}
  • Wirtual
  • Distortion2
  • Liam
  • Squeex

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Hidden Gem Award}}

  • EverythingNowShow
  • GappyV
  • Lanaaamaee
  • SeanDaBlack
width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Battle Royale Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best FPS Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Rising Star Award}}
  • NoraExplorer
  • chiblee
  • HansumFella
  • MARI

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Role-Play Streamer}}

  • Fanum
  • Agent00
  • Lord_Kebun
  • omie
width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Minecraft Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best IRL Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Stream Game of the Year}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Shared Channel}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Content Organization}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Streamed Series}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Streamed Event}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best International Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Breakthrough Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best VTuber}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Just Chatting Streamer}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Best Variety Streamer}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|The Sapphire Award}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|League of Their Own}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Streamer's Streamer Award}}
  • Liam

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Legacy Award}}

width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Gamer of the Year}}

| width="400px" valign="top" |{{Award category|#d7c7b7|Streamer of the Year}}

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