The Streamer Awards

The event has been held four times since its inaugural ceremony in March 2022.

File:QTCinderella and Maya Higa TwitchCon 2023 (cropped).jpg, founder and host of the Streamer Awards]]

File:Maya Higa at TwitchCon in 2023.jpg, co-host of the 2021 Streamer Awards]]

The first edition was held on March 12, 2022, at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and was broadcast live on Twitch.{{cite web |last1=Miceli |first1=Max |title=How to watch QTCinderella's Streamer Awards |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/how-to-watch-qtcinderellas-streamer-awards |website=Dot Esports |publisher=GAMURS Group |date=8 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Georgina |title=Pokimane Asks Fans Not To Vote For Her At Awards Shows |url=https://www.gamingbible.co.uk/news/pokimane-asks-fans-not-to-vote-for-her-at-awards-shows-20220224 |website=www.gamingbible.co.uk |publisher=LADbible Group |language=en |date=24 February 2022 |quote=The Streamer Awards feature 27 different categories, with four streamers nominated for each.}} Event founder QTCinderella hosted the award ceremony, along with Maya Higa.{{cite web |last1=Polhamus |first1=Blaine |title=QTCinderella reveals new streaming award show |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/qtcinderella-reveals-new-streaming-award-show |website=Dot Esports |publisher=GAMURS Group |date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Alva |first1=Brittany |title=The Real Reason Pokimane Thinks xQc Is Streamer Of The Year |url=https://www.svg.com/782881/the-real-reason-pokimane-thinks-xqc-is-streamer-of-the-year/ |website=SVG.com |publisher=Static Media |date=28 February 2022}}

The categories "Best Political Streamer" and "Best Sports Game Streamer" were removed during the nomination process due to a lack of votes.{{Cite web |title=Sadly due to confusion and lack of fan votes the "Best Political Streamer" and "Best Sports Game Streamer" categories have been removed for this years show. |url=https://twitter.com/StreamerAwards/status/1495670211525345283 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}

Streamers were interviewed on the red carpet by NymN, Slime, and JHBTeam.{{Citation |title=Uncut Interviews: The Streamer Awards 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNfoVDLeAyY |access-date=2024-01-20 |language=en}}

Winners are listed first and in boldface.File:Ludwig and Typical Gamer (52900893088) (Ludwig crop).jpg, winner of the 2021 Streamer of the Year award]]

Musical Performances{{Citation |title=The Streamer Awards 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5xqg4N8-KI |access-date=2023-11-11 |language=en}}

• ARIatHOME
• TJ Brown
• Tim Reynolds
• Mitch Jones
• Kala
• Sordiway
• Koaster

File:Valkyrae in 2023.png, co-host of the 2022 Streamer Awards]]

The second edition of the awards took place on March 11, 2023, at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Xavier |title=QTCinderella's Streamer Awards returns for second year, and it already has a date locked in |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/qtcinderellas-streamer-awards-returns-for-second-year-and-it-already-has-a-date-locked-in |website=Dot Esports |publisher=Gamurs |date=20 January 2023}} Streamers were nominated by their fans. For the nominations to be considered, the streamers must have had at least 200 total hours streamed in 2022. This was followed by a popular vote among the nominated streamers to decide the winner.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The event was hosted by QTCinderella and Valkyrae.

This year, the show was presented by, and exclusively streaming on, Twitch.{{Cite web |title=Watch The Streamer Awards, Exclusively on Twitch |url=https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/03/09/watch-the-streamer-awards-exclusively-on-twitch/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=blog.twitch.tv |language=en}} The event was also sponsored by AT&T, Spotify, Fansly, Nitro Stream Racing, Mountain Dew, and KFC.{{Citation |title=STREAMER AWARDS FULL BROADCAST 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htTASZD0gco |access-date=2024-01-20 |language=en}}

Streamers were interviewed on the red carpet by Ludwig Ahgren, Hasan Piker, Squeex, and Sweet Anita.{{Citation |title=Uncut Interviews: The Streamer Awards 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5j2HqF7RcQ |access-date=2024-01-20 |language=en}}

This edition peaked at 580,159 live concurrent viewers across all seventy-two Twitch channels that were streaming the awards.{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards 2023 Statistics |url=https://escharts.com/tournaments/awards/streamer-awards-2023 |website=ESports Charts}}

Winners are listed first and in boldface.{{Cite web |last=Snavely |first=Adam |date=2023-03-12 |title=Streamer Awards 2023: All results and winners for every category |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamer-awards-2023-all-results-and-winners-for-every-category |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}

File:Kai Cenat 2023.jpg, winner of the 2022 Streamer of the Year award]]

Musical Performances{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=QTCinderella's Streamer Awards 2023 results: All winners, recap & more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/qtcinderellas-streamer-awards-2023-how-to-vote-more-2053239/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}

• ARIatHOME
• Charming Jo
• Nicki Taylor
• Yung Gravy

File:Pokimane in 2019 in a Podcast.jpg, co-host of the 2023 Streamer Awards]]

File:Kai Cenat 2023.jpg, winner of the 2023 Streamer of the Year award]]

The third edition of the Streamer Awards took place on February 17, 2024, at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards Hosted By Qtcinderella |url=https://concerts.livenation.com/the-streamer-awards-hosted-by-qtcinderella-los-angeles-california-02-17-2024/event/09005F9AF4B83CA7 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Live Nation}} Streamers were once again nominated by fans. For nominations to be considered, the streamers must have streamed 200 total hours in 2023, along with 100 hours streamed for any specific category such as Best Battle Royale Streamer and Chess Streamer.{{Cite web |title=Voting for nominees at The Streamer Awards 2024 now open |url=https://streamscharts.com/news/voting-nominees-streamer-awards-2024-open |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Streams Charts}} Nominations closed on January 19, 2024, after which QTCinderella announced that 286,000 people had submitted nominations.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-20 |title=QTCinderella on Twitter: We got 286,000 people who submitted their nominations. 🥹 Good luck to everyone that campaigned! Nominees announced and voting begins 1/24. |url=https://twitter.com/qtcinderella/status/1748661039796035777 |website=Twitter}} On January 24, 2024, the nominees and hosts were announced, and voting was opened.{{Cite tweet |number=1750261056465981878 |user=qtcinderella |title=THIS YEARS RED CARPET HOSTS: @CDawgVA @TheWillNeff @extraemilyy FLOOR HOST: @AustinOnTwitter CO HOST: @pokimanelol Nominees announced and voting starts now! |author=QTCinderella}} Once voting closed on February 7, 2024, QTCinderella announced on X that 639,609 votes were cast.{{Cite web |title= Voting has closed with 639,609 votes INSANE |url=https://twitter.com/qtcinderella/status/1755510856845336821 |last1=QTCinderella |website=Twitter |date=Feb 8, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240829204607/https://x.com/qtcinderella/status/1755510856845336821 |archive-date= 29 Aug 2024 }}

The ceremony was co-hosted by Pokimane, while the red carpet was hosted by CDawgVA, ExtraEmily, and Will Neff; AustinShow served as floor host, and Prezoh conducted backstage interviews with the winners,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title= pretty sure i'm doing backstage interviews for the Streamer Awards winners |last1=prezoh |url=https://twitter.com/prezoh/status/1750264993948303671 |website=X }} which would be uploaded on the Patreon page for QTCinderella and Maya Higa's podcast, Wine About It.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title= The FULL lineup |last1=QTCinderella |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/qtcinderella/status/1755676869461217752}}

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}} The event was 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 |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/ |date=Jan 24, 2024 |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.

Winners are listed first and in boldface.{{Cite web |first1=Cale |last1=Michael |first2=Nicholas |last2=Taifalos |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}}

Musical Performances

• Harry Mack
• Chrisnxtdoor
• Leviathan
• bbno$

File:IShowSpeed at Chinatown (Portrait) 03.jpg, winner of the 2024 Streamer of the Year award]]

The fourth edition of the Streamer Awards took place on December 7, 2024, at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-20 |title=QTCinderella outlines big changes for 2024 Streamer Awards |url=https://www.dexerto.com/twitch/qtcinderella-outlines-big-changes-for-2024-streamer-awards-2906185/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-20 |title=The Streamer Awards on X |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1837241931451052542}} The event was produced in collaboration with Offbrand, following a successful event the previous year.{{Cite web |last=Snavely |first=Adam |date=2024-09-20 |title=QTCinderella's Streamer Awards return for a fourth time in December |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/qtcinderellas-streamer-awards-return-for-a-fourth-time-in-december |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}} This was the first time the awards were held in fourth quarter of the year instead of the first. Voting for new categories opened on October 17,{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards on X |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1846686122283331624}} with nominations opening on October 28 and nominees being announced on November 11.{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards on X |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1855367849625473525}}

The ceremony was co-hosted by TinaKitten, while the red carpet was hosted by Valkyrae, CDawgVA, StableRonaldo, and JHBTeam; TheSketchReal served as floor host.{{Cite web |last=QTCinderella |date=December 4, 2024 |title=I COULDNT WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW This years @StreamerAwards Lineup CoHost @TinaKitten Floor Host @thesketchreal Red Carpet @Valkyrae @CDawgVA @StableRonaldo Musical Performances @JohnnieGuilbert @ironmouse @bellapoarch Live December 7th, 3pm PST |url=https://x.com/qtcinderella/status/1864192490301214727 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}}

This edition was partnered with Mountain Dew, Fortnite and PC Game Pass.{{Cite web |title=Our Partners |url=https://thestreamerawards.com/partners |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=The Streamer Awards |language=en}} The event was sponsored by YouTube,{{Cite web |last=StreamerAwards |date=December 6, 2024 |title=Live from The Streamer Awards Red Carpet! Catch @JhbTeam live in the YouTube Shorts feed, your front-row seat to streaming's biggest night ✨Tune-in Saturday December 7 at 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET → Click the link and hit Notify Me now |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1865124053826310600 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}} Honkai: Star Rail,{{Cite web |last=StreamerAwards |date=December 7, 2024 |title=And the winner for Best Vtuber brought to you by @honkaistarrail is @ironmouse ! 3-time winner, IronMouse has taken streaming to new levels this year by breaking the subscriber record all while donating to the Immune Difficulty Foundation! She had an incredible year and will continue to be an inspiration for the community. |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1865588047485514130 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}} Teamfight Tactics,{{Cite web |last=StreamerAwards |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Thank you to our friends at @TFT for partnering with us this year! If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet,TFT's newest set, Into the #Arcane, features your favorite characters from the Netflix show. If you're a fan, do not miss out and play now! 👀 |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1865598629513212333 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}} Rouge Point,{{Cite web |last=StreamerAwards |date=December 7, 2024 |title=And the winner for Best FPS Streamer brought to you by @PlayRoguePoint is… @jynxzi! King of Rainbow Six Siege! |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1865594682912211273 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}} and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.{{Cite web |last=StreamerAwards |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Congratulations @AnegarG for winning Stream Game of the Year brought to you by @kingdomcomerpg! Who doesn't love being chained together with some friends? |url=https://x.com/StreamerAwards/status/1865540564193522021 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=X (formerly known as Twitter)}}

For this edition, five new categories were added (Best MOBA Streamer, Best Sports Streamer, Best Fortnite Streamer, Best Streamed Collab, and Best Marathon Stream).{{Cite web |date=2024-10-29 |title=How to Nominate Your Favorite Creator for Streamer Awards 2024 |url=https://www.si.com/esports/news/streamer-awards-2024-how-to-nominate |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Esports Illustrated On SI |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=The 2024 Streamer Awards: All Nominations |url=https://www.si.com/esports/news/2024-streamer-awards-nominations |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Esports Illustrated On SI |language=en-US}}

This edition of the awards peaked at 525,708 live concurrent viewers across all platforms and channels, marking the first time a decline in viewership had been seen.{{Cite web |title=The Streamer Awards 2024 (Dec) / Statistics |url=https://escharts.com/tournaments/awards/streamer-awards-2024-dec |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=escharts}} Live viewership declined 18.59% compared to the previous ceremony.

Winners are listed first and in boldface.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-08 |title=Recap: All 2024 Streamer Awards Winners |url=https://www.si.com/esports/news/all-2024-streamer-awards-winners |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Esports Illustrated On SI |language=en-US}}

Musical Performances

• Johnnie Guilbert
• ironmouse
• Bella Poarch

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