Chess streamers on Kick and Twitch

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Last 7 days: 326 → 1.4k watching on average, Kick green, Twitch purpleRising

Chess has 1 channel live and 1,047 people watching across Kick and Twitch.

Achievements
+74%4 daysTrending up on Kickcrazyexgirlfriends’s typical audience on Kick has grown 4 days in a row, from 644 to 1.1k, mostly streaming Slots & Casino.
1.7×their usualBiggest rise on Twitch right nowhumzh, streaming I'm Only Sleeping, is averaging 2.8k viewers over the last 24 hours, against a usual 1.7k.
−52%4 daysTrending down on Kicklordkebun’s typical audience on Kick has fallen 4 days in a row, from 10k to 4.8k, mostly streaming Grand Theft Auto V (GTA).
#10new entryNew to Twitch’s top 100middleagedstream, streaming No Man's Sky, is #10 on Twitch right now with 3.3k watching, and was not in the top 100 once in the two weeks before.
12dawayBack on Kickakofocus, streaming Counter-Strike 2, is back in Kick’s top 100: the last time we found them there was 12 days before this stream.
+47%4 daysTrending up on Twitchmitchjones’s typical audience on Twitch has grown 4 days in a row, from 6.5k to 9.5k, mostly streaming Slots.
NewcategorySomething new on Kickgilaxcs is streaming Sea of Thieves, which we had not seen them stream on any of the 16 days we recorded them live before this stream.
−65%5 daysTrending down on Twitchkaicenat’s typical audience on Twitch has fallen 5 days in a row, from 77k to 27k, mostly streaming IRL.
+31%on its usualCategory on the rise on KickGrand Theft Auto V is up 31% on its usual audience on Kick over the last 24 hours: 41k watching on average, against a usual 31k.
8dawayBack on Twitchjoblessgarrett, streaming The Blood of Dawnwalker, is back in Twitch’s top 100: the last time we found them there was 8 days before this stream.

The one channel live in it right now is on Kick.

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Live preview of mashad4's Kick stream
Kick mashad4 ● 1,047 watching
Short stream with some updates!
1× their 1.1k avg · Live 13/26 days
Also streams Diablo IV
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Chess in our records

Days streamed
24
since 22 Sep, last on 15 Oct
Channels
167
found streaming it
Where its audience is
41%/59%
Kick / Twitch

Chess week by week

Week ofHours watchedOn the week beforeOn KickMost watched
12 Oct so far96,871–77%chessbrahKick 43%
5 Oct127,720▼ 20%69%chessbrahKick 38%
28 Sept160,142▼ 67%62%chessbrahKick 39%
21 Sept479,433–22%chess24Twitch 39%
Weeks start Monday, UTC. Counted while channels were among each platform’s 100 biggest live; the current week is not compared until it is over.

From Scuffed.Live’s own records. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, crediting Scuffed.Live. Week by week as CSV.

Who usually streams Chess

Channels we have found in Chess more than anywhere else over the last month, the ones opened here most first.

Chess over the last two weeks

Chess has had someone streaming it every day for the last 14.

Busiest hours
15:00–19:00UTC
about 3,426 watching on average
Share of watch time
0.1%
of everything watched on Kick and Twitch
Recent trend
Steady
about the same as the days before
00:00 UTC — 1,222 watching on average01:00 UTC — 1,100 watching on average02:00 UTC — 926 watching on average03:00 UTC — 972 watching on average04:00 UTC — 752 watching on average05:00 UTC — 799 watching on average06:00 UTC — 526 watching on average07:00 UTC — 614 watching on average08:00 UTC — 864 watching on average09:00 UTC — 754 watching on average10:00 UTC — 989 watching on average11:00 UTC — 1,143 watching on average12:00 UTC — 1,162 watching on average13:00 UTC — 775 watching on average14:00 UTC — 1,816 watching on average15:00 UTC — 2,993 watching on average16:00 UTC — 3,426 watching on average17:00 UTC — 2,876 watching on average18:00 UTC — 2,610 watching on average19:00 UTC — 2,506 watching on average20:00 UTC — 2,110 watching on average21:00 UTC — 1,527 watching on average22:00 UTC — 1,101 watching on average23:00 UTC — 1,120 watching on average 0006121824
Average audience by hour (UTC)

Tracked by Scuffed.Live across both platforms. All times UTC.

The biggest Chess broadcasts

The largest single audiences in Chess since 22 Sep, one a channel, each with that day’s broadcast hour by hour.

  1. 1 jynxziTwitch 0.9× their 34k avg · Live 26/26 days
    Peak
    31,414at 21:20 UTC
    Of the category
    47%watching it then
    On air
    2.5hin Chess
    Avg that day
    29kacross the broadcast
    Hour by hour 3 hours, 19:00–22:00 UTC
    Hour (UTC)Their viewersEveryone in ChessTheir share
    19:00–20:0026,74746,66057%
    20:00–21:0029,63576,37539%
    21:00–22:0029,54467,86244%
    Also streams Minecraft, Rainbow Six Siege
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  2. 2 ohnepixelTwitch 0.8× their 25k avg · Live 13/26 days
    Peak
    19,474at 20:40 UTC
    Of the category
    25%watching it then
    On air
    2.2hin Chess
    Avg that day
    18kacross the broadcast
    Hour by hour 3 hours, 19:00–22:00 UTC
    Hour (UTC)Their viewersEveryone in ChessTheir share
    19:00–20:0018,09259,24131%
    20:00–21:0017,94276,37523%
    21:00–22:0014,98967,86222%
    Also streams Just Chatting, Counter-Strike
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  3. 3 gothamchessTwitch
    Peak
    14,436at 20:50 UTC
    Of the category
    17%watching it then
    On air
    2.2hin Chess
    Avg that day
    11kacross the broadcast
    Hour by hour 3 hours, 19:00–22:00 UTC
    Hour (UTC)Their viewersEveryone in ChessTheir share
    19:00–20:005,74352,02611%
    20:00–21:0012,67476,37517%
    21:00–22:0010,34872,99214%
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  1. 4 chess24Twitch 2.2× their 5.9k avg
    Peak
    12,956at 15:30 UTC
    Of the category
    90%watching it then
    On air
    5.8hin Chess
    Avg that day
    6.8kacross the broadcast
    Hour by hour 6 hours, 10:00–16:00 UTC
    Hour (UTC)Their viewersEveryone in ChessTheir share
    10:00–11:003,2553,255100%
    11:00–12:004,6514,651100%
    12:00–13:005,8815,881100%
    13:00–14:007,7888,22895%
    14:00–15:009,69711,02188%
    15:00–16:0010,46311,22293%
    Mostly streams Chess
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  2. 5 ludwigTwitch 1.4× their 7.4k avg · Live 15/26 days
    Peak
    10,360at 21:40 UTC
    Of the category
    83%watching it then
    On air
    1.2hin Chess
    Avg that day
    9.3kacross the broadcast
    Hour by hour 2 hours, 20:00–22:00 UTC
    Hour (UTC)Their viewersEveryone in ChessTheir share
    20:00–21:009,49285,46811%
    21:00–22:009,52249,36119%
    Also streams Just Chatting, League of Legends
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Questions about Chess

Who streams Chess?

In our records over the last 30 days, the channels with the most watch time in it are chessbrah (Kick, 1.1k average viewers), chess24 (Twitch, 5.9k average viewers), gmhikaru (Kick, 4.3k average viewers) and jynxzi (Twitch, 29k average viewers), out of 167 that streamed it.

When is Chess most watched?

Around 15:00-19:00 UTC, over the last 14 days, in which someone streamed it every day.

Is Chess bigger on Kick or Twitch?

Twitch: 59% of its audience over the last 30 days was on Twitch, 41% on Kick.

How many people watch Chess?

About 898 on average across Kick and Twitch over the last 7 days, 0.1% of everything watched on the two. The biggest single broadcast in our records was jynxzi with 31,414 watching.

Is Chess growing?

Yes: more have been watching it over the last three days than the four before.

Who is streaming Chess right now?

As this page loaded, 1 channel was live in it, led by mashad4 on Kick with 1,047 watching.

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