A subscription on Twitch is a way for users to support streamers and creators on the platform using real money. Content creators can offer custom emotes, badges, and more to subscribers. Users can also gift subscriptions to others, so subscriber numbers can increase. A subscription expires after one month and can be renewed for a "subscription streak".
As of September 30, 2025, Kai Cenat holds the most-subscribed channel on Twitch of all time, with 1,112,947 subscribers.
In April 2018, Tyler Blevins, known by his Twitch username Ninja, held the record for the most-subscribed Twitch streamer with 269,154 subscribers until April 2021, when Ludwig Ahgren broke the record during his subathon with 283,066 subscribers. Later in March 2023, Kai Cenat broke Ahgren's record during his subathon with 306,621 subscribers until September 30, 2024, when VTuber Ironmouse broke the record during her subathon with 313,000 subscribers at the time. On November 11, 2024, Cenat broke the record again during his month-long subathon, Mafiathon 2, with 337,000 subscribers at the time. Later on November 30, 2024, Cenat ended his subathon with 728,535 subscribers, doubling the previous record held by Ironmouse. On September 28, 2025, Cenat reached one million subscribers on Twitch during his Mafiathon 3 subathon, breaking his own previous record and becoming the first streamer in the platformâÂÂs history to surpass one million active subscribers. On September 30, 2025, he ended his subathon with 1,112,947 subscribers.
In November 2021, Kim Mi-Young, known by her Twitch username kkatamina, held the record for the most-subscribed female Twitch streamer with 73,623 subscribers until March 2022, when VTuber Ironmouse broke the record during her 31-day subathon with 171,818 subscribers. A year later, in July 2023, Ironmouse broke her own record during her subathon with 205,488 subscribers. Later on September 30, 2024, Ironmouse broke Twitch's and her own personal record during her subathon with 313,000 subscribers becoming the most-subscribed Twitch channel of all time until Kai Cenat broke the record on November 11, 2024.
The following table lists the top 50 most-subscribed channels on Twitch as of January 2026, as well as the primary category or categories in which they stream. The channels are ordered by number of most-subscribed.