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Monthly Data

VTuber Stream Data, October 2026

Oct 17–Oct 31 (15 days). Records begin on Oct. 17.

  • Streams6,153
  • Hours streamed20,863
  • Channels892
  • Stories filed620

Hours by Agency

AgencyHoursStreamsTalents
Nijisanji 5,550 1,571 194
Independents 3,985 1,093 235
Hololive 2,430 834 89
VSPO! 1,237 323 33
FIRST STAGE 1,224 230 19
Neo-Porte 973 220 20
Phase Connect 753 218 32
Specialite 665 215 20
774inc 654 228 31
Varium 588 146 13
AKA Virtual 523 184 28
.LIVE 435 187 29
ReAcT 355 147 25
Pixela Project 307 133 22
Others 1,184 424 103

Hours by Game

#GameHoursTalents
1 Minecraft 1,128 83
2 Overwatch 1,095 37
3 League of Legends 973 30
4 ARK 601 21
5 GTA 591 32
6 Splatoon 575 70
7 Apex Legends 554 53
8 VALORANT 335 32
9 Final fantasy 315 13
10 hololive Dreams 301 45
11 Japanese Ramen Simulator 289 75
12 Dragon Quest 222 20
13 Pokémon 185 15
14 Residentevil 173 18
15 BOMBANANA! 142 60

Chatting and singing streams left out.

Games Most Talents Played

#GameTalents
1 Minecraft 83
2 Japanese Ramen Simulator 75
3 Splatoon 70
4 BOMBANANA! 60
5 Apex Legends 53
6 hololive Dreams 45
7 R.E.P.O. 39
8 Overwatch 37
9 GTA 32
10 VALORANT 32

Longest Streams

#TalentLength
1 deme + Oct 17, Just Chatting, Watch 36h 10m
2 Nekomugi Tororo Oct 20, AION 2, Watch 14h 10m
3 Restia Oct 30, Apex Legends, Watch 13h 04m
4 Restia Oct 29, Apex Legends, Watch 12h 59m
5 Nekomugi Tororo Oct 23, AION 2, Watch 12h 44m
6 OniGiri Oct 31, IRL, Watch 12h 34m
7 Shizuka Rin Oct 18, No Man's Sky, Watch 12h 23m
8 Shannon Lynn Oct 18, DOTA, Watch 12h 13m
9 Kozuya Nano Oct 18, Dragon Quest, Watch 12h 11m
10 Kuzuha Oct 23, Overwatch, Watch 12h 10m

Most Watched at Once

#TalentPeak
1 Shirogane Noel Oct 29, ARK, Watch 90,630
2 Shirogane Noel Oct 21, ARK, Watch 77,194
3 Tsunomaki Watame Oct 28, ARK, Watch 73,484
4 Oozora Subaru Oct 28, Clubhouse51, Watch 69,172
5 Nagao Kei Oct 29, Announce, Watch 61,554
6 Tokoyami Towa Oct 29, ARK, Watch 54,960
7 Yuzuki Choco Oct 23, ARK, Watch 53,839
8 Sakura Miko Oct 29, Concert, Watch 49,781
9 Achichi Mela Oct 29, Chatting, Watch 48,394
10 Tokoyami Towa Oct 28, ARK, Watch 47,469

YouTube only, sampled every 15 minutes.

Songs Sung Most

#SongTalents
1 Happy HalloweenJunky 6
2 Mela!緑黄色社会 6
3 IRIS OUT米津玄師 4
4 JANE DOE米津玄師、 宇多田ヒカル 4
5 10月無口な君を忘れるあたらよ 4
6 天ノ弱164 3
7 RPG 3
8 星座になれたら結束バンド 3
9 唱Ado 3
10 不可幸力Vaundy 3

From the setlists of singing streams the paper reported on.

The Month's Top Stories

  1. Yashiro Kizuku Reveals New 3D Outfit After Skit, Game-Studio Visit and Song Segments Oct 24
  2. Hyakuto Kyoko Wins Mori Calliope’s Jump King Race for First-Time Players Oct 30
  3. Shirogane Noel Finds Her Way Through Ark’s Trial Cave With Pekora and Towa Oct 29
  4. Hololive Newcomers Mela and Sopia Answer Subaru and Ayame’s Open Call Oct 28
  5. Kanae’s Olaf Leads CC Next to First LTK Win; Kuzuha’s CC Core Falls to Iris Tiara Core Oct 19
  6. ChroNoiR Unveils Prepaid Card With Four Designs in Press-Conference Stream Oct 20
  7. Sakura Miko Hunts Four Newcomers in Hololive Minecraft Hide-and-Seek, Then Faces Mock Trial Oct 22
  8. Usada Pekora Tames a Level 135 Dreadmare in ARK After Beating an Alpha Fire Wyvern Oct 19
  9. Shirakami Fubuki Puts the Dochin-gumi Through Three Clumsiness Tests and Declares All Proven Oct 19
  10. Sakura Miko Takes Calls From Six Hololive Colleagues Two Days Before Second Solo Live Oct 27

Coverage: every channel of the agencies this paper follows and the largest independents on YouTube, and the largest independents on Twitch. Members-only streams are left out. Dates are UTC. If you quote these figures, please link to this page as the source.

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