{"id":1317,"date":"2026-06-27T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/most-watched-community-streamers-iem-cologne-major-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:04:44","slug":"most-watched-community-streamers-iem-cologne-major-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/most-watched-community-streamers-iem-cologne-major-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Most-watched community streamers at IEM Cologne Major 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IEM Cologne Major 2026 recorded more than 100 million hours watched and a peak audience above 2.75 million concurrent viewers. Community co-streams from independent creators contributed millions of hours to the tournament total.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ivan &#8220;StRoGo&#8221; Shurpatov was the top community caster, with over 11.7 million hours watched and a channel peak of 315,000 concurrent viewers. Only the event&#8217;s official broadcasts exceeded that single-channel peak.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other prominent community streamers included Mark &#8220;ohnePixel&#8221; Zimmermann, Alexandre &#8220;Gaules&#8221; Borba Chiqueta, Igor &#8220;SL4M&#8221; Sopov and Luciano &#8220;forg1&#8221; Forgione. SL4M and Gaules streamed across multiple platforms during the event.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitch remained the largest platform for Counter-Strike viewing. Streams on Kick made up over 11% of the tournament&#8217;s total hours watched, a share heavily influenced by forg1. YouTube also contributed a measurable share as creators split their streams across services.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some casters mirrored the official feed while adding their own commentary. Others offered family-friendly or niche-focused presentations. Several streamers simulcast on two or more platforms to reach different audiences.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Independent channels operated alongside the official broadcast and added viewing options for fans. At the IEM Cologne Major 2026, co-streams accounted for a measurable portion of total consumption and were a notable element of the event&#8217;s audience figures.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community streamers drove record viewership at the IEM Cologne Major 2026, generating over 100 million hours watched and peaking above 2.75 million concurrent viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Most-Watched Community Streamers at IEM Cologne Major 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Community co-streams drove 100M+ hours and a 2.75M+ peak at IEM Cologne Major 2026. 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