The 2026 VTuber Rankings

How This Ranking Works

Compiled 2026-08-08The VTuber segment is built primarily on 2026 quarterly hours watcheddata: the Q1/Q2 reports from Streams Charts × VSTATS, supplemented by vchavcha August 2026global subscription rankings. For the overall live-streamer picture, seeStreamer Rankings; this page focuses exclusively on virtual-avatar streamers.

Q1 2026: Record-Breaking Watch Time

Streams Charts data: roughly 571.9 millionhours watched in Q1, up about +4.7%quarter-over-quarter, tracking roughly 11,400 active channels. Independent creators accounted for about 50.4%of watch time; among agencies, Nijisanji held roughly 17.1%and Hololive about 14.3%。

The top individual spot went to the U.S.-based TheBurntPeanutwho streams across Twitch, YouTube, and Kick, pulling in roughly 74.53 millionhours watched. Traditional Japanese talent follows close behind: Nijisanji's Kuzuha at roughly 12.15 millionhours, while Hololive's Pekora (Usada Pekora) also surpassed 10 millionhours;Miko (Sakura Miko) approximately 7.32 million(5th),Subaru (Oozora Subaru) approximately 5.08 million(No. 9). In terms of average concurrent viewers, Hololive's Miko was one of the only names from the Japanese side to average over roughly 30,000 viewers per year, with Pekora also ranking near the top.

Q2 2026: Overall Numbers Dip, Top Names Hold Steady

Industry-wide Q2 total of approximately 482.6 millionhours watched, down roughly −15.4%—the first time it has fallen below 500 million hours since Q4 2024. Active channels totaled about 11,300, roughly 300 fewer than in Q1. YouTube’s share of VTuber watch time slipped by about 4 percentage points, while regional platforms like CHZZK and SOOP gained some ground. On the agency side, Hololive reclaimed the top spot, while Nijisanji’s share dropped by about 3 percentage points.

Among individual streamers, TheBurntPeanut remained No. 1, with roughly 55.08 millionhours (still spanning three platforms). Behind him, familiar names like Pekora, Kuzuha, Subaru, Miko, and Okayu fell in the roughly 3 million to 8.5 millionhour range. Nijisanji’s Kanae pulled in about 4.36 millionhours across platforms. On the English-language side (excluding Peanut), Ironmouse logged around 4.03 millionhours, with Hololive EN’s Koseki Bijou also ranking near the top. CHZZK’s TamTamBerlin and Arisa broke into the overall top ten for the first time.

August 2026: Subscriber counts as another yardstick

The vchavcha global subscriber ranking (updated through August 2026) tracks subscriber stock, not quarterly watch time, so it's a different table. The top spots remain dominated by Hololive: Gawr Gura sits at roughly 4.61 million, while Houshou Marine has about 4.38 million，Hoshimachi Suisei around 2.9 million，Pekora / Kobo around 2.78 million. On the indie side, filian, ZilverK, and ironmouse (Twitch around 2.438 million) also rank in the upper tier; Nijisanji’s Kuzuha sits around 2.2 million。

Below is the in-house VTuber template—just drag it into the S or A tier.