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Big Wins, Bigger Moments: This Year’s Streamers Award Recap
A deep dive of 2025 Streamers Awards
December 17, 2025
This Year’s Streamers Award Recap
The Streamer Awards is an annual, community-driven awards show that celebrates the biggest achievements in live streaming over the past year. It recognizes streamers and groups who not only create engaging content but also build strong, global communities across a wide range of platforms, games, and content styles. Viewers play a key role by nominating and voting for their favorite creators, making the awards truly audience-powered.
This years Streamer Awards was held on December 6,2025 on livestream, featuring red carpet interviews done by TheSketchReal (Sketch) and KatieB (RealKatieB), performances done by Ironmouse & MarcoMeatball; Warframe songs like “We All Lift Together”, Good Kid and Ty Dolla $ign, and most of all the award ceremony with all of your favorite streamers.
Nominees For…
Best Music Streamer
“Streamer who creates the best music Content, Showcasing Tallents such as singing, playing instruments, DJing, producing, compsing, or more”.
Winner:
Best Creative Arts Streamer
“Streamer who creates the best Art, Food & Drink, Dance, Cosplay, ASMR, or Makers & Crafting content, among other (excluding music).”
Winner:
Best RolePlay Streamer
“Streamer who delivers the most entertaining role-playing (RP) content in games like GTA RP, Rust, VRChat, Ark, Dungeons & Dragons, and more.”
Winner
Best MOBA Streamer
“Streamer who creates the best MOBA content, playing games like League of Legends, Dota 2, Pokémon UNITE, SMITE, and others.”
Winner
Hidden Gem Award
“Recognizing a growing streamer averaging under 200 viewers this year, this award goes to a true hidden gem that deserves to shine.”
Winner
This is barely a fraction of the many nominees nominated for Streamer Awards and much much more categories!!
Best Fighting Game Streamer
“Streamer who creates the best fighting game content – from Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 to Mortal Kombat and Super Smash Bros (and more).”
Winner
Best MMORPG Streamer
“Streamer who creates the most engaging MMORPG content while playing games like Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Runescape, Lost Ark, and others.”
Winner
Best Sports Streamer
“Streamer who creates the best sports-related content, whether through gameplay (EA Sports FC, NBA 2K, Rocket League, etc.) or coverage.”
Winner
Best FPS Streamer
“Streamer who creates the most entertaining first-person shooter (FPS) content while playing games like VALORANT, Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Halo, and others.”
Winner
Best Reality Streamer
“Streamer who flawlessly creates the best blend of IRL and desktop content, balancing both seamlessly to create consistently entertaining streams.”
Winner
Best IRL Streamer
“Streamer who dedicates themselves to creating the best IRL content by getting outside, exploring, traveling, or streaming life beyond their desktop setup.”
Winner
Best Vertical Live Streamer
“Streamer who creates the most engaging and entertaining vertical-format live content on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, or other platforms.”
Winner
Best International Streamer
“The top streamer excelling in content creation for a global audience, specifically catering to an international or non-North American English-speaking audience.”
Winner
Best Stream Duo
“Because two is better than one. Two streamers who consistently create the most entertaining content together – with at least 25 hours streamed as a pair this past year.”
Winners
Best Streamed Collab
=This award celebrates the most exciting one-time or limited-time collaboration in live streaming during 2025, recognizing how streamers joining forces – and bringing in creators from outside the space – help grow the community and the streaming ecosystem.”
Winner
Best Marathon Stream
“Awarded to the most impressive marathon stream – one that kept going until the goal was achieved, whether it be the end of a subathon timer, a game completion challenge, or something similar.”
Winner
Best Streamed Event
“The most entertaining, unique, or memorable live event streamed in 2025.”
Winner
Best VTuber
“Streamer who uses a virtual avatar and creates the most entertaining and engaging content.”
Winner
Best Variety Streamer
“Streamer who delivers the best variety of gaming content, seamlessly switching between genres while keeping their audience engaged.”
Rising Star Award
“Streamer who began the year with under 1,000 average viewers and has shown rapid growth and huge potential for the future.”
Winner
Best Breakout Streamer
“Streamer who experienced explosive growth in the past year, establishing themselves amongst the top streamers and as one of the most talked-about names in streaming.”
Winner
Streamer’s Choice Award
“Voted by streamers at the show themselves, this award honors the streamer they most enjoy watching.”
Winner
The Sapphire Award
“Recognizing the best female or marginalized gender streamer of 2025, this award goes to a streamer who shines against the odds in a male-dominated industry and has excelled in entertaining at the highest level this past year.”
Winner
Gamer of the Year
“Streamer who showcases exceptional gaming skill and entertainment across multiple titles – no matter the game, you can’t look away.”
Winner
Streamer of the Year
“The best overall streamer of 2025 – consistently entertaining, elevating their brand, standing out and leaving a lasting mark on viewers.”
The categories and winners listed don’t even capture the full scope of this year’s awards; there were so many categories and standout winners. This truly felt like a golden year for streamers. Congratulations to all the winners!
More Categories and Winners, I wan’t able to list above:
Best Brand Partner:
Winner – REDBULL
Best Battle Royale Streamer:
Winner – CLIX
Best Speedrun Streamer:
Winner – LILAGGY
Best Minecraft Streamer:
Winner – TUBBO
Best Marvel Rivals Streamer:
Winner – FLATS
Best Strategy game Streamer:
Winner – JYNXZI
Stream Game Of The Year:
Winner – PEAK
Best Content Organization:
Winner – FAZE CLAN
Best Streamed Series:
Winner – IN THE BOOTh; PLAQUEBOYMAX
Best Just Chatting Streamer
Winner – KAICENAT
League Of Their Own
Winner – MAYA
Legacy Award:
Winner – Doublelift
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