Saturday night's broadcast of The Streamer Awards served as a chance to celebrate the top talents in the world of live-streaming as some of YouTube and Twitch's biggest stars came together to honor the best and brightest of 2021. The awards saw top talents like Pokimane, Shroud, and MoistCr1tikal among many others receiving awards throughout the award show. With many of the internet's most well-known streamers all vying to be picked as top of class, one name in particular stood out for the pack as this year's 'Streamer of the Year'.
The past few years have seen plenty of major highlights in the world of streaming on Twitch and YouTube. Content creators like Ludwig and Ironmouse broke records on their platforms, with subathons becoming the hottest trend throughout the year while Twitch saw a mass exodus of major streamers leaving the platform for YouTube throughout the year like the previously mentioned Ludwig, Valkyrae, and TimTheTatman among others. Now, as the Twitch and YounalTube world gather together to honor the biggest and best of the past year, Ludwig was officially chosen as Streamer of the Year during last night's awards ceremony.
Ludwig's victory at The Streamer Awards came following a year that saw the streamer breaking records and making waves throughout both the Twitch and YouTube community. Ludwig's highly publicized subathon in early 2021 saw him become not only the most subscribed active streamer on Twitch, but pass Twitch legend Ninja to become the most subscribed streamer all-time on Twitch. However, Ludwig's legacy continued to grow throughout the year as November saw Twitch's top talent leaving the platform in a blockbuster move after signing a deal with YouTube.
The coveted Streamer of the Year award was not won easily as Ludwig faced fierce competition from his fellow nominees. 2021 saw Sykkuno continuing his massive rise into one of the top talents on Twitch while the other nominations saw some of the platform's top names in Mizkif and xQc being selected as finalists for the prestigious honor. Other awards throughout the night saw streamers like Asmongold, Disguised Toast, and Amouranth all taking home awards like Best MMORPG Streamer, Best Strategy Game Streamer, and Best ASMR Streamer.
The past few years have seen a massive rise in the prevalence of streamers and the online community, especially accentuated by the ongoing pandemic keeping many fans stuck at home. The recent return of gaming television network G4TV has sought out streaming talents like AustinShow since its return last year and the rise of VTubers as a way to bring even more fresh facess into the medium has created even more opportunities for new names to rise up. Ludwig highlighted a year full of big moments for the streaming world and will look to build on his success in 2022.