The 2023 Streamer Awards are officially over, having handed out nearly 30 fan-nominated and -voted awards to dozens of content creators.
This is the Streamer Awards’ second year; it was founded in 2022 by QTCinderella, who—along with Valkyrae—hosted this year’s ceremony March 11 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.
The 2023 show was streamed from QTCinderella’s Twitch channel, and had concurrent viewership of between 200,000 and 300,000 people throughout the ceremony.
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For this year, the Streamer Awards dropped three categories from last year (Best Super Smash Bros. Streamer, Best ASMR Streamer, Best GTA RP Streamer) and added four new ones: Best Soulslike Streamer, Best Art Streamer, the Hidden Gem Award, and the Streamer’s Streamer Award.
Most of 2023’s awards were chosen by a public vote that opened in January, with the exception of the Legacy Award, which was decided by a panel, and the Streamer’s Streamer Award, which was voted on by creators who attended the live ceremony.
We’ll let you check out most of the show’s winners below, but since we already gave this one away in the headline…Kai Cenat took home Streamer of the Year. That’s probably not surprising if you’re aware that Cenat has had a wild few months on Twitch, from becoming the platform’s most-subscribed-to streamer of all time to singlehandedly generating 2.5% of the platform’s entire global watchtime with his 30-day 24/7 stream marathon in March.
Following the ceremony, QTCinderella posted a tweet thanking everyone who attended and watched the show, and promised the Streamer Awards “will be even better next year.”
Thank you to every streamer that came yesterday
Thank you to anyone that watched and supported in anyway
Thank you to my amazing cohost @Valkyrae
Thank you to my red carpet squad
Thank you to the performers
Thank you thank you thank you
It will be even better next year
— QTCinderella (@qtcinderella) March 13, 2023
You can see a complete list of the Streamer Awards’ 2023 nominees and winners below. Winners’ names are bolded.
Best MMORPG Streamer
Asmongold
Boaty
Maximum
EsfandTV
Best Soulslike Streamer
MissMikkaa
Distortion2
Lobosjr
Lilaggy
Best Art Streamer
Rubber Ross
MeatCanyon
NeonBeat
Dyarikku
Best Strategy Game Streamer
K3Soju
Dkayed
Scarra
BoxBox
Gorgc
Best Chess Streamer
BotezLive
GM Hikaru
Anna Cramling
GothamChess
Best League of Legends Streamer
Caedrel
TheBausFFS
Dantes
LolTyler1
Best Battle Royale Streamer
Symfuhny
iiTzTimmy
Nadia
Apricot
Clix
Best Music Streamer
Hakumai
ChrisnxtDoor
The 8Bit Drummer
TPain
Best FPS Streamer
Scump
SuperTF
Flats
Summit1G
Aceu
Best Speedrun Streamer
Pointcrow
Squeex
Wirtual
Simply
Hidden Gem Award
KingSammelot
Nixolay
Hello Neptune
Avghans
Best IRL Streamer
JinnyTTY
FanFan
JakenbakeLive
JoeyKaoTYK
ExtraEmily
Best Roleplay Streamer
Fuslie
Fanum
Buddha
Zerkaa
Best Valorant Streamer
Tarik
Quarterjade
Shahzam
Kyedae
Best Minecraft Streamer
Tubbo
Foolish_Gamers
Quackity
Smallant
Rising Star Award
Frogan
Alluux
PrinceZamLive
Keeoh
Stream Game of the Year
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Valorant
Minecraft
Best Content Organization
VShojo
100 Thieves
OTK Network
OfflineTV
Best Philanthropic Stream Event
Holiday Charity Week – The Roomies
500 Mile Cyclethon – CDawgVA
Thankmas – JackSepticEye
Build Against Cancer – DrLupo
Best VTuber
ironmouse
ShyLily
Veibae
Shxtou
Best Streamed Event
PointCrow Party
Mogul Chessboxing Championship
Jerma Baseball
Camp Knut
Best Just Chatting Streamer
HasanAbi
YourRageGaming
PayMoneyWubby
ironmouse
Best Variety Streamer
39Daph
CDawgVA
Erobb221
IM_Dontai
xQc
League of Their Own Award
DougDougW
Ludwig Ahgren
Nmplol
Will Neff
Gamer of the Year
TenZ
iiTzTimmy
Tarik
Aceu
Streamer of the Year
xQc
Kai Cenat
Jerma985
Hasanabi
