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| Conti Germany. June 01 2012 23:38. Posts 1243 | Profile # |
After the positive feedback I got from my last thread, I decided to keep you guys updated with a list of the most popular streamers from the last month. So, welcome to the first regular installment of the top 50 streamers list!
For those who didn't read the last thread, a few words about my methodology: I'm running a script that regularly (every 15 minutes) grabs various information about every stream that is available from teamliquid.net, put the data in a database and turn it into the fancy table that you see below. Since the last time I've made various updates to my script. For one, I don't use www.teamliquid.net as my main source of data gathering anymore, since I found out that the data I want is available in XML form. That kinda made things a whole lot easier.  The XML version also has a lot more data (like race, language, featured status, etc.) that I now use for my table as well. Another update I implemented makes sure that only Starcraft 2 related streams are taken into account when creating the table. I kinda had to do that because half of the pro gamers have been playing (and streaming) nothing but Diablo 3 recently.  Another minor adjustment is that a streamer now has to stream at least 2.5 hours in a month before being included in the list.
So, without further ado, here it is!
Actually, one last thing: I compare the below table to the results from April 2012 for consistency's sake, which is not the same as the table I presented in my last thread, as that one contained results from a few days in May as well. You can see the table I used for comparison here, there's only minor differences compared to the table in the previous thread. Also note that these numbers are for May 2012 only, so don't complain that Stephano once had a higher peak viewership. Yeah, he did, but not last month.
EDIT: I guess I should also mention that this list only contains players, and not casters like Day9 or group/event streams, in case that isn't obvious.
![[image loading]](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/top50MayFixed.png) ( Full HTML version here! Includes "Featured" column which took too much space to be included here.) Edit: Some people demanded a ranking sorted by average viewers*streaming hours, so I made one. You can find it here.
So there we go. Stephano is the new #1! Gratz! I can't wait for the inevitable Stephano vs. Idra debate to come up again. As you can see from the numbers, though, they are still pretty damn close and far more popular than any other streamer, so I wouldn't say that that result is saying much at all. They're both pretty darn popular streamers, just like they were last month. Let's leave it at that.
What is potentially saying a lot, though, are the viewer diffs. Numbers are down across the board, at times quite massively.  Nearly everyone in the top 10 lost about 1000 viewers in the last month. I honestly have no idea why this is the case, and whether this is an indication of a trend or not. I sure hope it isn't, but we'll see whether the trend continues next month, I suppose.
Another thing that surprised me is the number of new streamers in the list. There's about 20 new names here, and the last 20 spots are almost completely filled with new faces. Why's that? Sure, some of the streamers simply lost too many viewers, but nearly half of the streamers who got kicked out of the top 50 list got kicked out because they did not stream at all last month. TaeJa last streamed on April 25, Alicia on April 24, Jjakji on April 17, and so on. It seems that streaming, for the most part, is pretty short lived and not a regular thing for some pros.
Some other random observations:
And, just for funsies, here's the top 10 Diablo 3 streamers on Teamliquid for the past month:
So, hope y'all enjoyed. Until next month!Last edit: 2012-06-02 04:25:00 |
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| teddyoojo Germany. June 01 2012 23:41. Posts 2337 | Profile Blog # |
the 2gd stream marathon was fantastic  127 hours ^_^
+ its interesting to see that almost every streamer lost viewer |
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 YouMake United States. June 01 2012 23:41. Posts 262 | Profile Blog # |
It's kind of shocking how little some of the top level people stream, maybe that's just cuz i love watching stephano :/
BTW my god Hui take a 15 minute break once in a while, sleep is good.Last edit: 2012-06-01 23:42:06 |
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| ronpaul012 United States. June 01 2012 23:43. Posts 755 | Profile # |
| D3 really stole a lot of stream viewers this month. It'll be interesting to see if there's a big spike after Anaheim, or if the lack of streaming for this next week will hurt the numbers overall for june. |
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| brokenLoL United Kingdom. June 01 2012 23:43. Posts 418 | Profile # |
| As long as my nigga Idra is still top 3 its fine. |
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| Gosi Sweden. June 01 2012 23:44. Posts 3164 | Profile # |
Damn, so many Code S players streaming now days that they don't even break 2k viewers...
And haven't Destiny dropped alot in avg. viewers? Like a year ago, didn't he have like at least 4k or more pretty much all the time? |
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| FallDownMarigold United States. June 01 2012 23:44. Posts 3213 | Profile Blog # |
| What a badass thing to make. So i'm wondering what it means though, that the majority of top50 streamers have less viewers on average than before (negative values for "viewer diff")? Does this mean there are more streams opening up, so more options and less viewers in general per stream because viewers are now spread more thinly with more options, or are there just less viewers in general? I like to think the viewer base keeps growing in our game |
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| bbm United Kingdom. June 01 2012 23:46. Posts 1292 | Profile # |
Quick note, on your website you got your backslashes and forwardslashes mixed up, so the featureds tdon't show.
Also interesting to see the massive falloff in viewer counts. Could be cos it's finals season, or it could just be cos SC2's declining (naturally). Still shocked to see that big a dip. |
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 Aeroplaneoverthesea United Kingdom. June 01 2012 23:46. Posts 1694 | Profile # |
| I feel like a lot of people (myself included) find streaming boring now. For me I'd rather watch almost any tournament than a players stream. |
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| InfusedTT.DaZe Romania. June 01 2012 23:48. Posts 511 | Profile # |
| hui owning every one in streamed hours again :D 360 + |
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| ssg United States. June 01 2012 23:48. Posts 1327 | Profile # |
| Destiny only streamed for 5 hours? |
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| ragz_gt June 01 2012 23:53. Posts 4307 | Profile # |
| MKP did really well considering all he did on stream this month was getting butt kicked on ladder and play replays... |
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| Conti Germany. June 01 2012 23:54. Posts 1243 | Profile # |
On June 01 2012 23:46 bbm wrote:
Quick note, on your website you got your backslashes and forwardslashes mixed up, so the featureds tdon't show.
Whoops, fixed. Thanks!
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| MVTaylor United Kingdom. June 01 2012 23:58. Posts 2774 | Profile Blog # |
Glad to see Apollo in top 10, he's on now and it's brilliant. Far easier to relate to than some pros and so much good extra stuff, really hope he keeps doing it.
Also very glad to see GD Studio up there, they really are making a name for themselves in everything they turn their hand to, and rightly so. Bring on the SC2 Arena, 2GD casting?! OMG. |
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| Drmooose United States. June 01 2012 23:59. Posts 263 | Profile # |
| I think you might have your answer in the op on the decline. People might just be watching different streams instead of just the top ten. Also as someone already noted, Diablo3 probably had a big impact. I played d3 instead of watching streams and found watching it incredibly boring...and for about a week that was all anyone was streaming really interesting data though. Thank you! |
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| ragnorr Denmark. June 02 2012 00:00. Posts 3930 | Profile # |
On June 01 2012 23:59 Drmooose wrote:
I think you might have your answer in the op on the decline. People might just be watching different streams instead of just the top ten. Also as someone already noted, Diablo3 probably had a big impact. I played d3 instead of watching streams and found watching it incredibly boring...and for about a week that was all anyone was streaming really interesting data though. Thank you!
Summer as well, i find it more interesting just to go out and grill or enjoy the good weather over watching a stream |
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| Shadow_Dog Canada. June 02 2012 00:01. Posts 405 | Profile # |
| Destiny doing pretty well considering he was unlisted. |
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| figq June 02 2012 00:02. Posts 9634 | Profile Blog # |
| TheGDStudio is not featured yet? <insert random Semmler comment about the chat> |
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| DawN883 Sweden. June 02 2012 00:05. Posts 553 | Profile # |
| Thanks for the list |
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| JustPassingBy June 02 2012 00:06. Posts 6268 | Profile Blog # |
| very nice, is there a way to see more than just the top 50 streamers? |
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