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Twitch Puts Out State Of Gaming 2026, With GTA V Tops In Japan
Twitch published its State of Gaming 2026 report on September 9, covering January 1 to September 1. Game-related viewing passed 8.6 billion hours.
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Why it matters
The report gives Twitch's own numbers for a year when GTA V, a title from 2013, sits at the top of the Japanese chart, which says as much about the roleplay server scene around the game as it does about the game itself.
League of Legends led worldwide, ahead of Counter-Strike, GTA V, VALORANT, and World of Warcraft. Indie-tagged channels rose 51 percent year on year. GTA V was the most-watched title in Japan, where SHAKA and Laz of ZETA DIVISION are named among top streamers.
Twitch's numbers run from January 1 to September 1, 2026. The top five titles worldwide (League of Legends, Counter-Strike, GTA V, VALORANT, World of Warcraft) account for about 1.7 billion hours on their own.
Japan's chart inverts the global order at the top: GTA V first, League of Legends second, VALORANT third. The report credits long-running streamer collaborations on shared servers, and Twitch ran GTA RP Week in September alongside the launch of the NoPixel V roleplay server. SHAKA, JLtomy, and Penta are named for GTA V; Laz, Gofns, and Mixwell for VALORANT.
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