2021 Streamer Awards

The 2021 Streamer Awards^[a] was the first edition of The Streamer Awards honoring the best in live streaming in 2021. The ceremony was held at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 12, 2022. Hosted by showrunner QTCinderella and fellow streamer Maya Higa.

2021 Streamer Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in live streaming
Date	March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12)
Location	The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	QTCinderella & Maya Higa
Preshow host(s)	NymN, Slime, & JHBTeam
Act(s)	ARIatHOME, Koaster, Sordiway, TJBrown, Violin_Tim, Mitch Jones, & Kala
Most awards	Jerma985 (2)
Most nominations	aceu, shroud, TenZ, Disguised Toast, Scarra, LilyPichu, Ranboo, Pokimane, Sykkuno, xQc, Ludwig Ahgren, Mizkif, Paymoneywubby, Ibai Llanos (2)
Streaming coverage
Network	Twitch
Runtime	123 minutes
Viewership	381,436 peak viewers[1]
Produced by	Jacob Komar & Alex Herreid
Directed by	Bobby Sutherland
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QTCinderella hosted the show

Maya Higa hosted the show

Streamers were interviewed on the red carpet by NymN, Slime, and JHBTeam.^[2]

Performers

The 2021 Streamer Awards featured musical performances from

Performers at the 2021 Streamer Awards

Artist(s)	Song(s)
ARIatHOME	Freestyled song
Koaster & Sordiway	Medley of various original songs and covers.
TJBrown & Violin_Tim
Mitch Jones & Kala	"West Coast Tragedy" "No In-Between"

Winners & nominees

Ludwig Ahgren, winner of the Streamer of the Year award

Shroud, winner of the Gamer of the Year award

Pokimane, winner of the Legacy award

The categories "Best Political Streamer" and "Best Sports Game Streamer" were removed during the nomination process due to a lack of votes.^[3]

This is the only year that the Legacy Award was voted on. In all future shows the award would be voted on by The Streamer Awards voting panel.

Winners are listed first and in boldface.^[4]

Best Battle Royale Streamer aceu LuluLuvely NICKMERCS TSM_ImperialHal	Best MMORPG Streamer Asmongold EsfandTV itswill richwcampbell
Best Role-Play Streamer cyr – Rust Critical Role – Dungeons & Dragons MurderCrumpet – VRChat roflgator – VRChat	Best FPS Streamer tarik shroud supertf TenZ
Best Super Smash Bros. Streamer mang0 Hungrybox iBDW Leffen	Best Chess Streamer BotezLive akaNemsko GMHikaru GothamChess
Best Strategy Game Streamer Disguised Toast boxbox Northernlion Scarra	Best Speedrun Streamer SmallAnt Atrioc Simply Wirtual
Best ASMR Streamer Amouranth FoxenKin Katrine SkepticalPickle	Best VTuber Streamer CodeMiko Ironmouse Nyanners Veibae [ja]
Best Music Streamer lilypichu ARIatHOME SethDrums TPAIN	Best IRL Streamer HAchubby jakenbakeLIVE Jinnytty robcdee
Best League of Legends Streamer loltyler1 Doublelift Emiru lilypichu	Best Minecraft Streamer TommyInnit forsen RanbooLive Tubbo
Best Valorant Streamer iiTzTimmy pokimane Punz QuarterJade	Best GTA RP Streamer buddha fuslie Sykkuno xQcOW
Best Philanthropic Streamer jacksepticeye DrLupo HealthyGamer_GG RanbooLive	Stream Game of the Year Minecraft Apex Legends Grand Theft Auto V Valorant
Best Variety Streamer moistcr1tikal DisguisedToast Ludwig Valkyrae	Best Just Chatting Streamer Mizkif BruceDropEmOff HasanAbi PaymoneyWubby
Best Streamed Event The Jerma985 Dollhouse – Jerma985 Balloon World Cup – ibai The Price is Scuffed – PaymoneyWubby Shit Con – Nmplol	Best Content Organization One True King (OTK) 100 Thieves NRG Esports OfflineTV
Rising Star Award Stanz frogan PurpleCliffe Zoil	League of Their Own Jerma985 ibai Kitboga TheSushiDragon
Legacy Award pokimane Scarra sodapoppin summit1g	Gamer of the Year shroud aceu iiTzTimmy TenZ
Streamer of the Year Ludwig Mizkif Sykkuno xQcOW

Notes

1. Was referred to as the 2022 Streamer Awards when airing. Name was changed after the 2024 Streamer Awards.