2022 Streamer Awards

The 2022 Streamer Awards^[a] was the second edition of The Streamer Awards honoring the best in live streaming in 2022. The ceremony was held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 11, 2023.^[2] Hosted by showrunner QTCinderella and fellow streamer Valkyrae.

2022 Streamer Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in live streaming
Sponsored by	Twitch
Date	March 11, 2023 (2023-03-11)
Location	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	QTCinderella & Valkyrae
Preshow host(s)	Ludwig Ahgren, Hasan Piker, Squeex, & Sweet Anita
Act(s)	Nicki Taylor, Charming Jo, Yung Gravy
Most nominations	Jerma985 (3)
Streaming coverage
Network	Twitch
Runtime	137 minutes
Viewership	580,159 peak viewers[1]
Directed by	QTCinderella
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QTCinderella hosted the show

Valkyrae hosted the show

The show was presented by, and exclusively streaming on, Twitch.^[3] The event was also sponsored by AT&T, Spotify, Fansly, Nitro Stream Racing, Mountain Dew, and KFC.^[4]

Streamers were interviewed on the red carpet by Ludwig Ahgren, Hasan Piker, Squeex, and Sweet Anita.^[5]

The show peaked at 580,159 live concurrent viewers across all seventy-two Twitch channels that were streaming the awards.^[6]

Performers

The 2022 Streamer Awards featured musical performances from

Performers at the 2022 Streamer Awards

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Nicki Taylor	"Worlds Collide"
Charming Jo	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "What's Up"
Yung Gravy	"Betty (Get Money)"

Winners & nominees

Kai Cenat, winner of the Streamer of the Year award

TenZ, winner of the Gamer of the Year award

Jerma985, winner of the Legacy award

Streamers were nominated and voted for by their fans, besides the Legacy Award and the Streamer's Streamer Award, which were voted on by the Streamer Awards panel and audience respectively.^[7]

Winners are listed first and in boldface.^[8]

Best Battle Royale Streamer iiTzTimmy Apricot Clix Nadia Symfuhny	Best MMORPG Streamer Asmongold B0aty EsfandTV Maximum
Best Role-Play Streamer Fanum buddha Fuslie Zerkaa	Best FPS Streamer aceu Flats Scump Summit1g supertf
Best Soulslike Streamer MissMikkaa Distortion2 LilAggy LobosJr	Best Chess Streamer GothamChess Anna Cramling BotezLive GMHikaru
Best Strategy Game Streamer boxbox Dkayed Gorgc k3soju Scarra	Best Speedrun Streamer PointCrow Simply Squeex Wirtual
Best Art Streamer MeatCanyon DyaRikku Neonbeat RubberRoss	Best VTuber Ironmouse shxtou Shylily [ja] veibae [ja]
Best Music Streamer TPAIN Chrisnxtdoor hakumai The8BitDrummer	Best IRL Streamer jakenbakeLIVE ExtraEmily fanfan Jinnytty JoeyKaotyk
Best League of Legends Streamer loltyler1 Caedrel Dantes Thebausffs	Best Minecraft Streamer Quackity Foolish_Gamers SmallAnt Tubbo
Best Valorant Streamer Kyedae QuarterJade ShahZaM tarik	Hidden Gem Award KingSammelot Avghans HelloNeptune Nixolay
Best Philanthropic Stream Event 500 Mile Cyclethon – CDawgVA Build Against Cancer – DrLupo Holiday Charity Week – Roomies Thankmas – jacksepticeye	Stream Game of the Year Elden Ring God of War Ragnarök Minecraft Valorant
Best Variety Streamer xQc 39daph CDawgVA erobb221 Im_Dontai	Best Just Chatting Streamer HasanAbi Ironmouse PaymoneyWubby yourragegaming
Best Streamed Event Mogul Chessboxing Championship Camp Knut Jerma Baseball Stream PointCrow Party	Best Content Organization OfflineTV 100 Thieves OTK Network VShojo
Rising Star Award frogan Alluux Keeoh PrinceZamLIVE	League of Their Own DougDoug Ludwig Nmplol WillNeff
Streamer's Streamer Award PaymoneyWubby	Legacy Award Jerma985
Gamer of the Year TenZ aceu iiTzTimmy tarik	Streamer of the Year Kai Cenat HasanAbi Jerma985 xQc

Fansly controversy

This edition of the awards were sponsored by Fansly,^[9] a subscription-based social media platform similar to OnlyFans which is mainly used to distribute pornography. An advertisement for the platform was played multiple times throughout the show, which caused some uproar within viewers.^[10] Some said that the ads were promoting adult content to children, while others were criticizing the lack of age-verification on the platform.

QTCinderella's boyfriend, Ludwig Ahgren, who had also taken Fansly sponsorships in the past, would respond to the controversy by stating "I don't cater my content directly towards kids. I do a lot of gambling, I do a lot of drinking, I do a lot of swearing. I wouldn't say that if you're a kid, I'm necessarily a channel you should watch."^[11][12]

In the third edition of the awards, QTCinderella would reference the controversy in her opening monologue stating: "Last year I was accused of selling porn to children after taking a Fansly sponsorship. So to avoid the same accusations this year, I had to turn down some sponsorships."^[13]

Notes

1. Was referred to as the 2023 Streamer Awards when airing. Name was changed after the 2024 Streamer Awards.