If you open YouTube right now and click the live section, you will be able to see a lot of creators there. In India, many streamers play different games on various streaming platforms. But, YouTube is their most preferred one. Some of them have also managed to create a place for themselves in the huge industry and have been able to create a fan base purely because of their gaming skills. Without their gender being a criterion, here are the best streamers in India.
These streamers have chosen various devices that they play games on. More often than not, the devices they play on are PC and mobile. And fortunately for them, many people have started loving their gameplay and their ways of interacting with the audience.
Exploring The Best Streamers In India
From casual players to the best esports athletes, this list consists of the top five names of streamers that play popular games like Valorant, BGMI, Free Fire Max, and PC to more casual games:
Xyaa
Shagufta Iqbal or Xyaa is one of the top PC gamers in the country. Upon going through her YouTube platforms, we were able to figure out that her gaming journey by playing first-person shooter games like PUBG, CSGO, and Fortnite. She slowly ventured out into the diverse world of PC games, turning her genre into a variety streamer. She has frequently streamed some of the best games in India.
With over 432K subscribers on her YouTube channel, she is now known for playing PC games without a genre bias. It didn’t take us long to figure out that her most popular streams have been where she played Marvel Rivals, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Elden Ring.
Mortal
Naman Mathur, who is known as Mortal in the Indian gaming scene, started his game journey with games like Mini Militia and Clash of Clans. After that, he started his YouTube channel and posted gaming montages. And one of his videos was loved by the algorithm and, to this day, has over 4 crore views. From there, his streaming journey started on his iPad.
After that, his journey has been full of major highs and lows. Just to log the readers’ memory, he represented India internationally and has now become a full-time content creator. His journey as an esports player during the early days of PUBG Mobile made him one of the best esports players in India. Now, though, you will see that he is a frequent streamer with over 7 million subscribers on his channel.
Additionally, we were also able to see that he plays a lot of PC and mobile games, but his main focus remains Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI).
Scout OP
Tanmay Singh is also a well-known name in the Indian gaming industry. He started his esports journey in Counter-Strike and found the name “Scout” for himself. And since then, he plays many mobile, PC, and console games. From what we could figure out, he also likes to have fun with his audience and often accepts fun challenges from them while streaming.
He currently has just over 5 million subscribers on YouTube and surprisingly, for a mobile player, his most famous streams have been PC games’ marathon streams. Because of this, he comes in the list of highest paid gaming streamers in India.
When talking about esports in India, it’s hard not to mention Scout OP because of his contributions. Besides being a long-time esports athlete who has represented the country as well, he was the founder of XSpark. He now serves as the brand ambassador of Revenant XSpark, one of the top esports organizations in India.
Kaash Plays
One look at Kaashvi Hiranandani’s social media platforms and you will get an idea about why she is one of the best streamers in India. Kaashvi says she has been an avid gamer, but also says that she started playing and streaming Call of Duty Mobile during the lockdown. She also says that she moved to BGMI because of her audience’s demand and really started liking the game.
While researching about her, we were able to figure out she makes content that goes beyond her BGMI streams. Her channel is also filled with content that has gained a lot of audience engagement. We were also able to see how she managed to keep her audience of 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube active. And that is by constantly pushing out content and her fun cosplay streams and mobile gaming action just adds to it.
Payal Gaming
Another female creator has made it to our list. And it is none other than Payal Dhar. At the age of just 23, her YouTube channel has over 4.25 million subscribers. While age is no bar in streaming or gaming, we think her numbers are spectacular. She is known for her BGMI streams and other gaming content.
A quick look through her YouTube channel’s live stream tab, we could see that she also plays group games and other multiplayer games with her friends.
While the list is ever evolving, these are the streamers who have ruled the entire 2024 with their live content and have kept the audience engaged.
