Ukrainian Streams Are Booming on Twitch With 63 Million Hours Watched in 2025

Ukrainian-language streaming is closing in on Twitch’s global top 10 after a record-breaking 2025, with Ukrainian broadcasts generating 63.1 million hours watched, according to analytics from Streams Charts and Ukrainian media Dev.ua on May 19.

The milestone puts Ukrainian ahead of several established languages on the platform, including Turkish, Czech, Swedish, and Hungarian.

Analysts say the language is now on the verge of entering Twitch’s 10 most-watched languages, marking a major shift for a segment that has grown rapidly in recent years.

“Ukrainian-language broadcasts on Twitch generated more than 63.1 million hours watched in 2025. Only 75.8% of that came from viewers watching from Ukraine. In fact, almost a quarter of the entire Ukrainian-language livestreaming market is generated by viewers abroad. This is easily explained by the large wave of Ukrainian displaced people who left the country after the start of the full-scale war,” Streams Charts said.

The data shows that 24.2% of Ukrainian-language Twitch viewing came from outside Ukraine, highlighting the role of the Ukrainian diaspora in sustaining and expanding the audience.

Poland was the largest foreign market for Ukrainian-language streams in 2025, accounting for more than 6.3% of total Ukrainian-language watch time on Twitch. Analysts say this is largely driven by Ukrainians living in Poland, which currently hosts one of the largest Ukrainian communities abroad.

The United States ranked next with around 4.1% of total watch time for Ukrainian-language broadcasts. Streams Charts noted that this result may be partly linked to major Ukrainian esports figures such as Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin and Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, both of whom have large international fanbases, including in the US.

Some of the figures may also be affected by viewers using US-based VPN servers.

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Germany, another major destination for displaced Ukrainians, also remains one of the leading countries for Ukrainian-language Twitch viewership.

One unexpected entry in the top 10 was the Philippines, which accounted for 0.5% of watch time. Analysts suggested that part of this figure may be linked to bot activity, as the country hosts many services that provide artificial audience growth for streamers.

Earlier, reports emerged that a Ukrainian drone training center adapted Grand Theft Auto V into a custom FPV drone simulator designed to help train drone operators in urban combat scenarios.

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