World of Warcraft's Duel Month

数字で見る1か月

平均視聴者数

17,606−7% 2026年9月比

ピーク（全チャンネル合計）

204,000−35% 2026年9月比

10月18日(日)

チャンネル数

38−20 2026年9月比

配信時間

1,508−18% 2026年9月比

視聴時間

13,098,719−4% 2026年9月比

視聴時間シェア

3.4%−0.7 2026年9月比

Twitchのゲーム1011本中5位

日ごとの推移

点線は2026年9月（同じ日付で並べています）。

The beta made its own weather

October belonged to WoW Forever, the beta built around making old Azeroth feel unsolved again. zackrawrr became its loudest daily town crier, while sodapoppin went from leveling and professions to serious tournament prep. That was enough to keep World of Warcraft busy on Twitch, even as viewer-hours slipped 4% and hours live fell 18% from September.

The big pattern was simple: beta updates, raid chatter and drama kept the regulars watching, then the testing window shut and the calendar suddenly looked very peaceful. The month had 38 streamers, down from 58, which made the quieter final stretch feel less like a cooldown and more like Azeroth had been sent to bed without supper.

The weekend duels conquered everything

Then came The Forever Open, a community-run level 30 Horde duel tournament on the beta, and subtlety immediately left the building. Xaryu carried the qualifiers and finals coverage, while sodapoppin joined the top 36 spectacle. The event was exactly the kind of lovingly overprepared chaos that turns a beta into appointment viewing.

Sunday, October 18 delivered the month’s 204K combined peak across World of Warcraft channels. That is not one streamer’s crowd, but sodapoppin supplied the biggest individual stream at 107,781 viewers, a personal record. The tournament did not prevent a 35% month-over-month peak drop, but it gave October one enormous, shiny center of gravity.

The supporting cast mattered too. elxokas turned preparation into a full-time lifestyle, while the marathon wing of Azeroth kept grinding. The result was a month that fell to #5 among games on Twitch, yet still felt much bigger whenever somebody found a broken interaction, a new raid, or a bracket.

月を支えたチャンネル

今月World of Warcraftを3回以上・5時間以上配信したチャンネル。矢印は前月との比較です。

今月の新顔

最大の配信

10月18日(日)、sodapoppinが107,781人の視聴者を集めました。

100k tournament top 36 here we go | !podcast !merch !gamersupps !starforge !bracket

今月のクリップ

• 

  Crashout

  sodapoppin · 16,062回再生

• 

  Xokas baneado?

  elxokas · 11,128回再生

• 

  Twist

  EsfandTV · 6,323回再生

• 

  omg clancy girls

  zackrawrr · 6,013回再生

World of Warcraftが見られた時間帯

曜日・時間帯ごとの平均視聴者数（UTC）。空欄は観測日が2日未満のセルです。

チャンネルの言語

配信言語別のチャンネルの割合。

• 英語12 · 60%
• ロシア語4 · 20%
• スペイン語3 · 15%
• ドイツ語1 · 5%

Tavern talk

• ★sodapoppin gave the cleanest self-assessment of the month: he says he is bad at the game, and insists this is not false modesty.
• ★Xaryu called Warcraft III absolute cinema, then immediately requested the SD models back because the HD cutscenes were wrecking the immersion.
• ★Xaryu’s crew wiped a pile of Taurens during the stress test, then apparently helped the servers achieve their own wipe.
• ★summit1g had chat pitching a level 30 Blackrock Mountain farewell where everybody jumps into the lava. Safety briefing not included.
• ★elxokas planned to shave completely bald for a WoW Forever cosplay stream. Azeroth demands commitment, and occasionally scalp visibility.

After the beta, the waiting room

The next chapter was already forming around name reservations and launch-week plans. Blizzard had positioned WoW Forever as an ongoing version of Azeroth rather than a one-off seasonal detour, so October’s testing frenzy was only the opening pull.

The schedule showed 5 upcoming World of Warcraft segments from 2 channels, including EsfandTV returning for a Classic raid night. After a month of duels, disconnects and experimental mayhem, a raid night sounds almost suspiciously civilized.