Twitch’s most subscribed streamer is not human – TechRadar

(Image credit: YouTube / Twitch / Nina Amaki / Gawr Gura / Kuzuha / Netflix / Kageyama Shien) AI-powered VTuber Neuro-sama has become the most subscribed-to streamer on Twitch Neuro-sama has 160,000 active subscribers and a growing fanbase The AI VTuber also broke its Twitch Hype Train record by reaching level 126 Neuro-sama, an AI-powered VTuber created by streamer and developer vedal987, has broken the all-time record for Twitch’s longest Hype Train while also becoming the most subscribed channel on the streaming platform. The animated AI character beat out top human streamer Jynxzi, who held around 74,000 active subscribers, while Neuro-sama attracted more than 160,000 active subscribers while reaching a world-record level of 126 on a Hype Train, a viewer-funded surge of gifted subscriptions and Bits (a virtual cheer you can buy on Twitch). Neuro-sama’s fans sustained the train for hours, suggesting a growing acceptance of, or at least interest in, AI personalities. Twitch has always sold itself on live human presence and personality. People want to watch people reacting in real time. And yet here was an animated character powered by code, pulling in more paid supporters than any flesh‑and‑blood creator online. Neuro‑sama has been making a habit of
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