The 5 Highest Earning Female Twitch Streamers in 2023!

Twitch streaming is not just a hobby and is not limited to one gender. Hence, here’s a list of the 5 highest earning female Twitch streamers in 2023

With over 2 million viewers watching live streams every month, Twitch is a leading gaming community and live streaming platform. Based on their number of followers, some streamers have a lot of viewers while others have none at all. How much a Twitch streamer earns is also determined depending on the number of viewers that they have. 

However, streamers do not only earn from their live streams, they also earn from sponsorships, brand deals, ads, donations, subscribers and selling merchandise. Female streamers were a rare sight on the top ranks of Twitch’s leaderboard, but now things have changed and they are dominating the platform entirely. Hence, here is a list of the 5 highest earning female Twitch streamers in 2023. 

Imane “Pokimane” Anys

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Imane Anys, better known by her internet nicknames, “Pokimane” and “Poki”  is a Canadian and Moroccan Twitch streamer, Youtuber and social media content creator. She started off her streaming journey in June 2013. Initially, she played League of Legends (LoL) on her live streams until she gained fame and started creating more content. 

She gained popularity as a streamer in 2017, which earned her a place in the top 100 most followed Twitch streamers. Owing to her sudden surge in popularity, she was named “Best Twitch Streamer of the Year” in 2017. She was also one of the owners of the online social entertainment group of content creators named “OfflineTV” up until she left the group on May 19, 2023.  

As of 2023, Pokimane is the most-followed female streamer on Twitch’s platform with a whopping 9.4M followers. She became a Twitch partner in 2018 right after having a massive upsurge in her followers count. She then went on to sign a multi-year exclusive contract with Twitch in 2020. 

She is best known for her gameplay in first-person survival shooter games such as Valorant and Fortnite Battle Royale alongside her charming personality. At present, her net worth is estimated to be $25M USD, which makes her the top highest-earning female Twitch streamer in 2023. Most of her monthly earnings come from her Twitch channel’s viewers, but she also gets paid from her sponsorships, brand deals, merch and multiple Youtube channels. 

Cristina “IamCristinini” Pérez

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Cristina Pérez, better known by her internet nicknames, “IamCristinini” and “Cristinini” is a Spanish Twitch streamer, Youtuber and esports reporter. She started her mainstream media career early in 2016 on Youtube. She then quit her accountant job and devoted herself to the world of video games by focusing on her Youtube channel. In 2017, she began her esports reporter career by joining “The Gaming House”, which is a program that shares esports news, as a host alongside Sergio Perela. 

She went on to present programs on Movistar eSports and Meristation as a presenter and reporter. At present, she is a presenter for the Ubeat platform’s “Hoy no se sale” segment and she is collaborating with Vodafone Yu and Zapeando additionally.

Cristinini’s Twitch channel grew to be really big over time and because of that, she became the fourth most-watched female streamer all around the world. In 2021, she also won the award for the “Best Esports Reporter” at Esland Awards. She was also named as one of the most influential streamers in Spain on the Forbes 2021 list. 

Cristinini is best known for her role-play and multiplayer gameplays with fellow streamers and her magnetic personality that draws viewers in. Some of the games she plays include World of Warcraft (WoW), Minecraft, Among Us, Fortnite Battle Royale and Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV). Cristinini is the second highest-earning female Twitch streamer in 2023 with a net worth of $3.75M USD.

Kathleen “Loserfruit” Belsten

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Kathleen Belsten, better known by her internet nicknames, “Loserfruit” and “Lufu” is an Australian Twitch streamer, social media influencer, Youtuber and professional gamer. She began her mainstream media career in 2013 by streaming League of Legends (LoL) gameplays. Besides being a professional gamer, Loserfruit is also a vlogger who posts vlogs on her second YouTube channel named “Lufu.” She is sponsored by the famous makeup brand, Elf Cosmetics and the fitness apparel brand, Gymshark. 

She was also a former member of the group of Australian YouTubers who made collaborative content named “Click.” Click has since been disbanded completely but Loserfruit continued to soar by herself and became one of the most followed female streamers on Twitch’s platform and in general. 

Loserfruit is best known for her Let’s Play live streams that she does on Twitch and later uploads to her two Youtube channels. She was known to play League of Legends and Overwatch. Now, she has switched to Fortnite Battle Royale, a first-person survival shooter game. She is known as a Fortnite specialist and she was the second streamer after Ninja to get her own Fortnite outfit as part of the Fortnite Icon Series. 

She was also one of the leading streamers to participate in the first Fortnite Summer Smash which was held in 2019 at the Australia Open. At present, she has a net worth of $2.8M USD making her the third highest-earning female Twitch streamer in 2023. 

Abril “AriGameplays” Alonso 

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Abril Alonso, better known by her internet nicknames, “AriGameplays” and “Ari” is a Mexican Twitch streamer, Tiktoker, Youtuber, cosplayer, model and social media influencer. She dropped out of the National Autonomous University of Mexico where she was studying communication sciences to pursue her social media career after she saw success. She began her mainstream media career on Youtube in 2014 and then she began streaming on Twitch in 2016. 

Immediately after joining Twitch, she became the concurrent second-most followed female streamer with nearly 1.35M followers. She participated in a Fortnite Battle Royale tournament at Gamergy in 2018 hosted by El Rubius. She created her second channel on Youtube in 2019 where she sometimes posts extensions of her existing content. 

At present, Ari is the second most followed female streamer on Twitch’s platform with a total of 6.6M followers on her channel. Her Twitch channel is the 22nd most followed on the platform globally. She is also the 150th most-followed user or content creator on Tiktok with a total of 26.3M followers. 

She is best known for her cosplays, vlogs and Let’s Play live streams that she does on Twitch. Some of the games she plays on her streams include Fortnite Battle Royale, Minecraft, Overwatch and Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV). At present, Ari is the fourth highest-earning female Twitch streamer with a net worth of $1.3M USD where she gets most of her earnings from Twitch.  

Samantha “rivers_gg” Rivera

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Samantha Rivera, better known by her internet nicknames, “rivers_gg” and “Rivers” is a Mexican Twitch streamer, Youtuber and social media content creator. She began her mainstream career as a streamer on Twitch’s platform in November 2021. Before that, she used to stream on Facebook to a small audience who were loyal but less in numbers. Now, she is one of the fastest-growing streamers on Twitch’s platform as her following count is increasing every day at a rapid pace. 

She has a total of 5.1M followers on her Twitch which makes her the fourth most followed female streamer in 2023 behind AriGameplays. She was known for exclusively uploading content related to Call of Duty (CoD), specifically Call of Duty: Warzone. 

Now, Rivers has branched out with her streaming content and she does Let’s Play streams alongside Just Chatting streams. Some of the video games she plays include Minecraft, Fortnite Battle Royale, Roblox, Mario Kart and of course, Call of Duty games like Call of Duty: Warzone. She is known for her gaming skills, humorous jokes and charming personality which she portrays on her live streams. 

She is also the owner of her own restaurant in Mexico, which is named “MEIMEI.” At present, Rivers is the fifth highest-earning female Twitch streamer with a total net worth of $1M USD. Most of her earnings come from her Twitch channel, where she makes over $30K USD per month from viewers, donations and subscribers. 

Conclusion

Without any doubt, Twitch streaming cannot be called just a hobby. It is a career that can make someone very successful in life. Of course, that includes both genders and currently, Twitch is being dominated by the female streamers on there. Regardless of gender, they have to bring something new to the table which makes them top streamers that are able to earn so much from Twitch. 

The most entertaining streamers are the ones who get to be on the top. It is a battle of the skilled who have to fight their way to climb the ladder to the top. Hence, take a look at our list of the 5 best highest-earning female Twitch streamers in 2023 and learn about the females on the top!