

While there are many roleplaying servers on Twitch, Nopixel quickly became the go-to roleplaying server for Twitch streamers. These roleplaying servers allow streamers to collaborate with other streamers in the virtual world of GTA.Įach streamer on the NoPixel server has their own personality and character that they play, creating lots of interactive content between streamers that viewers on Twitch love. GTA 5 is popular largely due to the NoPixel roleplaying server that most GTA streamers are part of. NoPixel was started in 2016 but didn’t gain any mainstream popularity on Twitch until around 2019. NoPixel is by far the most popular of these roleplaying servers having featured a wide variety of top-tier streamers such as xQc and Sykkuno.īut even without these big-time streamers, the NoPixel server is filled with plenty of smaller streamers who average over 1k viewers each.

xQc on the GTA5 NoPixel roleplaying server a cop or a doctor) in an online world filled with other streamers. On these roleplaying servers, streamers take on an alternative personality from their own, which often includes changing their voices, to play a character (e.g. Roleplaying servers are modded servers that turned GTA Online into a virtual playhouse for streamers. Turns out it was roleplaying servers, particularly the NoPixel roleplaying server. This data shows something interesting: GTA 5 has been more popular on Twitch in the last 4 years than it was in the first couple of years of its release on PC (April 2015). In 2022, GTA 5 is the 3rd most-watched game on Twitch.In 2021, GTA 5 was the 2nd most-watched game on Twitch.In 2020, GTA 5 was the 4th most-watched game on Twitch.In 2019, GTA 5 was the 4th most-watched game on Twitch.

In 2018, GTA 5 was the 10th most-watched game on Twitch.

In 2017, GTA 5 was the 9th most-watched game on Twitch.In 2016, GTA 5 was the 22nd most-watched game on Twitch.
