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Mexican Twitch streamer Samantha Rivers has caught the attention of the English-speaking streaming communities worldwide after being named Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards second year in a row. With over 6 million followers on the Amazon-owned platform, Rivers has been making content under the channel name rivers_gg since 2021.
Samantha Rivers is one of the most popular Spanish-speaking streamers on Twitch and managed to once again beat out some of the top talent in the world like Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed to win the Streamer of the Year honor at this year's Esports Awards. This has upset a lot of their fans, who have registered their protest over the decision to crown Rivers the winner online.
While other categories at the Esports Awards were partially influenced by an internal panel of judges, the Streamer of the Year award was solely based on community votes. And Samantha Rivers' fans showed up in force for the second year in a row to win her the award once again.
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It's worth noting that not everyone is pleased with her victory, with creators like Asmongold calling her a "diversity pick."
A brief overview of the two-time Esports Awards Streamer of the Year winner Samantha Rivers and her Twitch career
Samantha Rivers, sometimes known as just Rivers, is a Twitch streamer known for playing a variety of games including multiplayer titles such as Minecraft, Rust, and others. She is also part of Quackity's Spanish-speaking Minecraft server QSMP and before joining Twitch, used to broadcast on Facebook Gaming.
According to Twitch Tracker, her most streamed category on the platform is Just Chatting. Additionally, she is known for collaborating with other popular Spanish-speaking streamers. Viewership on Rivers' channel peaked in July 2023 during her boxing fight at Ibai's La Velada De Lano 3 against La Rivera, reaching more than 200K max concurrent viewers.
Samantha Rivers started her career in content creation by playing Call of Duty games such as Warzone. The oldest videos on her main YouTube channel, where she has over 4 million subscribers, date back to 2021 and are gameplay montages of her playing Warzone from her stream.
However, her content has changed significantly over the years as she started playing different genres of video games such as Rust and Minecraft taking a central stage. She also does a lot of IRL content collaboration with celebrities and fellow content creators.
As an established streamer who changed platforms from Facebook Gaming to Twitch in 2021, she already had a fanbase that transitioned to the new website. Since then, Samantha Rivers has garnered even more popularity and is currently the third most followed female channel on Twitch, behind fellow countrywoman AriGameplays and the popular Canadian streamer Pokimane.
By winning the Streamer of the Year award at the 2024 Esports Awards, Samantha Rivers has cemented her place as one of the top content creators online by winning the award twice in a row.
