Jynxzi’s LoL Invitational Peaks at 908,000 Viewers

Nicholas ‘Jynxzi’ Stewart’s one-day streamer invitational began the evening of May 11 and ran for under nine hours. The broadcast averaged 531,800 viewers, accumulated more than 4.6 million Hours Watched and set a peak concurrent viewership of 908,000. The event ranked as the fourth most-watched League of Legends broadcast of 2026 to date and approached the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational peak of 916,300 viewers.

Forty streamers took part and the tournament was carried on more than 120 unique channels as participants and other creators co-streamed matches. Stewart’s Twitch channel reached a personal record with a peak above 417,000 concurrent viewers. High-profile participants included Ludwig Ahgren, Mark ‘ohnePixel’ Zimmerman, Emiru, Charles ‘MoistCr1TiKaL’ White Jr. and Rani ‘StableRonaldo’ Netz.

The grand final matched Team xQc — Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, Kingsman, Chen-Ruei ‘Ray’ Hsu, Nicholas ‘Sapnap’ Armstrong and Alois ‘AloisNL’ Nelissen — against Team Zoil, which included Warwick ‘Zoil’ Badminton, Ludwig, James ‘ArrowCS’, Georgie ‘Pokelawls’ Karam and Zachary ‘Sneaky’ Scuderi. Team xQc won 28-4 in 27 minutes. Notable performances came from xQc on Top Lane Malphite and Kingsman on ADC Samira.

The event received promotion from Riot Games and featured a Twitch Drops reward that granted an exclusive Master Yi skin to viewers who watched at least two hours. Organizers and participating creators streamed on their own channels, distributing the audience across a wide creator network and contributing to the consolidated viewership totals.

The tournament’s peak exceeded the reported peaks for LEC Spring 2026, LCS Spring 2026 and the CBLOL 2026 Cup, and outpaced the combined peak of those professional leagues. The show is among the top League of Legends broadcasts by concurrent viewership in recent years.

Stewart, known for his presence in the Rainbow Six Siege community, has expanded into multiple titles, collaborating with other creators and running multi-game streams. He has indicated plans to host additional streamer tournaments.