Famous streamer IShowSpeed has managed to break one million followers on Twitch after just eight days of broadcasting on the platform in his long-awaited comeback.
IShowSpeed was famously permabanned from Twitch in December 2021 due to comments he made on a stream alongside Adin Ross. This forced him to move to YouTube, where he’s been streaming ever since.
In 2023, Twitch had mercy on Speed and unbanned him — but he wouldn’t go live on the platform for another two years.
In July 2025, Speed finally made his comeback to the purple streaming site for a tour across Eastern Europe, earning praise from other major online figures like MrBeast for the eye-popping number of viewers he’s pulled during this particular trip.
IShowSpeed breaks Twitch milestone 8 days after comeback
Speed’s streams abroad are like a virtual vacation to places many followers have never been, spawning viral moments almost every single day that he’s live.
In fact, his latest trip is so popular that after just eight days of streaming since returning to Twitch, Speed has racked up over one million followers on the platform in a major career milestone.
The streamer reacted to the news during a car ride, calling the achievement “crazy” as viewers flooded the chat with congratulatory messages.
“Who would have ever thought?” he said. “I really came back to this platform after four years. After four years, I hit one million. That’s crazy.”
It’s worth noting that IShowSpeed had already garnered a substantial following on his Twitch channel prior to this point. As of July 2, 2025, his page had 409,174 followers, per statistics from Social Blade.
This means that he managed to gain 600,000 followers since his return — and given all the wild things that happen during his broadcasts, it’s not hard to see why.
During this latest trip, alone, Speed has drawn crowds of fans so large that he’s had to flee from the Helsinki city center and even caused a bridge to collapse after a group of viewers put too much weight on the structure.
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