IShowSpeed has no grand plans to return to streaming on Twitch anytime in the foreseeable future, despite claims to the contrary swirling in the streaming community after he was banned on YouTube earlier this month.
The super popular content creator was temporarily banned on his primary platform after sharing a viral video where he jumped over several speeding supercars. The upload earned IShowSpeed a Community Guidelines strike and a suspension—and once the star was banned, the Twitch rumors began.
Nearly immediately, several Speed-related fan accounts began suggesting it was “Twitch time,” with @SpeedUpdates1 even claiming the 19-year-old was now “considering switching over to Twitch” again; all claims that have no foundation in reality.
Not only is IShowSpeed very unlikely to return to Twitch, especially considering he was similarly banned by the Amazon streaming site in 2021, but suggestions are the suspension isn’t even going to last that long. Those close to Speed have said it would be around two weeks before he returns.
The only thing Speed has said on the topic is that he’s currently “recharging… ull [sic] see” alongside onomatopoeia that suggested he was meditating.
Regarding if it could ever happen in the future, Dot Esports would never really rule anything out. Speed is now unbanned on Twitch (a ruling that was passed in 2023) but has shown no interest in returning in the last 24 months. At this stage, it would be a massive downgrade too, with the 19-year-old boasting a monstrous 27.8 million followers on YouTube. In comparison, only 333,000 follow him on Twitch.
There was a stage when Speed petitioned Twitch boss Dan Clancy to be reinstated on the Amazon-owned website, but once the ban was eventually unlifted late last year he eventually decided to stay on YouTube permanently.
Since then he’s continued to build a huge streaming empire, amassing more than 2.8 billion views across 1,438 uploads. The star, who usually streams IRL content and prank videos, averages as many as 60 million views on YouTube every single week, according to social media statistics tracker SocialBlade.
Speed has still been active during this current ban, with the suspended streamer sharing updates for fans through his secondary X profile, @ronaldobetter07.
When he returns he plans to race an Olympic sprinter live.
