Kai Cenat
American Twitch streamer and YouTuber
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| July 2025 | Kai Cenat was named in Time magazine's inaugural 'TIME100 Creators' list, recognizing him as one of the 100 most influential digital voices. |
| May 22 2025 | Launched Streamer University, a three-day event at the University of Akron, selecting 120 content creators to develop their personal brands. The event featured mentorship from creators like DDG and ExtraEmily, covering topics such as 'internet beef' and improv. |
| March 8 2025 | Participated in the Sidemen Charity Match at Wembley Stadium, playing for the YouTube Allstars team and scoring a goal in the 68th minute. |
| 2025 | Featured in the music video 'Truth in the Lies' by Central Cee featuring Lil Durk, appearing as himself |
| 2025 | Kai Cenat releases the single 'Truth in the Lies' featuring Central Cee and Lil Durk from the album 'Can't Rush Greatness' |
| January 27 2025 | Made an appearance on WWE Raw, announcing his attendance at the Royal Rumble event and calling out IShowSpeed. |
| January 2025 | Cenat was criticized for kicking a Unitree G1 humanoid robot during a livestream. |
| 2024 | Kai Cenat won Favorite Gamer at the Kids' Choice Awards |
| December 2024 | Won Best Just Chatting Streamer, Best Marathon Stream, and Best Streamed Collab (for a sleepover stream with Kevin Hart and Druski) at the second Streamer Awards. Nominated for Gamer of the Year and Streamer of the Year. |
| November 30 2024 | Ended Mafiathon 2 with 728,535 subscribers, doubling the previous record held by Ironmouse. |
| November 26 2024 | During his Mafiathon 2 stream, Cenat showed magician Max Major seemingly hanging himself as a stunt. Cenat claimed Major had misled his team about the stunt details and banned future magician acts from his streams after Major refused to return and apologize. |
| November 11 2024 | Reclaimed the record of most-subscribed Twitch streamer with 337,000 subscribers. |
| November 2 2024 | Temporarily banned on Twitch for 6 minutes after being swatted during the Mafiathon 2 subathon. |
| November 1 2024 | Began Mafiathon 2, a month-long subathon with 20% of subscription proceeds going towards building a school in Nigeria. Featured numerous celebrity guests including Lil Uzi Vert, Snoop Dogg, Serena Williams, and many others. |
| October 2024 | Partnered with McDonald's to promote the launch of chicken Big Macs in the US. Forbes ranked him 24th on its Top Creators list, earning an estimated $8.5 million. |
| August 2024 | Ranked number 1 on Rolling Stone's '25 Most Influential Creators of 2024' list as the most-subscribed Twitch influencer. |
| July 13 2024 | Appeared and participated in a MrBeast video titled '50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000'. |
| June 2 2024 | Collaborated with AMP and Beta Squad for a charity soccer match at Selhurst Park in London, raising funds for The Water Project. The match ended in a 6-6 draw after a pitch invasion. |
| May 2024 | Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg dropped charges against Kai Cenat in exchange for an apology and restitution for the Union Square riot incident. |
| February 17 2024 | Cenat won 'Streamer of the Year' and 'Best Just Chatting Streamer' at the Streamer Awards, and was nominated for 'Best Streamed Event'. |
| February 8 2024 | Kai Cenat announced his partnership with Nike, becoming the first streamer to be signed by the company. |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat was nominated for Best Streamed Event at The Streamer Awards for '7 Days In' |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat won Best Just Chatting Streamer at The Streamer Awards |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat won the Just Chatting category at the 13th Streamy Awards |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat released 'The End of the Road Begins – Intro' as part of the Fast X movie soundtrack |
| 2023 | 'Gyat', another internet slang term associated with Kai Cenat, was nominated for the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year. |
| 2023 | Placed on Rolling Stone's 20 Most Influential Creators list |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat appeared in the music video for 'Fan' by Offset, playing himself |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat made a guest appearance as a Disgruntled Customer in the film Good Burger 2 |
| 2023 | Oxford University Press named 'Rizz', an internet slang term popularized by Kai Cenat, as the Word of the Year. |
| 2023 | Released non-album single 'Dogs' collaboration with IShowSpeed |
| 2023 | Kai Cenat was nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards. |
| December 14 2023 | Nicki Minaj appeared on his stream, breaking his previous peak viewership record with 348,593 concurrent viewers. |
| November 26 2023 | Cenat caused controversy by showing magician Max Major apparently hanging himself as a stream stunt. After claiming Major misled his production team, Cenat banned future magician acts from his streams. |
| September 26 2023 | Ranked 44th on Forbes' Top Creators list, with an estimated earnings of $4.7 million in 2023. |
| September 9 2023 | Participated in the Sidemen charity match at London Stadium, playing for YouTube Allstars. |
| August 27 2023 | Won 'Streamer of the Year' award at the 13th Streamy Awards. |
| August 4 2023 | Kai Cenat announced a PlayStation 5 and gift card giveaway in Union Square, Manhattan, which resulted in a massive riot. Thousands of followers gathered, causing chaos around a Best Buy and other businesses. Cenat was arrested by the NYPD for inciting civil unrest, with 65 other arrests made. He was charged with first-degree rioting, inciting a riot, and unlawful assembly. |
| April 17 2023 | Temporarily suspended on Twitch for undisclosed reasons. |
| March 11 2023 | Won 'Streamer of the Year' at the 2023 Streamer Awards. |
| February 28 2023 | Became the most-subscribed Twitch streamer of all time, reaching 306,621 subscribers at its peak (record lasted until September 2024). |
| February 16 2023 | Signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas. |
| January 31 2023 | Cenat began a month-long Mafiathon subathon, featuring celebrity guests including G Herbo, NLE Choppa, Skai Jackson, KSI, DDG, Rubi Rose, and Autumn Falls. |
| 2022 | Kai Cenat appeared in multiple music videos including 'Distraction' by Polo G, 'Just Wanna Rock' by Lil Uzi Vert, and 'Plenty' by FaZe Kaysan featuring multiple artists |
| 2022 | Became the fifth most-followed Twitch streamer with 13 million followers, establishing himself as a significant figure in online streaming. |
| 2022 | Becomes the most-subscribed Twitch streamer, achieving significant recognition in the online streaming community. |
| 2022 | Kai Cenat won Streamer of the Year at The Streamer Awards. |
| 2022 | Becomes the fourth most-followed Twitch streamer with 16.2 million followers |
| 2022 | Achieves status as the most-subscribed Twitch streamer |
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