YouTube star Darren "IShowSpeed" has won the Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards 2025. For those unaware, the annual award ceremony that honors esports personalities, organizations, events, influencers, and content creators premiered on November 19, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.This year's Streamer of the Year category had 12 nominees, including Ibai Llanos, Kai Cenat, Marc "Caedrel," IShowSpeed, Payal "PayalGaming," Morgan "Angry Ginge," Felix "xQc," Nicholas "Jynxzi," Nick "FaZe Lacy," Mark "Ohnepixel," Emily "ExtraEmily," and Case "CaseOh."IShowSpeed triumphed above all, winning the highly coveted title.Hundreds of fans of X have shared their thoughts on the Ohio native's accomplishment."Man went from barking on stream to winning awards… the character development is INSANE 💀🔥" X user @DepthOfTruth posted."Congratulations speed the goat of this whole streaming s**t HE COMING FOR SOTY 2x THIS YEAR He owns this shi ong SOTY award gonna be way easier to win if you really think about who we went up against this time 1/2. on to the next one fellas, jobs not finished The greatest streamer of all time man This n**** speed knows he's winning and being nonchalant, that's aura icl" X user @shelovesrey wrote."His mentor is the GOAT of football. He’s the GOAT of streams. speeeed>>>>>>" X user @OsarodionGenie commented."He genuinely own the streaming platform back2back2back 🐐" X user @nigertale stated.IShowSpeed addresses the community after winning the Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards 2025IShowSpeed addressed the community via a pre-recorded video after being named Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards 2025.While expressing gratitude to his fans for supporting him and for voting for him to win the award, the 20-year-old stated that he would "keep working harder" to deliver the "best content" for his viewers:"What's up, y'all? It's Speed here, and we have won the Streamer of the Year award! I want to give a huge thanks to everybody who voted me. I want to give a huge thanks to my fans. I want to give a huge thanks to anybody who supported me, and I love y'all. And also, y'all know how much I work hard for y'all every single year, to give y'all the best content, the best streams! So, I appreciate y'all enjoying that content and supporting that content, and I love y'all. And I'm going to keep working harder, and I appreciate y'all. It's Speed Gang for life! And I love y'all. I love y'all so much!"Last year, IShowSpeed was nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards. However, Mexican Twitch streamer Samanta "Rivers" Rivera Treviño was the one who won.