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Try the Twitch top games API

Returns the top games/categories site-wide, ranked by total current viewers across all live streams under each one.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 games; 5 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /twitch/top-games?limit=20
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, slug, name, box_art_url, viewers_count

Sample value profiles: viewers_count: 34,669 to 434,008, median 57,564; box_art_url: static-cdn.jtvnw.net; tags: median 4 entries.

Request: GET /twitch/top-games
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.30 s
Monitored request: GET /twitch/top-games?limit=20

Twitch top games API documentation Twitch platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/twitch/top-games' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
limit	integer	No		Number of games to return (default 20, max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "count": 20,
    "games": [
      {
        "id": "29595",
        "slug": "dota-2",
        "name": "Dota 2",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/29595-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 390201,
        "tags": [
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "21779",
        "slug": "league-of-legends",
        "name": "League of Legends",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/21779-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 206554,
        "tags": [
          "RPG",
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Twitch endpoints

Get a Twitch channel's profile and live status Get a Twitch channel's clips Get a Twitch channel's broadcast schedule Search Twitch channels and games/categories Get the top live streams for a Twitch game/category Get a Twitch team's roster Get a Twitch channel's videos (VODs)Get a Twitch VOD's chat replay

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GET /twitch/top-games

Get Twitch's top games/categories

Returns the top games/categories site-wide, ranked by total current viewers across all live streams under each one.

Response behavior

- `games` is ordered by `viewers_count` descending — Twitch's own default directory sort, matching the unfiltered `twitch.tv/directory` page. - `viewers_count` is the sum across every live stream currently under that game, not a single stream's count — use [`/twitch/streams`](twitch-streams.md) for per-stream viewer counts within a game.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "count": 20,
    "games": [
      {
        "id": "29595",
        "slug": "dota-2",
        "name": "Dota 2",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/29595-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 390201,
        "tags": [
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "21779",
        "slug": "league-of-legends",
        "name": "League of Legends",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/21779-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 206554,
        "tags": [
          "RPG",
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Twitch top games API

Returns the top games/categories site-wide, ranked by total current viewers across all live streams under each one.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 games; 5 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /twitch/top-games?limit=20
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, slug, name, box_art_url, viewers_count

Sample value profiles: viewers_count: 34,669 to 434,008, median 57,564; box_art_url: static-cdn.jtvnw.net; tags: median 4 entries.

Request: GET /twitch/top-games
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.30 s
Monitored request: GET /twitch/top-games?limit=20

Twitch top games API documentation Twitch platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/twitch/top-games' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
limit	integer	No		Number of games to return (default 20, max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "count": 20,
    "games": [
      {
        "id": "29595",
        "slug": "dota-2",
        "name": "Dota 2",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/29595-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 390201,
        "tags": [
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "21779",
        "slug": "league-of-legends",
        "name": "League of Legends",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/21779-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 206554,
        "tags": [
          "RPG",
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Twitch endpoints

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GETapiKey1 credit/requesttwitch.topGamesResponseDocTwitch

GET /twitch/top-games

Get Twitch's top games/categories

Returns the top games/categories site-wide, ranked by total current viewers across all live streams under each one.

Response behavior

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "count": 20,
    "games": [
      {
        "id": "29595",
        "slug": "dota-2",
        "name": "Dota 2",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/29595-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 390201,
        "tags": [
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "21779",
        "slug": "league-of-legends",
        "name": "League of Legends",
        "box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/21779-285x380.jpg",
        "viewers_count": 206554,
        "tags": [
          "RPG",
          "Strategy",
          "MOBA",
          "Action"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}