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xQc began investigating Twitch streamers suspected of using viewbots. During a recent Twitch stream, the Canadian online streamer accused FaZe Clan, a popular streaming, entertainment, and esports brand, of being among the many streamers using bots to farm views.
“I’m going to expose your power bill that you guys having. Cause I know you guys have your in-house bots at the FaZe house. I'm not stupid, I know about the server room by the way. I know about the power bill that you guys have every month.”
xQc kept emphasizing the power bill of the FaZe clan.
“They have in-house sh*t, in-house server farm at home. Of course, they are not going to get affected by the bots going down, they have their own sh*t, that's crazy! I can't prove it right now…next week.”
The Canadian streamer also took to his official X account, formerly Twitter, to share graphs backing his Twitch viewbot claims.
“This post/thread will go nowhere, no one will care either but if I didn’t post about it, I’d be mad at myself I didn’t at least try to raise some form of awareness about this before it’s too late. I’m going to bed, in a few days people will go back to calling me schizo over this,” he tweeted before sharing the images in a thread.
He shared an image showing the discrepancies between the number of views and streaming time of people allegedly using viewbots.
“Twitch has cracked down on bots in the 2-3 days and viewbotters/victims of viewbotting have been exposed. Streamers that are part of groups/orgs are seemingly being botted much more heavily. I don’t want to start witch hunts, but the data is interesting. Go see for yourself.”
More details on xQc’s viewbotting allegations
Continuing the thread he shared on his official X account on Saturday, August 23, 2025, xQc tagged Twitch tracker, asking them to track streamers suspected of viewbotting.
“twitchtracker.com you can click on any streamers you want and then tap “STREAMS”. From there I would compare 21-22-23rd of August’s performance and match it against usual performance. It gives a good idea of what’s happening.”
He condemned the botting action, labelling it as fraud.
“I’ve been thinking, WHY orgs would bot heavily? Then the answer seemed almost obvious. Talent agencies receive a % from ad streams their talent does. By inflating their streamers they can sell massive ad packages in bulk and take in much higher sums. To put simply, fraud.”
“This doesn’t seem like a problem for most people but it’s the silent killer. It kills the industry as a whole. It lowers discoverability for smaller streamers significantly and cuts down their income if they ever make it at all.”
He also shared more information on his investigation, detailing how some streamers’ viewers increase overnight.
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FaZe Clan has not responded to xQc’s allegations.
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