February is coming to a close, with a lot having already happened on Twitch in both January and February. While the rest of 2021 may have even more high-profileTwitchbans, the ones that have already happened are still notable.
Not all of the causes of these Twitch bans are currently known. However, some of the ones with known reasons range from copyrighted music usage, to the extreme of threatening the streamer’s own children.
Many of these Twitch bans have been updated and tracked by Twitter user StreamerBans. The Twitter bot keeps track of and posts the unbanning/banning of partnered Twitch streamers. Unpartnered Twitch streamer bans have generally been made known due to either high-profile incidents, or connections to other streamers.
January Twitch Streamer Bans
In the first half of January alone, Twitch has banned:
The majority of these bans were not permanent, with many getting access to their accounts and audiences after only a few days. Additionally, these bans were not the first for many of these users with some streamers such as fernandemiguels and SuppyColleen being banned twice within January’s first half.
Moving on to the second half of January, one of the most famous Twitch bans took place during this time. The Twitch bans that occurred during this time were for:
Out of all of these Twitch bans, the most well-known and discussed one is the banning of former US President Donald Trump from the streaming platform.Donald Trump’s Twitch banis confirmed by Twitch representatives to be indefinite, following the attack on the United States capital during January. Twitch isn’t the only platform to ban Donald Trump from personally using it with other websites such as Twitter and Instagram also preventing access from the former US President.
February Twitch Bans
Despite February being the shortest month of the year, there are still many known users to be banned from the platform during this time. The majority of these bans were not permanent and only lasted around a couple of days to a week. Others however did result in permanent bans due to the initial reasons for the ban in the first place.
Starting with the first half of February, the Twitch users that were banned during this time were:
Continuing forward are even more Twitch bans to finish out the month of February that occurred after Aug 07, 2025. Like the majority of the others listed, many of these bans were lifted with many streamers also being first-time offenders. The last of the streamers banned in February are:
As the year goes on, hundreds more Twitch bans and unbans will be seen by the fans of various streamers. Many bans are currently being blamed on Twitch’s copyright system which has seen even the officialBlizzcon 2021 livestreamon Twitch being edited to avoid copyright problems. Other bans, such as with Mini Ladd, are due to allegations of predatory behavior toward fans.
The future is unclear when it comes to who will be affected by Twitch bans and what alarming news may be revealed about certain streamers. With Twitch being a platform where streamers are watched intently, anything against the Twitch terms of service will likely be caught immediately.
