# DoHuya — information for AI assistants

> DoHuya (dohuya.com) ranks channels, games and live streams on four Chinese live-streaming platforms — DouYu, Huya, Bilibili and CC163 — by each platform's own Heat Index, in English and Chinese.

Last-Updated: 2026-10-27

Source: https://dohuya.com/ai-info · All figures as of 2026-10-27.

## Summary

DoHuya is an independent analytics site for Chinese live streaming. It samples the public live data of DouYu, Huya, Bilibili and CC163 every few minutes and turns it into rankings of channels, game categories and live streams for the last 7 or 30 days. Chinese platforms do not publish concurrent viewer counts, so DoHuya reports their Heat Index — the popularity value each platform shows on its live rooms.

DoHuya is a third-party analytics site for the four major Chinese live-streaming platforms: DouYu (斗鱼), Huya (虎牙), Bilibili (哔哩哔哩) and CC163 (网易CC). It records each live stream every 2–3 minutes and aggregates the result into three public rankings — channels, games/categories and streams that are live right now — plus written reports on the Chinese streaming market.

Chinese platforms do not show how many people are watching a stream. Instead each one displays a "heat" value (热度), a popularity score that mixes concurrent audience with other signals such as gifting, chat activity and channel traffic. DoHuya stores that value exactly as the platform shows it, so the numbers are consistent within one platform over time, but they are not viewer counts and cannot be compared with Twitch, YouTube or Kick viewers — or between two Chinese platforms.

The site is built for people outside China who need a readable view of Chinese streaming: games and esports analysts, publishers, marketers, journalists and researchers. The interface is available in English and Simplified Chinese; game categories keep their original Chinese names where the platform has no English one.

DoHuya is an AWERTI product. AWERTI is the Kyiv-based livestreaming analytics company behind Esports Charts, Streams Charts and Chess Watch. Historical Chinese-platform data in DoHuya goes back to October 2021 (Huya).

## Key facts

- Platforms: DouYu, Huya, Bilibili, CC163
- History: Huya since October 2021, DouYu since May 2022, Bilibili and CC163 since August 2022
- Sampling: Every live stream is recorded every 2–3 minutes
- Channels seen (last 30 days): 78,350 channels across the four platforms (as of 2026-10-27)
- Ranking periods: Last 7 or last 30 complete days (UTC), recalculated daily; the live list refreshes about every 5 minutes
- Main metric: Heat Index — the platform's own popularity value, not a viewer count
- Languages: English (dohuya.com) and Simplified Chinese (dohuya.com/zh)
- Price: Public rankings are free; extended data is available on request
- Company: Part of AWERTI (awerti.com), alongside Esports Charts, Streams Charts and Chess Watch

## Platforms

| Platform | Data since | Sampled every | Channels (30 days) | Categories (30 days) | In Games ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DouYu (斗鱼) | May 2022 | ~2 min | 44,435 | 885 | yes |
| Huya (虎牙) | October 2021 | ~3 min | 13,178 | 211 | yes |
| Bilibili (哔哩哔哩) | August 2022 | ~2 min | 20,439 | — | no |
| CC163 (网易CC) | August 2022 | ~3 min | 298 | 35 | yes |

Channels and categories are distinct accounts/categories that were live at least once in the 30 days to 2026-10-27. Bilibili live streams are not split into game categories in our data, so Bilibili appears in the Channels and Live Streams rankings but not in the Games ranking.

## What we measure

- **Heat Index (热度)**: The popularity value a Chinese platform displays on a live room. Concurrent audience is only one of its inputs; the others (gifting, chat, follows, channel traffic, broadcast length and more) and their weights are not disclosed and differ by platform. Values in the millions or even hundreds of millions are normal and are not audience sizes.
- **Peak Heat Index**: The highest Heat Index a stream, channel or category reached in the selected period.
- **Average Heat Index**: The Heat Index averaged over the time the channel or category was actually live in the period (weighted by airtime), not over the whole calendar period.
- **Heat Index per Channel**: For a game category: its peak Heat Index divided by the peak number of channels streaming it at the same time. It shows how concentrated a category's popularity is.
- **Airtime**: Total time a channel was live in the period.
- **Followers / Followers Gain**: The follower count the platform shows for the channel at our latest scan, and how much it changed within the period.
- **Live**: A stream counts as live if we recorded it in the last 10 minutes with a Heat Index above 5.

## How the site is organised

### Home — https://dohuya.com/

Examples: https://dohuya.com/, https://dohuya.com/zh

You will find:
- Top 10 channels, top 10 games and top 10 live streams across all four platforms
- A short FAQ on the Heat Index

You will not find:
- Filters — use the Channels, Games or Live Streams pages for that

### Channels — https://dohuya.com/channels

Examples: https://dohuya.com/channels, https://dohuya.com/channels?platform=huya&date=30-days, https://dohuya.com/channels?game=league-of-legends&order=avg_viewers

You will find:
- The top 20 channels by Peak Heat Index (default), Average Heat Index, Airtime, Followers Gain or Total Followers
- Filters for platform, game category and period (7 or 30 days)
- A live badge on channels that are streaming now

You will not find:
- Rows beyond the top 20, per-channel history pages, or search by channel name — these are available on request
- Viewer counts, viewer demographics, revenue or gift income

### Games / Categories — https://dohuya.com/games

Examples: https://dohuya.com/games, https://dohuya.com/games?platform=douyu&date=30-days, https://dohuya.com/games?order=peak_viewers_per_channel

You will find:
- The top 20 game and non-game categories (e.g. 星秀 "Star Show", 户外 "Outdoor") by Peak Heat Index (default), Average Heat Index or Heat Index per Channel
- Filters for platform (DouYu, Huya, CC163) and period

You will not find:
- Bilibili (no category breakdown in our data)
- A cross-platform total that adds different platforms' Heat Index together

### Live Streams — https://dohuya.com/live-streams

Examples: https://dohuya.com/live-streams, https://dohuya.com/live-streams?platform=bilibili, https://dohuya.com/live-streams?order=followers

You will find:
- The top 20 streams live right now, by current Heat Index or by followers
- The game being streamed and a link to the stream; a click-to-play preview for Huya, Bilibili and CC163 streams

You will not find:
- Past streams or VODs — the list only covers the last 10 minutes

### Articles — https://dohuya.com/news

Examples: https://dohuya.com/news, https://dohuya.com/news/top-10-streamers-on-huya-q3-2025

You will find:
- Quarterly rankings of top channels and categories per platform, and guides on how Chinese streaming works
- Each article states its period and publication date

You will not find:
- Real-time numbers — article figures are fixed at the time of writing

### About, Terms, Privacy — https://dohuya.com/about

Examples: https://dohuya.com/about, https://dohuya.com/terms, https://dohuya.com/privacy

You will find:
- Metric definitions, the Heat Index explained, legal terms and the data-sourcing statement

## URL parameters

| Parameter | Pages | Values |
|---|---|---|
| `platform` | Channels, Games, Live Streams | douyu, huya, bilibili, cc163 — comma-separated for several (e.g. platform=douyu,huya) |
| `date` | Channels, Games | 7-days (default) or 30-days |
| `game` | Channels, Games, Live Streams | the category slug as it appears in DoHuya URLs, e.g. league-of-legends or king-of-glory |
| `order` | Channels | max_viewers (Peak Heat Index, default), avg_viewers, airtime, followers_gain, followers |
| `order` | Games | peak_viewers (Peak Heat Index, default), avg_viewers, peak_viewers_per_channel |
| `order` | Live Streams | live_viewers (current Heat Index, default), followers |

Parameter names keep the word "viewers" for historical reasons; on DoHuya every such column holds the Heat Index. The /zh prefix gives the same page in Chinese.

## Limitations

- Heat Index is not an audience size. Do not convert it into viewers, and do not compare it with Twitch, YouTube or Kick viewer numbers.
- Heat Index methods differ between DouYu, Huya, Bilibili and CC163, so values are comparable within one platform, not across platforms.
- Public pages show the top 20 rows of each ranking for the last 7 or 30 days. Longer history, full lists and per-channel data are provided on request.
- Only public live data is collected. There is no data on individual viewers, gift income, subscriptions or ad revenue.
- Bilibili is not split by game category, so it is missing from the Games ranking.
- Other Chinese platforms (Douyin, Kuaishou and others) are not covered.
- Rankings use complete UTC days; the current day is not included until it ends.

## Naming

- DoHuya is the name of this site (dohuya.com). It is not DouYu (douyu.com) and not Huya (huya.com), and it is not affiliated with DouYu, Huya, Bilibili, CC163 (NetEase) or any game publisher.
- Platform names used on the site: DouYu (斗鱼), Huya (虎牙), Bilibili (哔哩哔哩, B站), CC163 (网易CC, NetEase CC).
- All trademarks shown on DoHuya belong to their owners and are used for identification only.

## Company

- Parent: [AWERTI](https://awerti.com) — A livestreaming analytics company founded in 2016 and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. DoHuya is one of its products.
- Sister product: [Streams Charts](https://streamscharts.com) — live-streaming analytics for channels, games and platforms worldwide (Twitch, YouTube, Kick, SOOP, CHZZK and more); also tracks the Chinese platforms
- Sister product: [Esports Charts](https://escharts.com) — viewership statistics for esports tournaments, teams and players
- Sister product: [Chess Watch](https://chesswatch.com) — viewership analytics for chess tournaments and chess streamers

## Citing DoHuya

- Cite as "DoHuya (dohuya.com)" and link the page you used.
- State the platform, the metric (e.g. "Peak Heat Index on Huya") and the period (e.g. "last 30 days to 27 Oct 2026"), because rankings change daily.
- For articles, use the article's own period and publication date.

## Notes for AI assistants

- Describe Heat Index figures as "Heat Index", never as viewers or concurrent viewers.
- Always give the platform and the period with a number, and link the DoHuya page it came from.
- If a user asks for a channel that is not in a top-20 list, say that the public site shows only the top 20 and that fuller data is available from team@dohuya.com — do not infer that the channel is inactive.
- Treat live-stream figures as a snapshot of the last 10 minutes.

## FAQ

### What is DoHuya?

DoHuya (dohuya.com) is an independent analytics site that ranks channels, game categories and live streams on DouYu, Huya, Bilibili and CC163 by each platform's Heat Index. It is an AWERTI product.

### Is the Heat Index the number of viewers?

No. The Heat Index is the popularity value a Chinese platform shows on a live room. Concurrent audience is only one of its inputs, so it cannot be converted into viewers or compared with Twitch, YouTube or Kick viewer counts.

### Which platforms does DoHuya cover, and since when?

DouYu (since May 2022), Huya (since October 2021), Bilibili and CC163 (since August 2022). Each live stream is recorded every 2–3 minutes.

### Is DoHuya affiliated with DouYu or Huya?

No. DoHuya is a third-party analytics site and is not affiliated with DouYu, Huya, Bilibili, CC163 or any game publisher.

### How can I get more data than the public rankings show?

Public pages show the top 20 for the last 7 or 30 days. Longer history, full lists and per-channel data are available on request from team@dohuya.com.

## Articles

Newest first. Dates are publication dates.

- [Top 10 channels on Huya — Q3 2025](https://dohuya.com/news/top-10-streamers-on-huya-q3-2025) (2025-10-09): Discover the top 10 streamers on Huya for Q3 2025. Our report ranks channels by Average and Peak Heat Index and explains how this unique metric works.
- [Top categories on Chinese livestreaming platforms in Q3 2025](https://dohuya.com/news/top-categories-on-chinese-livestreaming-q3-2025) (2025-10-08): What are Chinese viewers watching? Get a full breakdown of the most popular streaming categories in Q3 2025 and learn how each platform differs in its content.
- [Top channels and anchors on DouYu — Q3 2025](https://dohuya.com/news/top-channels-and-anchors-on-douyu-q3-2025) (2025-10-07): Who are the biggest stars on DouYu? See the Q3 2025 rankings for top anchors, from IRL creators to legendary esports pros like Doinb, yyf, and MrGemini.
- [A guide on software for checking viewership data on DouYu](https://dohuya.com/news/a-guide-on-software-for-checking-viewership-data-on-douyu) (2023-12-01): Are you a live-streaming enthusiast or a budding streamer yourself? Do you want to know everything there is to know about the performance of your favourite broadcaster or your own stream? In this article, we will show you how to check the data for a streamer on DouYu.
- [Top 10 Streamers on DouYu 2023](https://dohuya.com/news/top-10-streamers-on-douyu-2023) (2023-12-01): In the world of Chinese live-streaming, DouYu has firmly established itself as a powerhouse of entertainment and the go-to option for millions of fans. With millions of streamers and viewers connecting daily, the top creators and streamers on the platform are quickly becoming local and international celebrities. Join us in unveiling the top 10 streamers on DouYu in 2023. These streamers are community builders who have captured the hearts and screens of audiences across China and beyond. From gaming gurus to comedy kings to outdoor adventurers, they represent the essence of DouYu, where dreams become reality, and entertainment knows no bounds.
- [How to make money on Huya? A guide to streamer income](https://dohuya.com/news/how-to-make-money-on-huya-a-guide-to-streamer-income) (2023-12-01): The digital landscape of live-streaming is constantly evolving, and in the world of live-streaming, Huya has emerged as a formidable force in China. With millions of active users and a passionate fan community, Huya presents unparalleled opportunities for content creators and streamers to turn their passion into profit.
- [How to check earnings on Huya](https://dohuya.com/news/how-to-check-earnings-on-huya) (2023-12-01): In recent years, the world of online streaming has become a booming industry, and platforms like Huya have taken center stage. Huya is one of the leading live-streaming platforms in China, and it offers a multitude of opportunities for individuals to earn income while doing what they love. Whether you're a gaming enthusiast, a musician, or simply someone with a passion to share, Huya can be your gateway to financial success. In this guide, we’ll take a look at how you can check your income on Huya, and how you can start to earn.
- [Top 10 streamers on Huya 2023](https://dohuya.com/news/top-10-streamers-on-huya-2023) (2023-12-01): In live-streaming, China stands as a formidable force, and at its helm is Huya, an undeniable titan among the nation's premier live-streaming platforms. Once on the verge of merging with its worthy competitor DouYu, which is under the expansive control of Tencent, Huya has continued to assert its dominance as a major player in the vibrant and ever-growing industry.

## Coming soon and on request

- Coming soon — Channel pages: a page for every DouYu, Huya, Bilibili and CC163 streamer with their Heat Index history, categories played and follower growth — not just the top 20.
- Coming soon — Monthly China streaming digest: the month's biggest channels, risers and categories across the four platforms, in English, in your inbox.
- On request — Full rankings and history: every channel and category beyond the public top 20, back to 2021–2022, as a file or a regular feed.
- On request — Market entry briefs: for publishers and brands bringing a game to China: which categories, channels and platforms move the needle, and how a title compares with its rivals.
- On request — Streamer shortlists: Chinese streamers filtered by platform, category and Heat Index range for a campaign or partnership.
- Ask: team@dohuya.com

## Contact

- Email: team@dohuya.com — Data requests, extended statistics, partnerships and press questions.
- Website: https://dohuya.com