It was hosted by Airrack and livestreamed exclusively to his YouTube channel, making it the first Streamy Awards to be livestreamed to a content creator's channel.
[1][3] The 12th Streamy Awards featured a musical performance from Yung Gravy accompanied by viral videos about his songs.
[7][8] Winners were announced during the main ceremony on December 4, hosted by Airrack from The Beverly Hilton hotel.
[1][9][10] Bob the Drag Queen was the live announcer for the event.
[11] Upon release of the list of nominees, Alex Tsiaoussidis of Dot Esports argued that a number of streamers were snubbed from the awards, including Amouranth, Dr Disrespect, Gaules, Ibai, Tarik, and TimTheTatman.