Gaming Content Creation is a niche in Esports that deals with a lot of creativity. Content creation is more than just playing and recording your gameplay or streaming. The gaming content creation keeps growing, content about game tutorials, cinematic content, funny content and a lot more are the order of the day.

Gathering views on social media, and making people stick and watch your videos is a tasking job and content creators need to be created for this, in other areas of content creation. People have recognised their potential and are invited to weddings to create content around the wedding in collaboration with the videographer (Media team).

Similarly, in the esports ecosystem, content creators are invited to events to cover them from their perspective, and they get signed to create content for brands. Examples include Manja Lee, who got signed by Gamr for content creation with 20 million naira, and others like Kingplays, Luchris, and others have been signed by different brands.

Several games have top content creators, and this article will be a sequel to the article 2023. Powers have changed hands in the content creation scene. Although some content creators have retained their crown as the top creators, others have fallen short of their rivals. Some other games have been included based on the recent growth in their communities.

Best Content Creator for Call of Duty Mobile – Odunwire

Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) is the game with the highest number of participants according to the Nexal report 2023. Recently, its participation has increased significantly, from over 3 thousand in 2023 to over 3 thousand in the first 3 quarters of 2024. With this number the game is putting in, the level of content creation will be top-notch.

Odunwire came from behind to steal the shine of Manja Lee. Manja Lee (A.K.A Khala Manja) was the leading content creator for CODM last year with 150 thousand followers. Although his followership has risen, so has Odunwires and he was the first to reach the 700k followership on TikTok.

Odunwire has over 740 thousand followers and 3.2 million likes on TikTok. This great feat shows how far he has come and is also going. His content ranges from gameplay and streamings to entertaining his fans and followers. He also tests other games like Free Fire in his free time. Odunwire gained increased attraction when iFerg noticed him on stream and gave a huge shoutout to him as a supporter.

Other content creators are Kingplays, who have over 6.8 million likes, Reaper, and Santos, who are well known as the SIN boys, Malay, Prime, RTA, Tony, Aegon and others.

Best Content Creator for EAFC – PlaywithTomide

The game with the biggest cash prize so far in 2024 is EAFC. It has different engaging features like the Rush mode, Fut Champs, and pro-clubs. Quite a lot of tournaments have been hosted this year, by Cade Esports, GG Arena, Naija Pro-clubs, and GamePride to mention a few. Creating content from this game title can be tasking just like every other game title.

Tomide retains his title as the top content creator for EAFC. He got signed by Cade Esports because of his work in the Esports and EAFC scene. Tomide would regard himself as a gaming influencer, that is, a person that makes the gaming scene appealing to everyone, makes a living from it and encourages participation. 

Tomide is also a manager to a top EAFC professional gamer, John Okam (AKA Killerfreak). With an initial presence on Instagram, he moved to TikTok, started growing his account, which now has over 25.7 thousand and 241.4 thousand likes. The content of Tomide crosses the borders of Nigeria and into other parts of Africa. A significant content is the Make Africa Great initiative, which adds a twist to the event for the loser.

Other EAFC content creators include Nigeriartg, who has a series, where he only uses Nigerian players to play. Also, we have, Killerfreak, Faruk Manzo and the most prominent female EAFC player in Nigeria, Stefkaly. 

Best Content Creator for Efootball – Geminel

Efootball takes the heart of Nigerians in terms of mobile football games. Efootball, formerly Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), has the biggest fan base in the Esports scene. It made its way into the CAGE24 games. Efootball is also a worldwide sensation as the FIFAe tournament is organised on this game title, after their break up with Electronic Art (EA).

Geminel is well known for his funny content on Efootball and football. Owing to this, he has garnered over 140 thousand followers on TikTok and 7.8 million likes on the same platform. Following close behind is another funny content creator who has hosted several tournaments in the person of AveiroDun.

Other Content creators include Chief of Pes, TF Styles, and Kida.

Best Content Creator for Free Fire – DMS_exe

Unlike other years, free Fire is making rounds in Nigeria with several tournaments being hosted in 2024, Onward Gaming started their first-ever ranking for the game title this year, and Nigerian players also got their server this year in August. This year has been good for Free Fire players.

DMS_exe is a well-known Nigerian TikTok and content creator. His content is fun to watch and engaging. He has gathered over 2 million followers and his likes are growing, with over 33.8 million. He has also collaborated with top free-fire players outside Nigeria like Zoro. Other Free Fire players are Vic Vix, Jokkie, Rbkplays, and Scarlet, who are the biggest female Free Fire players in terms of followership and likes having 20.5 thousand and 129.3 thousand followers and likes respectively.

Best Content Creator for Player Unknown Battleground Mobile – Oracle

PUBG Mobile, as it is well known, has loads of fanbase in Nigeria and the world. PUBG Mobile was the first game title to hold a 1 million naira prize pool event. 10n8e has played a great part in the promotion of this game. Just recently, a 10 million naira tournament was organised for university students.

Crafting content with entertaining moments, and tutorials is what Oracle is known for. With over 138 thousand followers and 1.6 million Likes on TikTok to prove he is the biggest in Nigeria. He clearly has the audience and backing for his ccontent he streams and gathers a lot of likes. Nigerianbotty, Boyka is another strong content creator and cannot be overlooked, Slowgo is the most known female PUBG mobile player with 86.2 thousand likes.

Best Content Creator for Warzone – Tactical Ceza

Warzone is not well played in Nigeria, due to the requirements for the game are high. A console or gaming Laptop is required and there are recurring costs too. There are several things that do not make the game so mainstream in Nigeria.

However, the number of followers that Tactical Ceza has been able to pull is commendable. Ceza has 4.1 Million likes and 293.1 thousand followers. He came from 130 thousand in the previous year, it is also important to note that he was nominated for several awards and was invited to several shows to come and cover the event as a content creator. 

With Ceza leading the park, creators like Godbgf and Rockamin have 100.2 and 38.2 thousand followers respectively. Also, Feji is the leading female warzone player in Nigeria with over 166 thousand likes.

Best Content Creator for Blood Strike – Soholynx

Bloodstrike is fast becoming a sensation in Nigeria, this  game title is less than a year old and the community of players is growing. Bloodstrike also launched a content creators program and included Nigerians in the mix. The community also had their Content Creators Cup this December as a show of togetherness.

In this community, SohoLynx dominates the Bloodstrike content creator scene with over 27 thousand followers and a remarkable 2.1 million likes. he holds the achievement of being the first Blood strike content creator to hit a million milestone. His content revolves around making short clips on relatable-able and funny meme, the inclusion of gameplays and handcams are also part of the full package. Hannahtk is the leading female content creator in Bloodstrike space, having over 5 thousand and 88 thousand followers and likes.

The community of Bloodstrike has creative minds who make the content enjoyable, names like Ehiz, Flexzy, Grace, NFK, The ReaperBL, OP_Royalty, Kanzai who have channelled their energy to creating gameplays for entertainment and they also stream. Gamerlee, Deadshot, Xblue, Underdog and OBT, Rasgad to name drop but a few, have adopted the cinematic and movie-like content with a touch of meme, which is not only funny but also engaging to the audience and this is more than commendable.

Conclusion

Content Creation requires careful planning on paper and in action. All the content creators on this list have worked their way to the top and deserve their flowers.

Note: these content creators have been chosen based on their social media followers, both IG and Tiktok. Their followers may have increased or decreased at the time you are reading this.

UPDATE:

Since the initial publication of this article, we have conducted further research and enaged with members of the bloodsrike community. Based on their valuable insights and our expanded understanding on the subject matter, we have made revisions to certain sections of the article. we appreciate the community’s constructive feedback on the subject matter.

Last Updated on January 1, 2025