<b>In 2025, Kai Cenat opened a free Streamer University; within hours, its website received over 6 million requests and crashed</b>

Kai Cenat’s Streamer University was supposed to give aspiring creators a free shot at learning the game. Instead, the first sign-up rush became a problem of its own. When the website opened on May 6, 2025, it reportedly received more than 6 million web requests in hours. More than 1 million applications were completed before the platform froze, showing just how big the demand had become.The project itself was a Harry Potter-inspired, multi-day creator boot camp built around livestreaming and online content. Cenat rented the University of Akron in Ohio for the 2025 edition and brought together a group after the online application pool. The final class had only 120 student creators, with 17 professors involved. That gap shows how selective the program became.The free creator program became huge before classes even beganGetting in was the hard part. Those selected for Streamer University received an all-expenses-paid experience, including travel, food and housing. They also got sponsored T-Mobile phones. The training was focused on the actual work behind a creator career, with workshops covering livestream production, monetization, algorithmic optimization and audience retention.The faculty also came from the online creator world. Duke Dennis, Agent 00, DDG and ImDontai were among the names brought in as guest professors and mentors. So this was not just a classroom setup. The format was built around people already working inside the same internet-first space the students wanted to enter.Cenat refused to turn Streamer University into a normal TV showThe size of the event attracted attention from entertainment companies too. Netflix and Amazon Prime reportedly approached Cenat with deals to turn the project into a more traditional reality television show.He said no. Cenat wanted to keep 100% creative control and ownership, and he kept the project centered on livestreaming audiences instead of handing it over to a major network. That choice also shaped how viewers experienced the event.The decision had a major payoff in terms of audience numbers. “Orientation Day” reached more than 10 million views, while viewers watched over 23 million hours of footage during the weekend. The project was not just a creator camp anymore. It had become a large-scale piece of livestream entertainment.The 2025 crash also changed how Kai Cenat’s Streamer University handled applicationsStreamer University later returned in 2026, but the application process looked very different. Instead of relying on a huge online rush, applicants had to go through in-person auditions in New York City, Atlanta and Los Angeles.The program also expanded to Hendrix College in Arkansas and added people like Lizzo and T-Pain to the faculty, while former Disney star Skai Jackson joined the student group. Cenat has also announced plans for future editions to move outside the United States, with the next session set for Europe.For the 2025 launch, though, the biggest story happened before the students even arrived. A free program opened its doors, millions tried to get in, and the website simply could not keep up.Catch the latest World News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.