James Hale

• Twitch’s daily watch time is going up
• Someone made a fake xQc and set it loose on Twitch. It’s gotten 11,000 followers in two weeks.

  Basically, there's a lot of footage of xQc on the internet, and someone calling themself "DerpyIsFishing" has crammed all that footage into a generator to make a copycat version of him.

  
• Millionaires: One “dumb little video” made Micah & Sarah take off on TikTok. Now they have 1.2 million followers.

  First, we want to be clear: "Dumb little crap video" is Micah's description, not ours. But it's the kind of thing we hear a lot of creators say--that they made one off-the-cuff, lo-fi video, something they didn't really put too much effort into, and that was the one that went viral.

  
• Here’s how Kick plans to get profitable

  "Kick is not currently profitable, and that is obviously no secret," Kick founder/CEO Ed Craven told Forbes.

  
• Creators On The Rise: Cassie Yeung’s parents gave her three months to make it as a content creator. Then she got cast in a Gordon Ramsay show.
• Streamers on the Rise: Krystalogy sees her future in streaming
• TikTok wants to do $20 billion in retail this year
• Here are your nominees (and host) for the 2023 Streamy Awards
• AOC’s back on Twitch—with HasanAbi
• Millionaires: Alex & Jon want to be your brand-savvy BFFs
• Roblox’s top content creators are earning $23 million a year
• Netflix axes basic plan as it adds 6 million subscribers