Twitch

• Twitch’s newest ads are doing shopping live
• Streamers like to watch TV with their chats. Gaggl will pay them to do it.

  The London-based startup, founded in February 2024 by former Twitch and TV execs, Gaggl lets streamers broadcast episodes of shows like The Price is Right, Family Feud, Supermarket Sweep, Deadliest Catch, Baby Animals, Gordon Ramsay’s F Word, Taskmaster, Baggage, and Whose Line is it Anyway.

  
• 1.1 million Twitch subs and a haircut from LeBron: Highlights from Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 3

  Kai Cenat achieved his goal of one million Twitch during month-long streaming marathon Mafiathon. Here are some of the highlights.

  
• As Twitch tries to crack down on viewbots, they are becoming more common on Kick

  Twitch is trying to cut down on the use of viewbots, but they are becoming more common on platforms like Kick.

  
• Streamers are afraid to go to TwitchCon this year
• A cow at Maya Higa’s animal sanctuary is bullying stream viewers for treats, and they love it
• Did Twitch undo its viewbot crackdown?
• Ibai KOs his own Twitch record with nearly 10 million concurrent viewers
• Twitch takes on TikTok with vertical livestreams
• Can AMP own summer with a monthlong subathon? IDK, but they got T-Pain to ride in on a white horse
• Twitch makes most of its revenue directly from viewers’ pockets–not from ads
• Creators accuse Twitch of “double-taxing” their income with supposed community-centered feature