Twitch

• Tired of the radio? A new app lets you listen to Twitch streams in the car.
• TikTok beats Twitch to become the #2 most-watched streaming platform on the net–and says creators are making $10 mil a day

  In Q1, TikTok Live generated 8.027 billion hours of watch time, or around 27% of the livestreaming industry's total. YouTube, at #1, came in with a whopping 50.3% of the total, or 14.983 billion watch hours.

  
• Jynxzi made $452,000 on Twitch in the last 30 days. Here’s why that’s good for our industry.

  On April 24, Jynxzi--who has 7.2 million followers and is one of Twitch's top creators--was chatting with viewers when he stood to take a break and accidentally switched to his Twitch analytics tab, which showed that he's made a whopping $452,448 on the platform in the last 30 days.

  
• PBS pulled a documentary about a trans speedrunner. So the director put it on Twitch instead.

  Wagner says PBS later reneged on its decision and re-slated the film to air in June, but she wasn't about to let this hiccup stop Break the Game from making its intended April debut.

  
• Twitch was making money off subscriptions to permabanned channels. Thanks to streamers getting loud about it, refunds are on the way.
• Twitch is getting backlash for its bans (and unbans). CEO Dan Clancy stepped in to explain why things are “tricky.”
• As an “economic blackout” targets Amazon, Twitch gets caught in the middle
• Twitch wants to build up its middle class by letting more streamers make money
• Twitch streamers are getting “sponsorships from marquee brands” in their dashboards thanks to StreamElements
• Twitch is limiting streamers to 100 hours of Highlights. They’re not happy.
• NASA is taking Twitch viewers into space–and maybe to the moon?
• Is Twitch viewership at its lowest point in four years?