Twitch

• Twitch strikes a balance for streamers and viewers with Stories update
• Twitch lost 10% of market share to YouTube and Kick

  Data from both Stream Hatchet and Streams Charts shows Twitch losing significant market share in Q2 2024 to competitors like Kick and YouTube--and we think Twitch's update policy on simulcasting might have something to do with it.

  
• We finally know how much Twitch makes a year. Is it enough?

  When Twitch's new CEO Dan Clancy took over, he admitted the world's biggest livestreaming platform is not profitable. And, according to internal documents viewed by the Wall Street Journal, employees think it's in danger of becoming a "zombie brand" buried, untended, in the depths of its parent Amazon. We don't know what the hard chances are of that happening, but we think it'd be a big fumble if Amazon abandoned the site responsible for platforming some of today's star and rising-star creators, like Kai Cenat, Ironmouse, HasanAbi, and Jynxzi.

  
• Twitch is clarifying more policies for streamers and viewers. This time, it’s cracking down on sexual harassment.

  Twitch has a history of confusing policies, confusing enforcement of those policies, and even more confusing policy updates (that are occasionally rolled back within hours of being debuted). But over the last year, it's put effort into clarifying its policies around things like nudity, violent and sexual content, deepfakes, swatting/doxxing, and even simulcasting, so streamers have a better idea of what's allowed and what isn't.

  
• Twitch unbans Trump, former president now free on all major platforms
• xQc says he makes $6,000 a day from Twitch ads
• Twitch is now rewarding streamers with its own version of YouTube’s Play Button
• Twitch is replacing its entire Safety Advisory Council with streamers
• Twitch axes its in-house streaming software, says it will “redirect resources”
• Shroud, CohhCarnage, Techniq, and more will stream the entire first ep of Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV series on Twitch
• Pirate Software’s latest Hype Train record may have been set with $500,000+ of fan support
• Dan Clancy lays out Twitch’s 2024 roadmap: app overhaul, more discoverability, and more community rewards