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• An AI VTuber is setting world records on Twitch
• The Twitch VOD situation is crazy

  Moistcr1tikal recently posted a video breaking down his exact earnings from his best-performing streams on both Twitch and YouTube, and the difference is staggering. He made $11,700 from his best-performing Twitch stream (where he watched his esports team win the Rocket League Spring Major), and $84,000 from his best-performing YouTube stream (where he played Bethesda's most recent game, Starfield).

  
• 9.5 million new streamers hit “Go live” on Twitch this year

  According to Twitch, 9.51 million new streamers broadcasted on its platform for the first time in 2024. To put that in context, Twitch on average sees 7.3 million individual streamers go live per month, per Twitch Tracker. And though, clearly, not all those first-time streamers have continued on to be regular broadcasters, it's pretty impressive that Twitch's potential pool of creators grew that much in just a year.

  
• “You have a community of creatives”: Twitch faces backlash over new AI-generated emote

  "You have a community of creatives that would have jumped at the chance to make a global emote. This could have been handled with a contest or tapping any of the many artists on the platform. Generative AI gives a worse product and makes you look like a clown."

  
• Gamers spend more time watching content than playing games. What can developers do?
• Kai Cenat is streaming’s king of spectacle. Here’s the hits from his record-setting subathon.
• Twitch streamer emilycc has been live for 3 years straight. Why are we just now discovering her?
• Despite gains among its rivals, Twitch still accounts for 82% of streaming hours
• X adds Twitch to lawsuit accusing advertisers of anticompetitive practices
• As Election Day arrives, Twitch clarifies the types of “Sensitive Social Issues” that require content labels
• As Twitch removes limit on Israel and Palestine signups, are its debates about to get fiercer?
• Twitch wants to be a “house of brands” that packages streamers (and their communities) for ad sales