twitch

• More layoffs at Twitch: The Amazon-owned streamer is cutting about 500 jobs
• Sexual predators are using Twitch’s Clips feature to prey on underage streamers

  Twitch wants to expand its Clips feature, but are the short-form videos being used by sexual predators? Bloomberg looked into child safety.

  
• LeBron James’ interest in streaming has led to a bidding war between Twitch and Kick

  Both Twitch and Kick are trying to recruit LeBron James after the NBA star announced that he's interested in video game streaming.

  
• Kai Cenat was Twitch’s top streamer in 2023

  Twitch has had its ups and downs this year. It got a new CEO, one who's putting in a lot more face time with creators, and it's made some long-asked-for improvements, like introducing more discoverability features and relaxing its simulcast rules. But it's also made baffling policy decisions that upset streamers and drove measurable traffic to burgeoning competitors like Kick.

  
• Twitch’s “topless meta” is evolving with censor bars, bans, and criticism from streamers like xQc
• The first VTuber Awards achieved a peak viewership above 38,000 on host Filian’s stream
• Twitch reverses sexual content policy shift: “We are rolling back the artistic nudity changes”
• Kai Cenat’s collab with Nicki Minaj broke a Twitch record with 348,593 concurrent viewers
• Twitch gamified its 2023 recap
• Twitch is leaving South Korea over “prohibitively expensive” operating costs
• Hey Twitch streamers: Mountain Dew is watching you and will reward you if you drink soda on air
• A new platform is trying to take on Twitch and Kick by adding minigames to streaming sessions