Twitch pensioners leave the platform to rest on YouTube

With Timthatman and Dr. Lupo recently left two Twitch giants the streaming platform and completed an exclusive contract with YouTube Gaming. Both return a total of 11.5 million followers on Twitch. Your change to YouTube is not a pure restart. Tim has already four million subscribers on YouTube, Dr. Lupo 1.8 million. Through the details of the contracts Youtube did not want to comment, both streamers speak in their interviews, however, that they can go to their streaming retirement with this deal. Tim and Lupo are now married to child and want to spend more time with the family in the future. Streaming 60-70 hours a week is simply no longer possible and causes too much stress. The deal with YouTube was at the right time.

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1. 1youtubes opportunities on the gaming stream throne
2. 2 oauch Wow s biggest streamer sees change 3.The problems of Twitch

Timthatman is now reunited with the DR Disrespect bivaled on Twitch, with which he can play legendary call-of-duty rounds. Tim and Lupo are not the only ones who have snapped Youtube Gaming after expiration of their Twitch contract. The well-known Fortnite Streamer Jack Courage Dunlop with two million followers and Rachell Valkyrae Hofstetter could also be convinced a change.

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In the recent past, streamers like Shroud and Ninja have caused a stimulus with their shifts to mixers. Both should only be active for the streaming side and changed a short time later to Twitch. According to Streamlabs, YouTube is still far behind Twitch s gaming streams (65% of the stored streaming hours turns Twitch, 23% Youtube). Nevertheless, you can not compare YouTube with a project like mixer. YouTube has already built up a good environment for his streamer and not only purchased two major personalities

YouTubes chances on the gaming stream throne

Due to lack of emotes, a not so nice chat as at Twitch and the habit, many viewers prefer twitch. But these are small construction sites that you could fix quickly. The benefits are otherwise clear with YouTube: More people know YouTube as Twitch, YouTube is Google and the quality of the streams as well as the possibility to rewind a big plus. Especially for streamer, which are already big with your videos on YouTube, the growth potential is great. In the future one would have to achieve more Twitch habit animals by, for example, more duos like Tim and the Doc attracts to his side.

Of course, the coal must also vote. As Dr Disrespect communicated in his stream, he earns about one third of Youtube about a third of what he did on Twitch. A look at his audience numbers also show great growth. That would probably change only when YouTube twitch in the gaming stream sector.

Also Wow s biggest streamer sees change

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World of Warcraft s Largest Streamer Asmongold is when he does not have to insert a streaming break, one of the top 5 streamers of the platform. He also recognizes the addressed benefits of YouTube, where the potential for growth is significantly greater. How small twitch is relative to YouTube shows the following comparison: There are 200-YouTube users on each Twitch user.

Even if it was never really the case, Twitch is expected to be the true gaming streaming platform. The areas Just Chatting, formerly the IRL range and now Hot Tub streams make a big part. Twitch is situated in terms of content wide, but compared to Youtube - where there is everything, this is still very little variety. The gaming community that Twitch has built over the years will never exceed the wide mass of YouTube and can not grow so accordingly.

The problems of Twitch

Twitch pensioners leave the platform to rest on YouTube (2) Source: The Washington Post illustration; iStock Twitch is still a significant market leader, but also has its problems that could provide attack points and let streamer from the platform.

DMCA

Licensed music can be played in the stream, so as not to run danger, get a DMCA spell, streamers must delete their vods after the stream.

Communication

Twitch pursues the corporate philosophy not to call streamers the reason for their spell. This often leads to confusion and stress for the banners. In the case of Dr Disrespect s still unexplained spell reason, the Twitch could possibly cost a lot of money.

For months, Streamer made sure that they are now allowed to play music in their streams for the new DMCA rules or not and whether this could result in a spell. This led to streams without music and streamer striving for unlicent songs. With this missing communication, Twitch set out his Steamer s monthly stress because they feared their streaming existence when playing music in a reaction video.

HATE RAIDS

Especially smaller streamers and minorities are repeatedly victims of bot accounts that pull over their channel and throw themselves in chat with insults. This not only destroys the streaming experience of streamers and spectators, but is also a mental strain on the streamer. Although Twitch has already come to the problem and improvements made, but Hat Raids still find instead.

The affiliate program

The Affiliate program of Twitch is the dream of every little streamer. To be affiliate means with his stream about advertising to earn money and unlock the subscription button. However, in most cases, it is better to do not perceive the invitation into the affiliate program. Because the advantages do not weigh the disadvantages.

Who signs an affiliate contract, agrees not to stream the same on other platforms. After finishing the twitch stream, but theoretically, you can continue to stream on YouTube, Facebook Live, Trovo Live etc. This restricts the growth of the streamer. Although other platforms like Facebook LiveStreaming are smiled, but the chance is high that more people are reached on Facebook for a Twitch Streamer with among ten spectators on Facebook than on Twitch. Revenue about subscriptions go to 50% on Twitch. Smaller streamer with a donation button via PayPal Ö.Ä. So you could earn more than your stream if you are not directly affiliate. ~~ A month, the streamer must implement at least 100 dollars, otherwise 100% subscription revenue to Twitch - another stress factor for the streamer ~~. Before a streamer can pay off money, he has to earn $ 100 dollars in the month. If the 100 dollar is not reached, the amount collected from the previous month, but is always taken over in the next month.

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