China bans Twitch because people were finally watching it

Twitch is no longer available in China. Earlier this week, authorities in that country added the livestreaming platform to its blacklist. The Amazon site joins YouTube and Twitter as sites only accessible using a workaround tool.

The disappearance of Twitch didn’t make a lot of noise because the site isn’t popular in China. It is far less prominent than Douyu, YY, and Huya. These each have tens of millions of monthly active users. Twitch has a fraction of that, according to analysis firm Niko Partners.