Twitch issues layoffs to over 500 staff to ‘rightsize’ its workforce
Twitch, the Amazon-owned live streaming platform, has laid off 35% of its staff, or just over 500 employees. CEO Dan Clancy said these cuts...
KaiCenat, LoL, Diablo IV top Twitch 2023 charts | StreamElements
Twitch is ending things on a high note according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. According to data partner Rainmaker.gg, viewers watched...
Twitch plans to shut down in South Korea on February 27, 2024
Games livestreaming platform Twitch is shutting down its business operations in South Korea February 27, 2024. According to a blog post from CEO Dan...
Understanding OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear’s Twitch roots
Former Twitch CEO and cofounder Emmett Shear has been named the interim CEO of OpenAI following the board ousting Sam Altman on Friday. Shear...
Twitch viewership holds steady in Q3 2023, Q4 off to strong start | Streamelements
Twitch viewership held steady in Q3 2023 according to StreamElement’s latest State of the Stream report. According to their data partner Rainmaker.gg, total hours...
NICKMERCS inks 8-figure deal with Twitch rival, Kick.com
Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, creator Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff has announced he will expand on to competitor Kick.com. The exact details were not disclosed,...
More layoffs reported at Twitch just ahead of TwitchCon Vegas
Twitch was reportedly hit with a fresh round of layoffs just weeks before TwitchCon is set to kick off in Las Vegas. This would...
Twitch August viewership lower than July for first time in 6 years | StreamElements State of the Stream
For the first time since 2017, Twitch’s monthly viewership totals dropped from July to August according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report....
Twitch viewership flat in July, but new faces and games rise | StreamElements State of the Stream
StreamElement’s latest State of the Stream report featuring Rainmaker.gg data shows that Twitch viewers watched 1.777 billion hours in July. While this is up...
Twitch’s top 0.5% streamers generated 76% of June viewership | StreamElements State of the Stream
Twitch’s daily viewership remained flat in June but StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report uses Rainmaker.gg data to highlight how top-heavy the platform...