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StreamChat AI
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Enhancing the experience for live streamers by introducing an A.I. chatbot into their streams, that can relate and converse with their existing user base
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YouTube's "Watch With" VOD Expansion Changes What Co-Streaming Actually Means

A streamer I know spent three hours last Tuesday trying to get a Watch With session going with a documentary tha...

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YouTube's "Watch With" VOD Expansion Changes What Co-Streaming Actually Means
A streamer I know spent three hours last Tuesday trying to get a Watch With session going with a documentary that had been sitting in her watch-later queue for months. Couldn't do it. Watch With only...
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September 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Kick's New Payout System: What the September Payment Errors Actually Mean for Your Income

Kick sent out partner payments last week and a chunk of streamers got the wrong amount....

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Kick's New Payout System: What the September Payment Errors Actually Mean for Your Income
Kick sent out partner payments last week and a chunk of streamers got the wrong amount. Some got less than expected, some got more (briefly, awkwardly), and the ones who noticed had to figure out whet...
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September 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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One in Five UK Adults Now Get News From AI. What That Means If You Stream News Content.

The Ofcom report dropped on September 15th, and the number that stuck with me was 20%. One ...

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One in Five UK Adults Now Get News From AI. What That Means If You Stream News Content.
The Ofcom report dropped on September 15th, and the number that stuck with me was 20%. One in five UK adults are now turning to AI for their news. Not Google. Not BBC iPlayer. Not even a mate's WhatsA...
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September 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch's New AI Stream Coach Tells You What's Wrong With Your Stream (And What To Do About It)

Twitch quietly dropped something on September 11th that I suspect most streamer...

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Twitch's New AI Stream Coach Tells You What's Wrong With Your Stream (And What To Do About It)
Twitch quietly dropped something on September 11th that I suspect most streamers scrolled past while doom-checking their analytics: a built-in AI tool called Stream Coach that watches your broadcasts...
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September 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Twitch's 2026 State of Gaming Report: What the Numbers Actually Mean for Your Stream

The most-watched game on Twitch in 2026 is not the game most streamers are grinding.

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Twitch's 2026 State of Gaming Report: What the Numbers Actually Mean for Your Stream
The most-watched game on Twitch in 2026 is not the game most streamers are grinding.
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September 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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YouTube Just Changed Its Gaming Violence Rules - Here's What It Means for Your Revenue

Four days ago, YouTube quietly updated its advertiser guidelines in a way that matters quite a...

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YouTube Just Changed Its Gaming Violence Rules - Here's What It Means for Your Revenue
Four days ago, YouTube quietly updated its advertiser guidelines in a way that matters quite a bit if you stream mature-rated games. The short version: graphic violence in gaming content can now be mo...
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September 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch GTA RP Week Is Live - Here's How to Actually Make It Work For Your Channel

GTA RP Week kicked off on Twitch yesterday, September 3rd, and if you stream in that space, you already ...

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Twitch GTA RP Week Is Live - Here's How to Actually Make It Work For Your Channel
GTA RP Week kicked off on Twitch yesterday, September 3rd, and if you stream in that space, you already know your dashboard is looking a bit different this week.
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September 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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The GTA VI Reveal Crashed Twitch. Here's What Co-Streaming Taught Us About Audience Growth

On August 27th, thousands of streamers hit "go live" at roughly the same time, all po...

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The GTA VI Reveal Crashed Twitch. Here's What Co-Streaming Taught Us About Audience Growth
On August 27th, thousands of streamers hit "go live" at roughly the same time, all pointing their audiences at the same Rockstar Games footage. The GTA VI official gameplay reveal turned into an accid...
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September 1, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Co-Streaming Gamescom 2026: How to Actually Grow Your Channel During a Big Gaming Showcase

The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026 pulled a 15.4% viewership jump year-on-year, ...

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Co-Streaming Gamescom 2026: How to Actually Grow Your Channel During a Big Gaming Showcase
The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026 pulled a 15.4% viewership jump year-on-year, according to Streams Charts data published yesterday. That's not a rounding error. That's tens of thousands of extra...
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August 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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SUBtember 2026: How to Actually Make the Most of Twitch's Biggest Subscription Month

Twitch confirmed SUBtember 2026 on August 18th, and if last year is anything to go by, you've got...

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SUBtember 2026: How to Actually Make the Most of Twitch's Biggest Subscription Month
Twitch confirmed SUBtember 2026 on August 18th, and if last year is anything to go by, you've got roughly two weeks before the discounted sub window closes and you're left wondering why you didn't pre...
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August 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch Just Opened Sponsorships to Affiliates - Here's What That Actually Means for You

Twitch flipped a switch on August 20, 2026, and a few hundred thousand streamers quietly got...

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Twitch Just Opened Sponsorships to Affiliates - Here's What That Actually Means for You
Twitch flipped a switch on August 20, 2026, and a few hundred thousand streamers quietly got access to something that used to be Partners-only territory: official brand sponsorships through Twitch's o...
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August 21, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch's Dual Format Bonus Gift Sub Promotion Explained (And Whether It's Worth Trying)

Twitch announced yesterday that streamers who go live in "dual format" mode during a qualifyi...

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Twitch's Dual Format Bonus Gift Sub Promotion Explained (And Whether It's Worth Trying)
Twitch announced yesterday that streamers who go live in "dual format" mode during a qualifying window will have their communities get a buy-five-get-one-free deal on gift subs. One extra gift sub for...
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August 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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YouTube's New Layout Changes What Viewers Actually See First - Here's What That Means for Your Stream

A streamer with 800 followers gets roughly the same opening secon...

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YouTube's New Layout Changes What Viewers Actually See First - Here's What That Means for Your Stream
A streamer with 800 followers gets roughly the same opening seconds of viewer attention as one with 800,000. YouTube's design team apparently noticed that, and on August 13th they published a post lay...
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August 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch turned on AI training for everyone. Here's where the off switch is.

Twitch added a setting on Tuesday called "Training for Generative AI". It lives in Security and Privacy, near the bottom...

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Twitch turned on AI training for everyone. Here's where the off switch is.
Twitch added a setting on Tuesday called "Training for Generative AI". It lives in Security and Privacy, near the bottom of the page, and it was already switched on by the time you found out it existe...
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August 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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Kick Just Turned On Ads: Here's What It Actually Means for Your Channel

Kick's ad rollout went live on August 6, 2026, and the streaming internet has had predictably strong feelings about it e...

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Kick Just Turned On Ads: Here's What It Actually Means for Your Channel
Kick's ad rollout went live on August 6, 2026, and the streaming internet has had predictably strong feelings about it ever since.
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August 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Streamlabs Network Boost Lets IRL Streamers Bond Connections Without the Hardware Headache

Most IRL streamers have a story about the disconnect. You're mid-walk through a cro...

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Streamlabs Network Boost Lets IRL Streamers Bond Connections Without the Hardware Headache
Most IRL streamers have a story about the disconnect. You're mid-walk through a crowded market, chat's going mental, you're in the zone, and then the stream just... dies. You spend the next ten minute...
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August 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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StreamElements' partner is Razer. Every big peripheral brand now owns a bot.

In May I wrote that StreamElements had found a partner and wouldn't say who it was. Replies on that announcement were tu...

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StreamElements' partner is Razer. Every big peripheral brand now owns a bot.
In May I wrote that StreamElements had found a partner and wouldn't say who it was. Replies on that announcement were turned off, and I made the point that you don't turn replies off on good news.
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August 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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YouTube Premium Now Bundles Peacock - What Platform Consolidation Actually Means for Live Streamers

The bundle era isn't coming. It's already here, and it quietly resh...

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YouTube Premium Now Bundles Peacock - What Platform Consolidation Actually Means for Live Streamers
The bundle era isn't coming. It's already here, and it quietly reshuffled how millions of people decide where to watch things.
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July 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch's New Parental Controls Are Here - What Teen Streamers and Their Parents Actually Need to Know

Twitch rolled out its first proper parental controls suite on Ju...

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Twitch's New Parental Controls Are Here - What Teen Streamers and Their Parents Actually Need to Know
Twitch rolled out its first proper parental controls suite on July 22, 2026, and it's a bigger deal than the quiet announcement made it look.
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July 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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OBS Studio 32.2 Is Out - Here's What the New "Add Source" Menu Actually Changes for Your Stream

Tuesday's OBS 32.2 release dropped quietly on GitHub, as they always do, and I ...

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OBS Studio 32.2 Is Out - Here's What the New "Add Source" Menu Actually Changes for Your Stream
Tuesday's OBS 32.2 release dropped quietly on GitHub, as they always do, and I nearly scrolled past it. Then I saw "redesigned Add Source menu" and actually stopped.
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July 24, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch Now Lets Developers See GIFs in Chat (Here's Why That Changes Things)

GIF support in Twitch chat has existed for years through extensions and third-party overlays, but until July 17, 2...

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Twitch Now Lets Developers See GIFs in Chat (Here's Why That Changes Things)
GIF support in Twitch chat has existed for years through extensions and third-party overlays, but until July 17, 2026, the IRC tag documentation treated them as invisible. Bots couldn't see them. Auto...
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July 21, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Netflix Just Streamed the Home Run Derby. Here's Why That Should Matter to You as a Streamer.

The Home Run Derby on July 13th pulled in a crowd that, six months ago, would ha...

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Netflix Just Streamed the Home Run Derby. Here's Why That Should Matter to You as a Streamer.
The Home Run Derby on July 13th pulled in a crowd that, six months ago, would have been sitting in front of ESPN. Netflix streamed it. Not a recorded highlight package, not a condensed replay with ads...
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July 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Twitch Summer Drops Fest 2026 Is Live - Here's How to Actually Benefit From It

Forty-five games. Two weeks. A firehose of new viewers landing on streams they've never watched before, stayin...

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Twitch Summer Drops Fest 2026 Is Live - Here's How to Actually Benefit From It
Forty-five games. Two weeks. A firehose of new viewers landing on streams they've never watched before, staying just long enough to earn their drop and then... either leaving or sticking around. Which...
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July 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Kick's $100,000 PUBG Tournament Is a Real Opportunity - Here's How to Actually Benefit From It

Kick just put $100,000 on the table for PUBG: Battlegrounds players, and most str...

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Kick's $100,000 PUBG Tournament Is a Real Opportunity - Here's How to Actually Benefit From It
Kick just put $100,000 on the table for PUBG: Battlegrounds players, and most streamers will scroll past it, assume it's for someone else, and go back to their usual schedule.
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July 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Kai Cenat Just Killed the Exclusivity Era (Here's What That Means for Your Stream)

Kai Cenat, the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch, announced on July 4th that he's done with platform ...

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Kai Cenat Just Killed the Exclusivity Era (Here's What That Means for Your Stream)
Kai Cenat, the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch, announced on July 4th that he's done with platform exclusivity. He'll now stream simultaneously on Twitch and YouTube.
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July 7, 2026 at 10:03 AM