Twitch Community Boost Will Give Smaller Channels a Chance To Blow Up

Twitch’s new Boost This Stream feature will give small streamers a chance to be displayed on the platform’s front page to thousands of viewers. Twitch has had its ups and downs this year, but the latest feature that the platform is testing out will give smaller streamers a real shot at growing their communities by using what the platform is calling Boost This Stream. Until now, small streamers can struggle for months to grow their audiences by a few viewers, but that could all change if Twitch’s Boost This Stream proves effective. While Twitch is the internet’s largest streaming platform for gamers, it can be hard for newcomers to get their feet in the door. Twitch has reported 2.2 million streamers that utilize the platform for 15 million daily viewers. In a sea of constant content creation, larger streamers dominate the platform while minnow sized channels are left to fight for an average of 3-4 viewers. Twitch viewers could select one of the website’s categories and filter streams by viewer count, but many viewers come to the platform for users they have come to know and love. This makes Twitch’s home page a prime spot for discovering new streams. Continue scrolling to…
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