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Brands on Twitch

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Natasha Vijji

Twitch reaches a huge audience, yet it is an under-utilized advertising platform. Mainly because advertisers and media buyers don’t know about Twitch or why it’s important, the negative stereotypes of gamers and internet culture scares brands. Moreover, there are no widely accepted practices for advertising on Twitch or identifying Twitch influencers.

The social environment created between streamer and viewers has shown that a person’s social environment can have a significant impact on brand awareness. When your brand is mentioned on a stream, viewers instantly react. With scheduled streams, you should be able to accurately track how being mentioned on Twitch can direct viewers to your brand. The online influence of a Twitch Influencer has grown significantly due to esports, competitive video gaming and the accessibility of the stars by bleeding into other channels like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Unlike traditional media, most gameplay live streams are user-generated media, and the social context of a stream is influenced greatly by individual streamers. Among the most well-known brands that have already capitalized on the popularity and unique advertising opportunity of Twitch are Tyson, Old Spice, Amazon Fresh, and other CPG-related brands.

Top Streamers

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Natasha Vijji

The biggest Twitch creator on the planet Tyler Blevins, Ninja, started his career playing Halo 3 professionally in 2009, playing for various teams. He became a streamer in 2011, first with Justin.tv, and then Twitch.He joined Luminosity Gaming in 2017 and began streaming the game, Fortnite. Today he earns over $500,000 a month from streaming Fortnite. As of February 2019, he is the most followed streamer on Twitch with over thirteen million followers and an average of over 30,000 viewers per week

However, Blevins is not the only streamer killing it on Twitch. Battle royale streamers such as TimTheTatman, TFue and Shroud are still growing rapidly, alongside competitive players like League of Legends icon Faker and Sonic Fox.

There’s a tiny handful of very popular streamers – folks that will get 3000+ viewers for an individual stream. By and large, though, most streamers will have an audience of 10-20. With numbers like that the experience is more interactive and the streamer can respond to viewers in a more direct way. The most popular streamers and channels change pretty regularly as individual games and streamers gain or lose followers.

Twitch also saw a rise in its creator population this year. The total number of creators going live per month shot from 2 million to 3 million this year, with almost 500,000 streamers broadcasting every single day.Today there are more than 27,000 Partners out of roughly the same number of monthly streamers.

You can check out the top 10 streamers list here