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Twitch's Gift 'Em All, YouTube's 4K Thumbnails, Kick's Clip Commands
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Twitch's Gift 'Em All, YouTube's 4K Thumbnails, Kick's Clip Commands

Twitch is testing a one-click option to gift subs to your entire live audience, YouTube's thumbnail limit increase reveals where the platform is really heading, and Kick adds a surprisingly frictionless clipping system to chat.

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Twitch Finally Makes Mobile Streaming Usable
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Twitch Finally Makes Mobile Streaming Usable

Twitch has quietly shipped a set of mobile streaming updates that address some of the platform's longest-standing pain points: a resizable chat overlay, picture-in-picture multitasking, and native disconnect protection.

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Streaming's Worst-Kept Secret Just Got Exposed
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Streaming's Worst-Kept Secret Just Got Exposed

Two major investigations published this week expose how creators are profiting from promoting gambling to their audiences, from rigged-looking win rates on crypto casinos to unlicensed betting sites pushed to millions of European viewers.

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Twitch Reverses Combined Chat Ban After Streamer Backlash
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Twitch Reverses Combined Chat Ban After Streamer Backlash

Twitch warned a creator for displaying a combined chat while multistreaming. The community called it out as ridiculous, and CEO Dan Clancy has confirmed Twitch will no longer enforce the rule.

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Twitch's 70% Sub Split Has a Worrying Asterisk
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Twitch's 70% Sub Split Has a Worrying Asterisk

Twitch moved creators on legacy 70% sub split contracts into the Plus Program, promising to honour their rates. But the phrase "at this time" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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Twitch's Pause-Screen Ads Solve a Problem Nobody Has
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Twitch's Pause-Screen Ads Solve a Problem Nobody Has

Twitch is experimenting with ads that appear when a viewer pauses a stream. It sounds reasonable, until you remember that almost nobody pauses a live stream.

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Twitch’s Zero-Pay “Sponsorship” Crosses a Line
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Twitch’s Zero-Pay “Sponsorship” Crosses a Line

Twitch's latest sponsorship campaign offers creators exactly nothing in return for promoting a major game launch. Riot Games has since distanced themselves from how it was presented.

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Why You Might Finally Ditch Adobe
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Why You Might Finally Ditch Adobe

Apple just dropped a massive announcement that directly attacks Adobe’s dominance in the creator space. Is it finally time to cancel those subscriptions?

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The End of Discord As We Know It
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The End of Discord As We Know It

Discord prepares for a massive IPO that could change the platform forever, an AI VTuber breaks the Twitch Hype Train record, and YouTube finally lets you filter Shorts out of search results.

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20 Predictions for Streaming in 2026
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20 Predictions for Streaming in 2026

The industry feels different entering 2026. The "growth at all costs" era is over. Platforms are cleaning up their metrics, optimizing for better ad delivery, and finally taking creator safety seriously.

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2025: A Year in Review (Ranking My Predictions)
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2025: A Year in Review (Ranking My Predictions)

It’s the final edition of the year! We’re grading my 25 predictions from January to see which streaming trends I nailed and which ones I missed completely.

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Twitch’s New Sponsorship Tool: A Rocky Start to a Good Idea
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Twitch’s New Sponsorship Tool: A Rocky Start to a Good Idea

Twitch’s long-awaited Sponsorship Dashboard is finally live for Partners, but the initial pay rates caused a stir. We break down the numbers, the sudden pay hikes, and what this means for the future of the program.

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