Twitch viewership drops to lowest in 5 years amid viewbot crackdown - Dexerto
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Twitch has recorded its lowest monthly viewership in five years following a crackdown on viewbots over the summer.
    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
      2·
      3 months ago

      If you set your vpn to Albania you get no ads, as they have banned advertising online.

    • Twinklebreeze @lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      That’s why I quit watching. I rarely chat, but it seemed like every time I asked a question I would get hit with an ad and miss the response.

  • ZombieBait@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    If they were able to remove viewbots without impacting real viewers, shouldn’t viewship have remained mostly the same and it’s just that the stats are now more accurate?

  • scintilla@crust.piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Have any twitch streamers talked about the effect the viewbot crackdown had in revenue? Because I’ve seen a lot of yourubers I used to enjoy switch entirely over to twitch and I wonder if this will push any of them back towards edited content.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Considering the ones who had losses would probably be the ones viewbotting, I don’t think they’ll be willing to discuss it.