As platforms increasingly compete for livestreaming creators and their audiences, Twitch’s discovery issues remain a sticking point for some streamers.
It’s been just over a year since Twitch launched its Discovery Feed in April 2024. The feed, a TikTok-style endless scroll of vertical video clips and current livestreams, was Twitch’s first product explicitly intended to help viewers discover new streamers without having to leave the platform.
Twitch claims the new feed has had a measurable impact on discovery and user growth, with more than half of new viewer video views now coming through the feed and roughly 38 million new creator follows being driven through Discovery-Feed-related video playback, according to Twitch chief monetization officer Mike Minton.
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