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KWKBOX

KWKBOX

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I stream live on YouTube once a week due to having a larger subscriber base than on Twitch. Sometimes my streams wrap up earlier than expected due to the game or my lack of skill that day and I usually tell my audience to join me on Twitch after the YouTube stream but very few join even though I had a good amount on YouTube. Now when I use Twitch I play only modern games because the app is built into the console and it makes streaming a breeze compared to YouTube. Now I know my channel has a heavy concentration on retro games and playing a modern game could significantly impact the interest of the audience but I try to play retro style modern games to keep the theme consistent. I also have strait up asked subs why they do not join me on twitch and most just say "I do not have an account" or say "I do not like Twitch." Is there something I am missing? Twitch is one of the easiest accounts to get and works just as good if not better than YouTube.

Also on a side note I see a lot of game channels on YouTube that do strictly Twitch or YouTube Live strictly. Is there a reason for this that I am unaware of? I figured streaming on both networks would broaden my audience and be a good decision. If anybody has any knowledge or advice on this situation I would greatly appreciate it.
 
I think if you partner with Twitch, they don't let stream to other places.

Also I don't like Twitch the only time I watch streams on twitch is when The Yogscast do the Christmas Charity Livestreams.
 
KWKBOX said:
Is YouTube the same way? Why bother partnering with anybody. I rather be a gun for hire be owned by nobody Last Man Standing style.
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Youtube doesn't have any restrictions on streaming, just be careful with copyright music. Their are some great non-copyright music on Non Copyright Sounds Youtube channel.
 
SerjEpic said:
Youtube doesn't have any restrictions on streaming, just be careful with copyright music. Their are some great non-copyright music on Non Copyright Sounds Youtube channel.
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Actually some of their stuff has been reported by networks to be copyrighted. Even then you have to be careful but they are rare situations because some of those artists take the songs on there they have uploaded and sign them over to a record label company which then uses the Content ID system to flag the videos to siphon funds off of.

KWKBOX said:
I stream live on YouTube once a week due to having a larger subscriber base than on Twitch. Sometimes my streams wrap up earlier than expected due to the game or my lack of skill that day and I usually tell my audience to join me on Twitch after the YouTube stream but very few join even though I had a good amount on YouTube. Now when I use Twitch I play only modern games because the app is built into the console and it makes streaming a breeze compared to YouTube. Now I know my channel has a heavy concentration on retro games and playing a modern game could significantly impact the interest of the audience but I try to play retro style modern games to keep the theme consistent. I also have strait up asked subs why they do not join me on twitch and most just say "I do not have an account" or say "I do not like Twitch." Is there something I am missing? Twitch is one of the easiest accounts to get and works just as good if not better than YouTube.

Also on a side note I see a lot of game channels on YouTube that do strictly Twitch or YouTube Live strictly. Is there a reason for this that I am unaware of? I figured streaming on both networks would broaden my audience and be a good decision. If anybody has any knowledge or advice on this situation I would greatly appreciate it.
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There isn't any restriction on YouTube streaming other than copyrighted music. However, if you're wanting to build an audience on Twitch then a lot of the same fundamentals you probably used on YouTube work for Twitch, such as reaching out to other streamers, interacting with viewers, promoting your Twitch stream, selling the value of your Twitch stream, putting links in your video description, on your channel's banner, and even having a branded end card with text that directs people to the video description about certain things like your social media and Twitch channel all help out.

Once you start getting a steady stream of cross over from YouTube to Twitch, you'll be doing great cause that's two platforms you can promote your content on. This is basically what I've advised Twitch streamers that have sought out my help. Not trying to say I am like some audience growth genius. I am not. So far from that! But this is things that I've noticed with both Twitch and YouTube. Now not every single streamer has done this, only about a couple of them out of a dozen have. But the benefits from the work you put in pay off in the long term by a lot.
 
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