The Collapse of Twitch

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Episode • Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 19m

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In this week’s episode, we dive into the impending demise of Twitch. While this is not necessarily our conclusion or opinion, the internet has erupted with discourse over the past few months about how Twitch is destroying itself from the inside out. We explore Twitch's estimated costs and revenue model, the declining creator and user experiences, and how two of the platform's biggest competitors could make Twitch obsolete in a number of years.

Timestamps:

3:10 Shiny Happy People recap

7:31 Based on a True Story recap

9:30 Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse

11:03 Summer House reunion recap

17:10 Colleen Ballinger scandal updates

27:44 Jaclyn Hill responds to Marlena Stell’s accusations about lipstick gate

31:35 Reddit is going “dark” to protest the company's changes to its API costs

39:52 The collapse of Twitch

40:52 Twitch backtracks on branded content guidelines after creators speak out

51:47 Twitch vs. streamers

59:50 Twitch financial breakdown