--- title: 'What''s Happening with Twitch?' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=mTmZafgLpFM' video_id: 'mTmZafgLpFM' date: 2026-08-08 duration_sec: 3557 --- # What's Happening with Twitch? > Source: [What's Happening with Twitch?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mTmZafgLpFM) ## Summary In this live stream, Almich discusses the current state of Twitch, analyzing its problems with intrusive ads, lack of meaningful updates, and the rise of competitors like Kick. He shares personal experiences and insights into why Twitch is struggling and what the future might hold for the platform. ### Key Points - **Twitch's Ad Problem** [06:49] — Streamers and users have been asking Twitch to regulate ads for years, but Twitch hasn't done so because ads are their main source of income. - **Twitch's Traffic and Revenue** [07:34] — Twitch has less traffic than YouTube, Facebook, or TikTok, so it can't charge brands as much. To compensate, they add more ads, which is the core problem. - **Unwanted Updates** [08:27] — Twitch is adding features nobody asked for (like TikTok-style clips, vertical streaming) instead of fixing the ad problem, because they can't change their main revenue source. - **Kick Surpasses Twitch in Spanish Content** [11:35] — According to recent figures, Kick already has more Spanish-speaking streamers than Twitch, indicating a shift in the market. - **Missed Opportunity During Pandemic** [12:03] — Twitch was in its prime during the pandemic (2020-2022) but failed to organize itself, regulate ads, and capitalize on its growth, leading to its current decline. - **Twitch's Only Strength: Interface** [13:57] — The only good thing about Twitch is its user interface, channel points, and predictions, which are comfortable for both viewers and streamers. - **CEO's Hands Are Tied** [15:14] — The Twitch CEO can't do much about ads because it directly affects investors, similar to how video game companies prioritize investors over gamers. - **Kick: A Copy of Twitch** [18:13] — Kick's interface is 99% the same as Twitch's, but it lacks the intrusive ads, making it an attractive alternative for streamers. - **Prediction: Kick Will Add Ads in 2026** [20:18] — Almich predicts that Kick will start adding ads in mid-to-late 2026 as the platform grows and needs more revenue, but hopes they do it like YouTube, not Twitch. - **Kick's Funding from Stake** [23:39] — Kick is owned by Stake, the world's largest digital betting site, which provides the funding to keep the platform afloat without ads. - **Brands Will Legitimize Kick** [25:04] — As Kick gains more followers and Twitch loses traffic, brands will start advertising on Kick, which will legitimize the platform and deal a major blow to Twitch. - **Recommendation: Kick for New Streamers** [31:16] — Almich recommends Kick over Twitch for new streamers, but only if they already have a community from other platforms like TikTok or YouTube. - **Don't Start with Live Streaming** [32:45] — He advises against starting content creation with live streams because without an audience, streams are boring and hard to grow. Create edited content first. - **Content Creation is 80% Passion** [36:32] — Content creation is not a good investment for income; it's at least 80% passion. You must endure months or years without income before monetizing. - **The Long Road to Success** [42:47] — Almich shares his 9-year journey in content creation, with only the last year being his full-time focus, emphasizing the time and discipline required. - **Kick's Easy Monetization** [51:29] — On Kick, you only need to stream for 5 hours to become an affiliate and monetize, with no minimum followers or average viewers, unlike Twitch's stricter requirements. - **Holiday Traffic Spike is Normal** [55:46] — Twitch's numbers will likely spike in November, December, and January due to the holidays, but this is normal and doesn't indicate real improvement. ### Conclusion Twitch is in a decline due to its inability to fix its intrusive ad problem, while competitors like Kick are gaining ground. The platform's future looks uncertain, and streamers should consider diversifying to platforms like Kick or focusing on edited content to build a community. ## Transcript Hello, hello, hello. Testing. One, two, three. Testing, testing. Well, yes, testing, Testing, testing. Well, yes, testing, testing. see. I think so. That's it. think so. That's it. Yes, I'm saying yes. tests. Running tests. There it is. Testing. A do tr. Testing. Testing. Yes, testing. And we'll check that it looks good on YouTube. Let's The best music. C. Oh, yes, yes, it's being shown on YouTube. Perfect, everyone. If there's anyone in the audience watching this live stream, please let me know if you can hear and see it well, no problem. I had to restart my PC, why? Don't know. I don't know. I imagine it's stuff like, what's it called? The CamLink, the capture device I use for the camera. It's been a while since that happened to me , but I don't know. , but I don't know. Restarting the PC fixed everything. Let's Restarting the PC fixed everything. Let's see what I have here. Ah, new live tools. Perfect. Okay, I'm going to record this for YouTube to make a video, so I'm going to start recording now. Good evening everyone, good evening to you all here on this live stream today. This is Almich with a few things to talk about, obviously related to the topic in today's title , which is what's happening with Twitch. Hey, It Michael family, how are you? Welcome. And well, I don't know how many more were around here . Unfortunately, I had to restart the live stream because OBS wasn't working. OBS wasn't working for me and we had to restart things are with technology. But anyway, technology. But anyway, main topic, I want to talk a little bit about what's been happening with the channel because what's been happening with the channel because this month I've been more, going to sugarcoat it. I've been more absent than usual, and I've even made fewer videos this month than usual. I haven't been able to do the live stream of checking out sub channels this month, nor this month either. Not in the past because I didn't have time. Uh, the thing is, this October has been... music volume, let me know so I can turn it down or up. Ah, well, as I was saying, this October I've been with some, well, uh, things as they are. I've been dealing with some minor health issues, nothing serious, nothing serious, but still, um, well, uh, for those reasons I've been a little under the weather. I haven't stopped recording a couple of videos precisely because I'm not 100%, because I'm not physically well enough to be in front of the camera talking, and also because I've been going to medical appointments, I've been going to, Well, everything that entails, not having to go back and forth to the doctor, go back and forth to the doctor, buying medicines, all that. So, that's why there hasn't been much activity. In fact, this I intended to do the live stream of checking out sub channels, live stream of checking out sub channels, but I got sick, I got a pretty bad flu and we all know that a flu in men is, well, it knocks you out of bed, right? Yes, I was sick all weekend, even yesterday I was quite ill, I tell you, because I literally couldn't stand up without starting an attack of sneezing, watery eyes, um, runny nose and all that. Right now I still have a little bit, but enough to start doing this, but again because of those problems I hadn't been able to record or do the live stream. And everything is going well. I hope we can start doing that this weekend Ah, Chocolata, how are we doing? Welcome. And that's measured by how many followers you gain. Ah, okay. dear monkey? Oh, well, I saw your name. expressing my feelings. I apologize if I offended you, my brother, but stream if you don't like what I'm saying. Let's go. What's saying. Let's go. What's more, let me help you. more, let me help you. Get out of here. live stream while more people arrived, but now let's get to the Twitch topic. What the hell is going on? Do you think that if they removed ads from Twitch it would improve things a little or not? YouTube where they don't last more than 10 seconds. Something like that could be improved a little. Yes. Look, it's great that you brought up the topic of ads. I'm going to do a little bit of this. The problem with ads on Twitch is the following. That everyone the most. I believe that for a long time, for years, streamers and users have been asking Twitch to regulate ads, something that hasn't happened. Why isn't it happening? Because Twitch is their main source of income. That's right, isn't it? I mean, obviously he makes money from percentages of the bits, he makes money from all of that. Of course . He earns a lot on Twitch, but his main income, or at least it was, was from ads. You know, brands used to pay Twitch to have their commercials appear here, right? Here's the thing. Twitch doesn't have as much activity as Facebook, or YouTube, obviously, or TikTok, or whatever you want to call it. In other words, comparing it in terms of network traffic numbers against other social networks, against other social networks, Twitch. It's the one with the fewest people, and with the bot mess that happened, well, forget about it, right? That's why Twitch can't charge the same as YouTube, at least in that respect. In order to charge more, what does he do? do? Add more ads. Yes. So, that's Add more ads. Yes. So, that's the problem with why Twitch can't remove those ads. And another thing, so you can see talking for the sake of talking. Another thing that supports what I said is that, again, for many years Twitch has been asked to do something about the ads, but for many years Twitch has supposedly been improving for streamers by doing everything except what is asked of it. Yes, because we agree that nobody, nobody ever asked Twitch, "Hey, Twitch, what if you added TikToks to your platform? Hey, Twitch, what if you created an clips for you? Hey, Twitch, what if we streamed vertically and horizontally at the same time?" Nobody, or at least a very small percentage of Twitch users, has actually asked the platform for that? And that's what they 're doing. Why? Because since they can't do anything else about the ads, so what do they do? Oh, well, they're going to try to fix other little problems that don't even exist, because here on but on Twitch—what is consumed? Streaming. You don't go on Twitch to watch clips, you don't go on Twitch to watch, I don't know, a electrocuted me, Pedrito," right? I mean, you You're just . So why the hell are you creating solutions for me? Solutions for problems that don't exist. Well, that's why, because the original problem, the because the original problem, the real problem, can't be changed in any way. So, to please the user, to please the streamer, the viewer, they start doing all this nonsense like, "Oh, look, now we're going to add more moderation options, now we're going to add group streaming, now we're going to..." Nobody asked for that, Twitch, nobody. So, I apologize for going on for so long , but while I'm at it, I'll chocalata jocalata, I apologize, I don't know how to pronounce it correctly, I do n't think that problem will be solved. In other words, it would be solved for the viewers, for the streamer. Of course. It would be great if Twitch had great if Twitch had ads like YouTube, but ads like YouTube, but say, "Wow, Twitch, look how much money it's generating." No no. on that, is that it was in the red, which means that instead of making money they Twitch is owned by Amazon, I think Twitch would have been worth 3 hectares a long time ago. Gaming, I'm glad I can help you, bro. Greetings. Thank you Dante Islas. I'm glad you weren't angry because I shared a little bit about my life. Samuel, how are you? Welcome. But Micho, I understand that the ads for reading are for entering a live stream and I get ads for 5 an abuse. Twitch is an abuse. It's an abuse. That's why I'm telling you, right now Twitch is basically with its hands tied. That's why I don't use Twitch anymore. , that's why I also stopped streaming there, because I think the ads are ridiculous. And I think that's precisely why many people are leaving here. In fact, well, currently, I don't know, but at least according to the latest figures from last week, speaking purely of Spanish-language content, Kick already has more Spanish-speaking streamers than Twitch. Yes. That's the solution. So, right now Twitch is in a bad way, a bad way, sorry, it's in a bad way that they themselves capitalized on because Twitch's problem comes from the pandemic. During the pandemic, Twitch was their Prime, we all agree. That year 2020, 2021, and even 2022 reached almost two years. Twitch was in its Prime phase, it was one of the platforms that had the best growth platforms that had the best growth in network traffic, and at that moment it was time for Twitch to get its act together and organize itself, taking advantage of having everything in its favor. That was the key moment for Twitch to say, "Okay, now we have good network traffic, we can charge brands a little more ." Okay, let's regulate these an abuse to me. I've had live streams where I have to sit through nine commercials in a row just to be able to watch one, and well, I'd rather not watch it. time. Twitch is exactly the same. In other words, I'll repeat what I said a while ago added the stories, which nobody watches on Twitch, for God's sake . I mean, I was creating things that were completely irrelevant , instead of paying attention to what was truly, truly important. What happened now? Twitch's hands are tied What happened now? Twitch's hands are tied . Its main problem . Its main problem is its main benefit. awesome that Twitch is going to pick up. In other words, looking at it objectively, it up. In other words, looking at it objectively, it 's unlikely to recover. I try to multistream on TikTok and it's been going pretty well for me. Better than on Twitch. Yes, yes, yes, yes. In fact, right now, let's see, the only good thing about Twitch, in my opinion, you might have a better opinion, but the only good thing I see about Twitch is the interface, the user interface, the channel points, the predictions, the screen itself, yes, the overlay, the interface for watching live streams on both your phone and computer is very comfortable. It's very comfortable for both the viewer and the streamer. For example, if you ask me exclusively about the comfort, so to speak, of streaming, where do I say Twitch because I like how everything is organized for kind of archaic, but oh well, it doesn't matter, it still works. If it weren't for that and obviously for the people who are already established, who are lazy or don't want to switch or because of contracts, whatever you want to call it, Twitch would contracts, whatever you want to call it, Twitch would n't exist anymore. The truth is, to reach the payout threshold. Well, that's more or less what I did. A couple of months ago I was streaming on Twitch because I also had about 50 dollars stuck there. Then I just turned 50 and said, "Let's go." It was simply because I felt uneasy having that little bit of money there. or does he do it in a trollish way? Look, regarding the Twitch CEO, , but I honestly believe that the Twitch CEO can't do that the Twitch CEO can't do much. Yes, there's not much he can do. His hands are practically tied because, as I told you a moment ago, he can't do anything against the ads because, well, that directly affects those at the top, the investors, well, let's just say it's more or less what happens everywhere, right? An example that goes hand in hand is the video game industry is going up in price, the big companies that make video games are making increasingly, I'm peculiar video games. Because? Because they have to please those who put up the money first, and then see if the gamers like it or not. It's more or less the the gamers like it or not. It's more or less the same. Here you are, and you feel more comfortable here on YouTube. Okay, like I said a moment ago, on Twitch I prefer the YouTube, honestly, all you have are the metrics and the chat, and that's it. Well, I see they're adding a few things. Look, I'm going to can answer it and see if it goes well. Do folks. Ah, yes, it came out, look. Ah, well then, vote. support me with your likes and all those comments and stuff. can't other platforms make the interface more dynamic for streaming like Twitch? I more dynamic for streaming like Twitch? I think it's mainly because of the image of each platform. Let's be honest, YouTube doesn't need it, I mean, YouTube is doing great. In fact, when it comes to streaming, YouTube actually has much more streaming traffic than Twitch. So, they're doing implementing more things, for example, these surveys I just mentioned, and other things are coming, like the super chat and all that, I mean, they've been adding things, but since they don't really need it because, I insist, they're doing super well, well, fine, but it wouldn't be bad. And likewise, I mean, Facebook, Facebook is Facebook and they're doing well with their Facebook interface is horrible, well, it's still there, huh? I have n't seen the TikTok one, but I imagine it's super intuitive, right? consider here is this kick. Look, Kick, I like him and at the same time I have a problem with his style, because let's be honest, KCK is Twitch, but in green. honest, KCK is Twitch, but in green. Kick's interface is 99% the same as Twitch's, which I really like because, as I said, I like Twitch's interface, but then you start thinking and, well, it's literally a copy, it's a copy in green, but it's okay, I mean, it works and it's good. The good thing is that he already put his bits in here, which are the kicks. It's great. Yes, it already has, I think it also has polls, predictions, I don't know, channel points, it also has Kick, right? Yes. So there you have it, look, I mean, practically, and I think that's why so many Latin American streamers have switched to Kick, because it's comfortable to stream there too, the same quality as Twitch, I mean, in terms of image quality it looks the same, it's not like, oh, it looks better on Twitch than on Kick, they don't look the same. So, well, that's why I say, those who are staying on Twitch are really people who do it just out of affection. I mean, speaking of small streamers, streamers who are just starting out, right? It's a different story with the big streamers. Kick on Twitch? Yes, currently. Currently yes, because Kick doesn't have Twitch's big problem, which is the ads, and I don't know how long it will as the platform grows, obviously seriously, and maintenance costs, servers, and all that will also increase. So, at some point, I think the people at Kick will think the people at Kick will start adding ads to make improve it too, because ultimately, money is needed to improve things. The question is how long it will last, I don't know. For me, this is purely a hunch . I believe that in 2026, maybe the second half of 2026, Kick will start putting ads in. What I do hope is that they do it, because it would be stupid if they didn't, if they didn't do it like Twitch, where they throw in, like, 10 damn ads, 5 minutes of commercials, and you just have to swallow them, right? I hope they do it like YouTube or I hope they do it like YouTube or something much less intrusive asses kicked. In other words, what you did 2 years ago is impossible. Here's Kick, another platform Chinese platforms, they're giving away money and they're going to leave. Yes, they are giving away money, but they are organizing it very well. And look, I think it's been almost two or three years since Kick was created, I don't remember very well, and it's already eating into the market. I told you this just now, nowadays people watch more on Tam, people watch more kick than Twitch. And if you want to stream, it's something you have to want to stream, it's something you have to take into account. Thank you, brother. I think YouTube updated its interface once again. I'm not getting any new icons. It has been updated, but the interfaces are small. I mean, at least for me, who's been doing live streams here on YouTube for two years, in general, I see it the same. There are just little general, I see it the same. There are just little things like, for example, the goals, the tools for organizing super chats, all that, but 90% of it is the same as before. I mean, I don't like it visually, but it works for what I need, right? Read the chat, uh, and I don't know if there are any donations, if there's a super chat. Everything works. Benku, how are you? Greetings. It's a kitten in a tie. They suck me off. Off topic. I love them. I love them so much. I love memes of kittens dressed as kittens dressed as businessmen. thank you very much, brother. I don't know why the alert didn't go off. friends, and all that. Look, all they need to do here is improve their mobile app and they'll be a god. Yes, yes, yes. No, actually I'd also like it to improve a few things, but in fact, if you look, it still says it's in beta. Uh, right, you see, the last video I made was talking about video, I noticed it was still in beta. I said, "Oh, wow." Either they forgot to change it or it's really because, as they say, things are coming, because, as they say, things are coming, but I mean, that's the only detail. Kick, how does he win and stay in the game? The thing about Kick is, look, yes, obviously I earn a commission from subscriptions, I earn a commission now from kicks, but since the commission is minimal, I also say, how the hell does Kick stay afloat? To begin with, Kick's operation Twitch's, meaning there are far fewer people working on Kick than there were on Twitch to start with, so there's not as much to support . And secondly, you know, and if I don't mention it here, comes from betting because Kick is owned by Steak. Steak is the world's largest digital betting site. In fact, I don't know if you've noticed that some football teams or even some Formula 1 cars have their logo there, whether it's steak or kick, because it's the betting house. So, well, you know, the betting houses in general, the casino business, betting and all that, moves millions, billions of dollars, and that's where it comes from, that's where it comes from. That's why I say, I imagine that in the future, when Kick starts needing more people and more maintenance, it will begin to require income from other sources. stigma of Kick, even coming from a betting house, and not for nothing. If you look at the top five most streamed categories on Kick, there's always one called... what's it called? Well, in the betting and casino section, I don't remember what the category is called, but it's always there. passable ads, that would be a hard blow to Twitch, wouldn't it? Yes, yes. In fact, I think that little over two years . So, that's precisely why brands still aren't keen to advertise on Kick, but month after month Kick is gaining more and more followers worldwide, and month after month Twitch is losing more and more traffic. There will come a time when traffic. There will come a time when brands will see this Kick the money, that will automatically legitimize it. Yes, it won't be like, "Oh, I need to know where he gets his money," To be honest, I insist, at first when Kick started, I said it in the first video I made about Kick on this channel, that it gave me a seemed like they were laundering money, I don't know, but we saw that they weren't, I mean, no. So I think you're partly right, my friend. I think that , ironically, as soon as Kig starts including ads, if he does it well, it will be a major blow to Twitch, because that's what some big streamers are Because? Many big streamers, at least those from Mexico that I follow, have said they don't switch to Kickstarter because of their sponsorships, the ones they have directly with brands. The because it's an unknown platform, a new platform. But as soon as the big streamers—I'm talking about Juan Guarniso, Mariana, Rivers, and the Spanish ones, I do n't know who else I'm forgetting— "Okay, you can sponsor my game, my product on Kickstarter." Well, many will go there instead. I forget that I'm not here. There it is. Sorry, Juan, there are a lot of Greetings to everyone who's been talking here. But ask me, talking here. But ask me, ask me, do No, my brother, because I don't have time. Yes, look, right at the beginning of the live stream I was saying that these last three weeks I've been undergoing treatment, I've been weeks I've been undergoing treatment, I've been going to medical appointments, I've going to medical appointments, I've also been suddenly also been suddenly in bed and yes, unable to record many videos this month, nor have there been any live streams checking out sub channels, because I've been feeling a bit under the weather, so I don't have the time, but feel free to ask me anything. Friends, I try to put everything I know into the videos, I mean, outside of the videos I do n't think I have anything else to say. I mean, I feel like I lack more information or I don't know how to teach a course, I don't know. I mean, it's awesome that other YouTubers actually do it . His courses on how to be a content creator in 90 days are great, and it's good that they're useful to him, but I honestly wouldn't know how to do them. Resol? I want to start editing on my PC and I'm going to improve my editing skills. Yes, in fact I've been Davinchi Resol, I'm even thinking of leaving Premiere and going to thinking of leaving Premiere and going to Davinchi Resol myself. I birth to her son live on air and she wasn't banned. That's legal. Uh, yes, yes. Everything related disgusting or revealing it may be, is legal. Yes. I installed the pack you explain in one of your videos. However, I only see two sound sources from my browser and Twitch alerts. Even though I have my microphone Twitch alerts. Even though I have my microphone open, 're talking about, my brother, the one about improving your microphone? I'm seeing big streamers getting kicked out because of the casino and not feeling because of the casino and not feeling comfortable there, like Orugod or Roblace. on each person's mindset, because as far as I know, Twitch doesn't because as far as I know, Twitch doesn't force anyone to play in the casino. It to the casino; some streamers even have a separate contract to promote the casino. I understand that they even give them money to bet on live games, that is, their contract states that they have to play casino games, everyone. In other words, that's if you want it, if not, then no. And we also remember that Kick was born because people had been banned from Twitch for playing casino games, which I think is already prohibited on Twitch , right? Or maybe it 's more regulated now, I don't know, but I mean, it's not like you absolutely have to play at a casino. And historically we can see it like this when Kick started, it's true, the most famous category, the one with the most viewers and for many it was a casino, but it has been evolving. In managed it well because they've evolved it into a complete streaming platform. As I was saying , yes, it's true that Casino is in the top five most- place, it's not even in third place anymore. Right now in real life, Jos Charing and I don't know, GTA or other games are already beating it, I mean, it's evolving quite well. Do other platforms? No, actually he's doing very well. sound, I installed two fonts in my browser and the Twitch art, even with my other programs open. Ah, yes, I had already read it. I want to know what camera you use. Ah, I use a Sony ZBE10 camera. Welcome. I love you, my friend. [Music] Jonathan. How are you? Ah, you order the same as me. I have a question: if I want to use, Kik or Twitch? I honestly recommend it, Kick. Note: This only applies if you have a community. And so, let's see, let's leave the streaming topic here for a bit. I know I've said it a lot and I say it majority don't believe me. The vast majority think that if I go and stream here, people will automatically appear because I believe in spontaneous generation. If you don't have a platform like TikTok, YouTube, or even Facebook, where people already follow you and have content that people consume, if you don't have something like that, then on Twitch or Kick, nobody is going to see you, because, as I said a moment ago, Kick copied everything from Twitch, including its algorithm. KCK doesn't have a recommendation algorithm, at least not a good one. Because? Because it's very difficult to recommend or have an algorithm based on live content. So, if you want people to watch you live, first create content on TikTok, create content on content on TikTok, create content on community, because once you have people watching your videos, and people who enjoy watching them, then you can start But if, out of the blue, you want to start creating content from scratch by streaming, no matter what platform you're on, nobody's going to see you. platform you're on, nobody's going to see you. Goes. to create content? Well, look, I honestly don't recommend any of them because to create content, I think you should only do live streams when you're already established. If you don't have people watching you, creating live content can be very difficult because a stream is usually boring without anyone to interact with. What am I getting at? If we analyze all this a little bit , the streamer you want. for a stream to be enjoyable. The streamer, what the streamer is doing, and the viewers. These three pillars are essential for creating live content. for creating live content. Yes, So, when you're starting out, you do have the streamer, you do have what he's 's talking about. There are those two, but the audience is missing, and that's why it's really hard to make good clips when you don't have an audience. one. So, I reiterate, I would recommend if you content creators, first go to TikTok, first go to YouTube, whatever you like with a phone you can do wonders, and then we can think about live streaming, okay? okay? Hey Sar, well, Sarg yt, thanks to you for watching the video, the live stream. They say it's like dirty money and they're not comfortable with it, so they switch to YouTube. Mm. Okay. As for these guys, well, everyone has their own thing going on. I think it's a matter of each person's beliefs, isn't it? Yes, I mean, unless they confidential that all of Kick's money comes from drug trafficking. Well, in that case I don't think so, right? But it's simply because they don't feel comfortable with gambling money. Ah, well, it's very fart-like. Nor am I going to demonize people who gamble. Whether you like it or not, that's up to you like it or not, that's up to you, but it's not illegal. Kakashi attack. Oh, I'm a big fan of yours. Greetings to you, brother. A relatively cheap camera to take a leap from a very basic one. Oh, the best one I can think of right now would be the cat one. The cat facecam right now would be the cat one. The cat facecam was like, maybe less. It might be cheaper to get , but in general, for webcams, a normal webcam, I think it's the one that looks the best of all. You could also try a Razer one, they look pretty good too, but in my very personal opinion, I think the very personal opinion, I think the cat one looks the best. In fact, it's the one I used before I started using the camera I use using the camera I use today. Content creation is a good investment. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Neither time nor money. My brothers, I recommend that if you are looking to generate income, to invest, look elsewhere. In content creation, right? Here, I think it's at least 80% passion. You have to like what you do because you have to endure it for many months, even years. without receiving any income and even you years in the red, so to speak, to see if you can then monetize. Yes, it helps. OBS crashes on me every 10 stream. Notice that OBS has been failing lately, from the No, like from me, me, me, ever since I updated it two months ago. I don't remember which version of OBS it was, but it's giving me a lot of trouble because I try to open it and it won't let me . I need to go to the panel, what's it called? I need to close the task manager and open it as when I open it, it says, "Oh, it was closed incorrectly." And this has been going on for about two months and it hasn't been resolved. I even uninstalled it. I did a complete clean reinstall and it still didn't work . Casti, how are we doing? [Music] Hello, Kenji Gamer. Okay. I mean, I'm a little sick, I'm not as bad as I was on Monday and Tuesday, but I'm getting better , right, Kit? How does he handle copying in music? Do I open the music after the stream finishes, or how? That's a good question, I hadn't noticed. In other words , what is true is that KCK's policies are the same as Twitch's in terms of content, no music, no copyrighted music, no movies, no series. I know there are a lot of people who couldn't care less about this and just watch movies, watch series, eh, their channel sounds like a radio station , but that's it, people who don't give a damn, who don't care. do the same thing. On Twitch, how many channels are there that are about The Simpsons or Naruto, huh? How many streamers don't use copyrighted music? A ton. But yes, I don't know if they mute them. I imagine so, uh, I imagine so, imagine so, uh, I imagine so, but honestly I couldn't tell you. Ah, look, I don't mess around with the music I use. I'm looking for a channel, the channel is called Lelo Play Music. This guy makes remixes of songs so you can use them without copyright issues, and I've never had any problems, I think only once, but in two years, I've had guy puts on. It's super easy. Put on some copyright-free music on YouTube It's super easy. Put on some copyright-free music on YouTube and let's go. n't streamed games much lately because I only do it as a hobby. That's were complaining to me, "Hey, Almich, you say you can't stream without having a community, or to begin with. I do have a community, it's you guys, right? And what were you complaining about? Oh, it's just that I was watching one of your streams and you didn't say anything about what you talk about in your videos. What kind of fraud are you?" And I did tell him. Let's see, my dear spawn. Oh, that's not true. I do defend me in the comments, but oh well, I don't know where they become super pacifists, especially not no copyright. But I did tell him, "Look, bro, one, the advice I give is for people who want to grow their live streams, and two, I do this as a hobby. Yeah, to start with, I stream whenever I can, times a week, once a month, I don't know. It's whenever I have time, whenever I feel like it, and I do it the way I want. I don't do it with a specific goal or intention of gaining followers; I just do it to pass the time, that's all. Yeah. Do you recommend paying an editor to make my YouTube videos? Uh, if you're not you have money to burn. I mean, if you have enough money to pay someone and you're not short on cash, go for it. always wanted to be a streamer, and that's it. It's not like you have to be a YouTuber or TikToker first, at least. About the problems I'm having with check it out when you can." Uh, yeah, better, bro, better. Thanks a lot. stream? I'm still using OBS. Yeah, all I have to do is kind of open and close it five times for it to work. Actually, I had to do this stream work. Actually, I had to do this stream another 9-minute stream. Well, because I had to turn it off to restart the PC because the [ __ ] OBS wouldn't detect my camera, and it only detected it after restarting the PC. Besides OBS, I know there's Streamlabs, which I honestly don't recommend to anyone, and there's a new one called Melt Melt M, something like that, and actually, told me, "Oh, you should make a video tutorial for Melt." Honestly, I forgot to do it. Why would I lie to them? But I don't know it. I don't know how good it is. camera tip, and it comes out with YouTube revenue." Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. No, the camera was paid for a long time ago through YouTube itself. Hi, question, sorry, what's better for reaching 4,000 hours of doing vertical shorts, or live streams? Because I don't know if you know this, but shorts and live streams of shorts, I mean, vertical live streams, those hours don't count towards the 4,000 watch time count towards the 4,000 watch time either have to get 4,000 watch time or you have to get 10 watch time or you have to get 10 million views on shorts. Yes. watch time, to get monetization here on YouTube, to get the partner program or whatever it's called here on YouTube, it's only with regular videos or live streams like this one, but if you don't have much of a community, I don't recommend doing live streams, go straight to videos. The path, to be clear as you say, takes a ton of time and effort, discipline. Me, well, I've been doing this for 9 years Creating content, but consistently now, good, good, good. I mean, when this channel really took off, well, next year I'll have been Obviously, I still have a long way to go, and I'm going to do it, but yeah, I mean, I tried to be a YouTuber. Before this channel, I had another one with a different theme. I tried to be a streamer for many years, just wasting time on Twitch. Well, I was wasting time, in quotes, because I got some good things out of it on other platforms too. I mean, I've other platforms too. I mean, I've tried, I think, about five tried, I think, about five different projects on social media, different projects on social media, and then one finally took off, and then one finally took off, and I still had a ways to go. I mean, to be able to live 100% off this, I've only been doing it for two years, right? One year. Yes, one year. In May, it'll be a year since I started working to dedicate myself 100% to this. myth? Because my TikTok clips don't get more than 5,000 views. Well, I think it's a myth, I mean, on TikTok you either get banned or you don't. It's that simple. I mean, it's never happened to me. Yeah. Uh, what's true is that there have been seasons, I mean, there are seasons where, I do n't know, my videos get 2,000 views, 5,000 views, and then I release a video 5,000 views, and then I release a video and wow, 200,000 views, I don't know. Pro Live on PC works, yeah, but those guys charge you for everything, even the app itself charges you if you want to multistream. updates, the latest ones . Hey, the bone. Why do soccer gaming YouTubers and streamers have less growth than shooting YouTubers? What do you think about that? It could be because of the niche, I imagine, that's what we remember The more specific the niche, the slower the growth. Yes, that's why if you compare my channel, for example, which is niche because it's YouTubers, and content creators, my content is very niche. But if you compare it to a channel that's dedicated to, I don't know, gossip, uploading memes and that kind of stuff, those guys grow like crazy because it's very general content. everyone, so let's do some final thoughts on Twitch Remember that I'm still a little sick, so I can't strain my throat too much sick, so I can't strain my throat too much . In summary about Twitch, analyzing everything we analyzed in the video, which if you didn't get to see it, I recommend that you watch this live stream again when you can, because we discussed some very interesting things about Twitch. I think Twitch is Yes, I mean, I'm not saying that tomorrow the The CEO is going to say, " Twitch is screwed, and we're going to shut it down." No, but the way things have been going on for several years now, the way I see the updates they're making, which seem like a joke to me—they've been promising the same updates for two years, updates that nobody asked for, and it's not that they don't want to, it's that they ca n't fix the n't fix the main problem, which is the ads. I mean, if you were expecting Twitch to Twitch to remove the ads or at least make them like they are here on YouTube, no, the ads are going to stay the same. And well, maybe it's even worse now because the holiday season is coming up, and you know how much more ads there are during this time , so it's going to be worse. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, the only real problem Twitch has, as I also said, is its main benefit. I is its main benefit. I mean, Twitch's hands are tied when it comes to improving its platform. Yes, that's why they keep trying new thing they fix or add to improve the experience, well, I to improve the experience, well, I really do I see it as if they have a A homeless person, if they have a A homeless person, and instead of bathing and shaving him and making him presentable, making him a functional member of making him a functional member of society, they just spray him with perfume. That's how I see Twitch with the platform. They're fixing a lot of superfluous things, adding things nobody asked for, experimenting with things that don't really benefit the community because they can't fix the main problem, which is the intrusive ads. And right now, with Kick, they're Twitch. You may like it or not, but it's a reality that Kick is gaining more and more users while Twitch is losing more and more. It's a is losing more and more. It's a fact that there are already more consumers of Spanish-language streamers on Kick than on Twitch. And it doesn't look like that's going to change. It's time to move to Kick. I'd say yes. Look, this is also still a personal matter, right? If you don't like Kick, if you're a die-hard Twitch fan, if the ads don't bother you, whether you 're a streamer or not. If you're a viewer, then stay on Twitch, it's fine. But if you're looking at it from the perspective of a future content creator, that is, if you're considering medium- or long-term plans, I think it would be wise to start looking I think it would be wise to start looking here. Yes, TikTok streams do help a lot, but it depends on your but it depends on your goal. goal. If your goal is to be If your goal is to be popular, so to speak, then yes, they do help, because ultimately recommending you and ensuring you'll have viewers. The challenge there will be being viewers. The challenge there will be being entertaining enough to keep people watching , right? I agree, you might disagree with me, but I think the best way to attract a community, even with live streams being trendy, is with edited content, with videos, with TikToks. On complicated, because you can't stream from the Kickstarter app; app. Third parties to do it, the one I knew was, oh, they mentioned it a while ago, Prism Live, Prisma Live, but charging for everything, so I don't know if it also charges you to stream on Kick. Of course it does, people. Oh, it's true, Kick is beating Twitch in everything, precisely because of the monetization aspect. On Twitch, to be an affiliate, you need to have an average of 13 viewers, have 50 followers, stream a certain number of days, on a certain number of different streamers per week or month, something like that. On Kick, to be the equivalent of an affiliate, that is, to be able to have subscriptions and donations, you only need to stream for 5 hours, and that's it. They don't require an average, they don't require a minimum number of followers. As long as you stream for 5 hours, whether it's 5 hours straight or one or five one- hour streams, however you want, as long as you have 5 hours of streaming, you can already monetize on KCK. recommend you check out my videos on how to improve on YouTube. soccer matches, but I'm afraid the match will hit me with a copyright strike. It's very likely going to happen, bro. I'd recommend that on no platform, uh, TikTok, because they get really strict about that too. Don't use copyrighted content on any of them, whether it's sound or images. Don't do that. Don't do that because you might not actually get hit with anything, always the latent possibility that something could happen, and then there's no way to appeal. I mean, imagine you grow based on copyrighted content, right? I mean, for example, Slash starts doing well, no one's ever said anything to him, and suddenly he has 1,000 followers, he has a good monthly income, and then they ban your channel, they kick you off the show... Kick you, they ban you, and you can't appeal because you're literally making content against the rules. So forget about getting your channel back; it would be starting all over again. n't mess around with copyright. build a community, you need a great cleavage and an inflatable pool in the background. cleavage will always help. Of course . If you have a nice pair of boobs, why not? Uh, but no, it goes beyond that. I even made a video about it. I honestly think that, look, if it helps you be visually appealing, sure, it helps you at the beginning, but that doesn't help you build a community. Yeah. Or have you guys seen Robios AuronPlay with a huge cleavage? I haven't. You disgusting old farts, he still has a lot of people, huh? Okay, guys, one last question, anything you have told you my point of view. Look, I mean, I don't want to be alarmist or anything . I repeat, Twitch isn't going to disappear overnight, not next month, not even next year, but it's something to consider. Yes, I mean, if they expect Twitch to improve in the areas that matter, at least, right? I mean, they can bring those minor improvements, they can bring streaming, dual streaming, which I think YouTube already has, and I honestly don't know if it works. They can have their autoclips, which I already have Nexus Clips for, but they don't solve the real problem. And if they don't solve that, well, they And if they don't solve that, well, they won't be able to move forward. fact, right? It's not something I made up, and I think I posted a graph of that last week , but Twitch is getting smaller and smaller, every month it's was going to happen, though, is the following, and it's something that might confuse some people, just so they keep this in mind. It's likely, it's very likely, in fact It's likely, it's very likely, in fact it's almost obvious that in what It's November, December, and January too, and Twitch's numbers are going to go up again. I mean, instead of seeing the bar going down, we're going to see a spike. That doesn't mean, oh, Twitch is already improving. No, that's normal. Why? Because during the holidays , Christmas, all that, videos and streaming, always go up. So, that's normal, that's to be expected, and it doesn't mean that Twitch is doing better. commercials, and why Kick doesn't have commercials, and that's what's bothering me. We already talked about this at the beginning, but I'll backtrack on it really quickly. but I'll backtrack on it really quickly. The thing with Kick is that, being a new platform, it has two things working against it: it's very new. I'm telling you, it's only 2 years old, or almost 3, I'm not really sure, but it's less than 3 years old to create a Kick platform. That's one, and two, KCK comes from a betting company. Yes, betting companies do public image in the world. That's why I'm saying, this... It's going to be saying, this... It's going to be fixed once Kick is, I mean, obviously maintains its current good growth rate time has passed—I don't know exactly how long, but I honestly think around 2026, mid- to late 2026—they'll start adding some ads, but it's mostly a matter of time. As soon as the platform has a little more time, advertisers will start approaching it because they're seeing good performance and because there's really nothing illegal or wrong with the Yes, man. Okay, thanks, Dante. man. Okay, thanks, Dante. And well, folks, that's it for And well, folks, that's it for today's live stream. Um, I'll see if I think we came up with some good topics of conversation here that are worth sharing. So, I might do a summary of this. The good thing is that I was recording this live stream, and well, that's it. Um, what else do I have planned? [Music] do a live stream checking out subscriber channels because I have some medical appointments and I don't think I'll be able to. Plus, I have to and I don't think I'll be able to. Plus, I have to edit a campaign tomorrow. next Friday (which is still on the 8th), and if there aren't any health complications or anything, I can do a little live stream because I owe you guys one; it's been two months already. My apologies again, but you know, health comes first, right? Anyway, I love you all very much, sending you a big kiss on your cheeks. Have an excellent Wednesday, half a week, and I'll see you in the Wednesday, half a week, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye. Bye.