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A Twitch streamer says the Amazon-owned platform apologized after he was instantly hit with a 30-day ban moments after he joked about needing to “go away.”

When a new multiplayer shooter drops, the gaming community immediately looks at Twitch and YouTube viewer counts to declare it a massive hit or a total flop. However, new research indicates that those massive viewing hours are often misleading. According to new data from marketing and analytics platform Gamesight, the number of active creators and…

A new suite of Twitch features gives parents the power to restrict certain features, ranging from blocking certain streams to disabling DMs. The Twitch change follows a broader trend in the gaming industry focused on protecting children.

Tired of watching other streamers rake in heaps of cash for playing your favorite games? Are you eager to get in on the action? You’re going to need a state-of-the-art gaming PC to get started and a whole lot of persistence and strategy.

Last week, streamer Kai Cenat (who has tens of millions of followers across Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube) hosted the second-annual Streamer University, a five-day creator bootcamp at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas that was streamed live on Twitch and YouTube.

The full list ofaward winnerswere announced for the 38thWill Eisner Comic Industry Awardsat San Diego Comic-Con 2026, which included wins for thePurgatory Funeral Cakessupernatural fantasymanhwa and ero guro manga artistShintaro Kago. 

This is some pretty rare video from 1964, of a Game 7 between the (then) St. Louis Hawks and the (then) San Francisco Warriors.

With over 7 million active streamers, standing out on Twitch in 2026 is more challenging than ever. Twitch’s browse algorithm primarily ranks streams by concurrent viewers, giving larger streams more visibility while smaller creators often remain buried. As a result, new streamers struggle to get discovered, making it difficult to attract the viewers needed to…

Since its launch in 2022, Kick has enjoyed a meteoric rise to become one of the internet’s leading livestreaming platforms. Owing to its generous creator terms, deals with big-name streamers and willingness to challenge Twitch’s dominance, it has now become one of the industry’s biggest players.

Unless your kid is headed to college in the fall, the university they’re likely talking about this week is something completely different: Streamer University, which just wrapped up its second academic year.