Viewcounts of top Twitch streamers drop after platform cracks down on view bots
16 days ago
- #Twitch
- #View Bots
- #Streaming
- Twitch CEO Dan Clancy announced measures to combat view bots at the end of July.
- View bots artificially inflate streamer statistics, helping them attract sponsors and new viewers.
- Twitch updated its source code to better detect and remove bot activity.
- Top streamers like Asmongold (zackrawrr), XQC, and Mizkif saw significant drops in view counts.
- Mizkif's recent stream averaged 9,142 viewers, down from his three-month average of 17,126.
- Some streamers have canceled or avoided broadcasting, possibly to hide their use of bots.
- Twitch continues to battle bot services, and it's unclear if view counts will rebound.