Should You Stream On TWITCH or YOUTUBE (1 month after switching)

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[kartoitska]

I wish YT added a streams tab just like the shorts tab they have. I think that could massively improve the popularity and discoverability of streams on the platform.

[MixelPlx]

I started streaming on YouTube a few years ago and thanks to it, gave me a huge boost to my channel. Its great for discoverability and allows your channel to grow quite well if you treat it right. The issue with YouTube is like you mentioned. Its a video platform, not a live one.. so YouTube does not know how to monetize a 4-6hr+ livestream so you make almost nothing.

[OlaEnglund]

A lot of great points. I agree with almost everything you said. I don't come to your channel often but you have a great mindset that I admire!

[BvSteel]

One of my favorite things about watching YouTube live streams over Twitch. Which you didn't go over is the fact that if you missed something big and can't figure out what's going on.... I can rewind your stream to find out, then boom fast forward back to live. I just wish YouTube put more effort into live streams but it seems they don't care which makes sense but it keeps me putting money elsewhere. I wish YouTube would listen to you like Twitch did and honestly as well as other areas of the streaming world have!

[LeCVSUVL]

That Snapchat "sticker peeled off" animation. That was cool😊

[EpicDuskk]

I keep hearing the opinion: "Twitch will die when other platforms start adopting livestreams" and what doesn't make sense to me is Twitch is a GAMING platform. So while YouTube and TikTok may be growing more then Twitch, the audience is alot more generalized. If you're doing a gaming stream wouldn't it make more sense to be on a platform where gaming is the primary audience? Like Facebook Gaming boasts its numbers, but facebook is mostly old boomers who probably have 0 interest in gaming streams, so even if the audience is "bigger" its not relevant to your content.

[Patterrz]

Nice to see your perspective & thoughts after a month! Will be cool to see if things change after 3 months/6 months etc

[juzcook]

The discoverability on Twitch really does need the clip feature integrated similar to something like TikTok. It would be great to be able to browse your clips and mark which ones you wanted to make browsable so that only the most interesting moments were being pushed out there

[iPodKingCarter]

I’ve been on almost every platform, I’m currently on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch and it’s def a different experience on all 3.

[BenjaminWagener]

Funny that you criticize the missing discoverability on Twitch, while it is that what I think is the biggest game-breaker when it comes to streaming on YouTube. To find a live-stream on YouTube that fits your taste is just horrible. That's why I still watch Videos on YouTube and Streams on Twitch, because on Twitch I always find a cool streamer that fits easily.

[paultrifan]

I love yt for videos, but they have to do something about livestream notifications. They literally send a notif everytime I edit the name of the stream even though I'm not live or not planning, BUT when I really am live, nope, nobody receives one :)) The livestream panel was way better in the previous version. I know you can edit everything at "manage/schedule live" but I have to reinsert everytime the description and so on, and it's weird that they'll get a notif when I schedule it, and another one when I am live, AND ANOTHER ONE after the livestream ends :))))

[SuperFireburger]

Positioning the Ad right after saying you dropped 80% in revenue, that was goat 🐐

[TheStillwinterNation]

i been on youtube for 2 years, you moving to youtube made me real happy when almost everyone else is moving to twitch. sorry to hear that youve lost alot on the switch but i do agree with you that i also think its the better long term place to be. bravo

[exe]

One thing YT needs to fix ASAP is making a video channel not be negatively impacted by live streams, and vice versa, so that you don't need to split your audience.

[THChrisMB]

I love how you’re transparent about the financial part. That’s really awesome of you. I haven’t been watching long, but I’ve learned so much in the short period of time that has given me the confidence and somewhat know how to start streaming myself.

[HazardousHDTV]

Interesting video! Thanks for sharing your move from Twitch to YT for streaming. I wish you had gone into some detail on whether to leave livestreams public, private, unlisted or avoid streaming on YT in general for established creators on this platform. I moved to Twitch because in 2018 it seemed like every time I would go live on YT my channel momentum would completely die, videos would not get recommended, people wouldn't get notified, etc because stream were tied to the same algorithm as videos so total watch time and % viewed on stream would kill my channel's performance. You said YT you feel like you have a lot of room for creativity. That's exactly the opposite sentiment I have. Twitch for me is that exact place where I can do whatever I want, have fun with it, and my business isn't impacted in a negative way simply because went out of the niche I was in.

Its a shame because no matter how much livestreaming improves on YT, it will be incredibly hard to gain. back my trust that the moment I hit go live, my views wont drop by over 50% for a weeks weeks after that livestream. However, I miss one very important thing from YT streaming: The encoding features! Twitch caps you at a 6k bitrate and YT at 144k!? Twitch needs to catch up with the times, especially since they are dedicated to livestreaming!

[izstrella]

I really, really appreciate how transparent you are about the revenue side of the creator path. One of the biggest things I always get caught up on (alongside my crippling perfectionism and anxiety, which I’m also working on) is will I be able to do this as a job one day — and my “one day” isn’t even soon, I’m fully aware of that, haha. But because so many people are scared to talk about money because we’re sadly taught to be that way by employers I was always left feeling like I was floating; caught in this continuous cycle of “one day I’ll figure it out, THEN I can start”.
Your videos help change that by giving me a grounding concept — monetization — which then allows my brain to focus more on the creative since it now knows that ground is there. Anyways, I wanted to say thank you. Now once I get my mental health sorted out (an uphill battle, haha, but sorted to a point) I can finally start content creating and enjoy not just the dreams but the reality of the path.
Thank you! 🎉

[ramavalos]

As a small creator that Shorts discovery is playing a huge role in my livestreams. I went from am average of 10 views to 40-70 just by having those supplemental shorts. I wish twitch had better discoverability tools.

[DensuN]

The BIGGEST issue for not streaming on YT must be the layout. Twitch is miles ahead of YT in that department. And even the nicknaming part.

[thepoprocker]

"Let me explain why I can afford to lose $10, 000 in revenue."

"But first, unrelated, let's talk about my sponsor."