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Twitch is the biggest name in live-streaming. Launched in June 2011, Twitch quickly became the go-to home for video game streamers, growing to tens of millions of monthly viewers within just a few years. Amazon acquired the company in 2014, offering the commerce giant a powerful competitor to YouTube, with an audience the Google-owned video platform has struggled to reach. Twitch is best known for being home to Fortnite streamers like Ninja and Tfue; e-sports like Overwatch and League of Legends; and new phenomena, including Grand Theft Auto V role-playing. It’s also expanded beyond games to include activities like social eating and musical performances.

After weeks of hate raids, Twitch streamers are taking a day off in protest

As streamers prepare to walk off Twitch, hate raids and abuse are escalating to dangerous levels

Ash Parrish
A guide to platform fees

The hidden costs behind your favorite apps, games, and more

Ian Carlos Campbell and Julia Alexander
How to stop a hate raidHow to stop a hate raid
Ash Parrish
The future of cinema is a punk-ass Twitch collective

This radical editing collective is unlearning what they know about film

Alexis Ong
The Twitch streamers fighting to keep minority languages alive

Entertainment meets activism

Kristen Sinclair
The Competitor

How Nick ‘Nickmercs’ Kolcheff battled his way to the top of Twitch

Bijan Stephen
CodeMiko will see you now

Chatting with Twitch’s newest virtual talk show star

Bijan Stephen
Stream it yourself

Here’s what it’s like to craft live on stream

Bijan Stephen