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Originally Posted by getmeoffcompletely
The thing about Youtube is that no one actively goes to Youtube to watch streams. With Twitch there's always new people coming in. With Youtube it's just your established fanbase. Even though they're trying to push Youtube streaming, I don't really think it's going to be a thing.
This exactly^^
Nobody goes to youtube thinking hmmm whos live stream am I going to watch?, they would just find videos searching around.
On twitch if someone thinks hmm i want to watch poker, they click poker and see maybe 5-10 people with over 1k viewers and can decide what they want to watch, where some/ a decent amount will pick doug based on knowing his name and background in poker / see he is playing higher stakes etc, or they will pick jason based on seeing a fun title etc. I think any problems doug has with not being top viewers is based on him not streaming often,as well as months of streaming low stakes on a site almost nobody plays on (wsop) maybe 1-2 times a week. If he was to daily stream mid stakes+ cash and the odd higher tournament I would be super surprised if he wasn't a staple top 3 streamer in poker section. Can't have everything ( top stream while streaming 1/3 of a month or less and focusing on other stuff / youtube channel)
Youtube it's pretty much just social media followers and the odd youtube subs who happen to see you are livestreaming and decide to pop in, not randoms looking for something to watch
Also lots of copyright issues if you want to make your stream enjoyable / with recognizable and fun music in background on youtube or have the copyright free dubstep mix everyday or no music which both are often turn-offs for people watching streams (poker specifically since a lot of people use it as background noise while playing poker on their own as well)