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Originally Posted by TreadLightly
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 watchf people use it as background noise while playing poker on their own as well)
I would argue that's another con in the Twitch column, not a pro. The only way to pick up viewers is to have them specifically seek you out. The only exception to this is front page time, which Twitch doles out sparingly to poker streamers these days, and mostly to the top 3 guys.
This caps the audience. Even the biggest streamers have relatively low follower numbers, and their growth is slowing.
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Originally Posted by TreadLightly
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
The exact opposite is true. The majority of views are from non-subscribers, and 60-70% of views come from discovery features (home page, recommended videos).
If YouTube thinks you might be interested in poker, it shoves poker videos in your face. Lots of randoms click these. There are tons of noobs in the YouTube comments and watching the streams.
YouTube has been even more in-your-face with live streams lately. Sometimes I get live notifications for channels that I don't even sub to, but have maybe watched a few times.
Last edited by SrslySirius; 05-19-2017 at 04:06 PM.