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Twitch launches anti-bot crackdown and viewership numbers plummet across the platform overnight: Turns out 50% of the audience was just robots pretending to enjoy hot tub streams.

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Twitch launches anti-bot crackdown and viewership numbers plummet across the platform overnight: Turns out 50% of the audience was just robots pretending to enjoy hot tub streams.

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Technology@programming.devEnglish · 4 days ago

Twitch launches anti-bot crackdown and viewership numbers plummet across the platform overnight

Twitch's anti-bot enforcement led to sharp drops in displayed viewership across many channels. The shift raises implications for rankings, ads, and sponsors.

Twitch’s new anti-bot system caused viewer counts to nosedive across hundreds of channels, with some losing over half their displayed audience.

Channels running 24/7 reruns saw the biggest drops, with Mira falling from 2,000+ to under 200 viewers overnight.

The cleanup affects sponsorship deals and ad rates since brands have been paying premium prices for audiences that were partially fake.

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It was an open secret.

More views equals better visibility on twitch which equals more real subscribers.

Seeing other “people” donate makes real people donate more.

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