'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Sykkuno opens up about moving to Twitch and says YouTube doesn't "care about streamers" anymore
Twitch streamer Thomas "Sykkuno" recently made the headlines after he announced ending his journey with YouTube and moving back to Twitch (May 2024). The streamer was exclusively a YouTube streamer for the past two years (May 2022 to 2024). During a recent stream, Sykkuno opened up on his move to the Amazon-owned platform.
The streamer explained that there were more incentives for streamers to take their trade to Twitch than YouTube. He reasoned that since YouTube mostly makes money off the Shorts and YouTube videos, they don't prioritize live streamers as such. He said:
"They (YouTube) don't care about streamers anymore. They've said it themselves, it is not a secret and it makes sense, the streamer space is not necessarily growing like it used to."
He continued, stating that Twitch has no choice but to focus on streamers since they are primarily a streaming platform:
"Twitch kind of has to (care). Streaming is their main thing. YouTube, they do shorts and videos and that's where they make the money. They just don't have to care. Why would they? I'm pretty sure YouTube lost money on my deal."
Sykkuno speaks on the "one downside" of Twitch compared to YouTube
(Timestamp: 00:29)
Having hands-on experience on both Twitch and YouTube, Sykkuno compared the two platforms during his latest stream. While he stated that there is more to gain as a Twitch streamer than a YouTube streamer, he did provide one downside that the Amazon-owned platform has:
"'Wish Twitch had live VODs.' That would be the one feature that would be nice. That is the one downside of Twitch. But I do think everything being live, me being able to talk to most of you guys right now and reading your chats, half the time I can't do that on YouTube because you are always delayed."
Sykkuno also mentioned that moderation tools are more effective on Twitch. He said:
"Modding is a lot better here 'cause sometimes someone would type something in that maybe bannable but we can check their history and it's like, 'Oh, they just mistyped or something.' On YouTube, we can't."
Sykkuno isn’t the only major name from the streaming industry to make a shift towards Twitch. Benjamin "DrLupo" also announced that he would be going multi-platform, meaning he will stream on both YouTube and Twitch.
Trending
