A Twitch streamer changed his avatar to a white man and received three times his usual views. Zach, or Just_Relax_Kid, is Black, and theorized that pretending to be white meant higher views.

Moreover, Twitch is an undeniably white platform, ... as exemplified by the platform’s problems with racist emotes over ... who serve as a direct line between streamers and Twitch, to more Black ...

Twitch yesterday apologized for offending Hispanic and Latinx people with one of its initiatives to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The initiative in question was a series of emote modifiers ...

In Q1 of 2021, Twitch viewership hit an all-time high, growing 16.5% since the previous quarter. Twitch viewers watched 6.34 billion hours of content in Q1, making up 72.3% of the market share.

Affiliates won't be left out but will likely gain access to animated emotes after Partners, with Twitch saying they would be available by the end of 2021. When they launch, ...