Since lockdowns began around the world Twitch saw a spike in the number of average concurrent users.
But over the years Twitch has seen more than just gamers making use of the platform.
Video editors, musicians and even animators have turned to Twitch to garner support for their craft and get in touch with their audience. Even successful musicians such as T-Pain, Deadmau5 and Trivium frontman Matthew Heafy have turned to Twitch to reach more fans.
Twitch allows those streaming to monetise their streams, and while this allows viewers to support their favourite creators, there are benefits for the user as well.
While it’s not always the case, viewers can get ad-free viewing by subscribing to a channel. These subscriptions range in price from $4.99 to $24.99 but viewers can also use Twitch Prime which features a free subscription for one channel per month.
However, streamers must be a part of the Twitch Partners program in order to be eligible for monetisation and to decide how advertising is served on their channels.
For the viewers who prefer smaller streamers there is a way to remove advertising from Twitch with a Twitch Turbo subscription.
How does one become a Twitch Partner?
Before a channel can become partnered it first needs to complete the Path to Affiliate on Twitch.
This path involves growing your channel to 50 followers, which is a free option users can opt-in for that alerts users when you go live.
Other factors include streaming for eight hours in total and on seven different days. In addition to all of this streamers will need to have at least three viewers on average.
From there streamers will need to complete all of the Path to Partner achievements on Twitch which can be viewed on your Achievements page.
After those have been fulfilled streamers will finally be able to apply to become a Twitch Partner at which point they will be able to start monetising your streams.
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