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Report: Twitch is still on top, but Mixer shows remarkable growth [Streamlabs, Newzoo]

The quarterly report from Streamlabs and Newzoo shows a major shake-up, thanks largely to one of the world's most popular streamers ditching Twitch for Microsoft's Mixer platform. While Twitch and Fortnite are still dominant, Mixer is showing a significant rise in the number of hours streamed and unique channels.

Published 1 week ago, by

Sarah LeBoeuf

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Twitch makes a play to improve discoverability with IGDB acquisition

The Internet Games Database (IGDB) will now be leveraged by Amazon-owned Twitch for its search and discovery features.

Published 4 weeks ago, by

James Brightman

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Twitch links to 'porn account', other Fortnite streamers via Ninja's abandoned channel

After leaving his millions of followers on Twitch for Mixer and a nice paycheck from Microsoft, Ninja claims Twitch is using his brand to promote other Fortnite streamers and some occasional pornography.

Published 2 months ago, by

Sarah LeBoeuf

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Mixer faces backlash over clothing guidelines, as Ninja tops 650,000 followers

Mixer's luck has been a mixed bag lately, with Ninja's exclusivity deal balancing out layoffs and upset over controversial clothing guidelines.

Published 2 months ago, by

Mike Futter

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Ninja drops Twitch to exclusively stream for Mixer

The biggest streamer in the world heads to Microsoft-owned service after company recently lays off internal content creators.

Published 2 months ago, by

Johnny Cullen

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Report: Riot Games rises, Fortnite and Twitch slow down [StreamLabs]

Twitch is still by far the most-watched game streaming platform, but its growth noticeably leveled out in the second quarter of 2019, while YouTube Gaming hit some new milestones.

Published 3 months ago, by

Sarah LeBoeuf