how old do you have to be to stream on twitch

If you want to stream on twitch you have to be at least 13 years old or be under the supervision of a parent or guardian. Please note the following from the Twitch terms of service:

"Use of Twitch by Minors and Blocked Persons

The Twitch Services are not available to persons under the age of 13. If you are between the ages of 13 and the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction of residence, you may only use the Twitch Services under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Service."

So this is pretty straight forward, only 13+ or with a parent for streaming and using Twitch.

what is twitch tv

What is twitch tv is a question that is being asked all the time it seems even in 2021. Lets go over what twitch tv is in this short guide.

Twitch tv is primarily a live streaming video service that focuses on content related to video games, esports, competitions and other personality based communities. Anyone can sign up to create a account to chat or to stream on the platform. It also offers video on demand from previous streaming sessions from all the various channels.

Twitch Interactive is the company that operates the service which is a subsidiary of Amazon.com INC. It launched on June 6, 2011 and its current CEO is Emmett Shear.

One of the reasons why Twitch is so popular today is due to it being one of the first services to offer live streaming for video game content back in 2011.  They also had a partner program for content creators to make a income from their content generation.  As more big brand gaming companies started using the Twitch service, it become the go to website for checking out new games, tournaments and other events.

Whenever a new video game comes out the general gaming community knows they can watch someone streaming it live on Twitch.  Instead of watching reviews on youtube, they go to Twitch and watch the game live and can ask questions directly to the streamers.  This is what I believe was the beginning of what make Twitch, Twitch.

Now a days Twitch has turned into more of a culture of personalities and niche communities. The door has opened up to many different types of content which you can find by searching on all the various categories setup on the directory.

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Twitch is a live streaming platform that allows people to watch and broadcast video game streams, as well as other types of content like creative arts, music, talk shows, and more. Twitch was launched in 2011 and quickly became the leading platform for video game streaming, with millions of active users and thousands of streamers broadcasting at any given time.

At its core, Twitch is a social platform that connects people through shared interests and passions. Streamers can interact with their audiences through live chat, polls, and other features, creating a sense of community and engagement that goes beyond traditional media.

Twitch's popularity has also spawned a new generation of content creators who make a living from streaming and engaging with their audiences. These creators can earn money through various means, including ads, subscriptions, donations, and sponsorships.

In addition to its social and entertainment functions, Twitch has also become a significant force in the gaming industry, with many publishers and developers using the platform to showcase their games and interact with fans. Twitch has also become a platform for esports, with many professional leagues and tournaments broadcasting their matches live on the platform.

To use Twitch, users need to create an account and download the Twitch app or use the web-based platform. From there, they can watch live streams, follow their favorite streamers, and engage with other users through chat and other features. Users can also create their own channels and start streaming their own content, building their own audiences and communities.

Overall, Twitch is a vibrant and dynamic platform that has revolutionized the way people consume and create content online. It has become a major cultural force and a hub of creativity and entertainment, bringing people together from around the world to share their passions and connect with others who share their interests.

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7,500,000 Million + Accounts used in follow-botting and view-botting!

So over the last couple of days there has been a lot of chatter around the influx for following botting across the Twitch platform.  People have created tools that use 3rd party lists to attempt to remove the follows from their channels.  And just today Twitch support has finally reported on the issue from their "Twitch Support" twitter account.

Here is a look at that tweet thread:

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🛡️ We have been monitoring the rise of fake engagement on Twitch and have identified 7.5MM+ accounts that break our TOS by follow-botting and view-botting. We are taking action on these accounts and appreciate all of the reports about this issue.

— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021

A majority of these accounts were detected through ongoing machine learning technology that will continue to improve and we will continue to operate going forward. We engage in enforcement when necessary including pursuing legal action.

— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021

As a result of these removals, you may see sudden decreases in your follower and viewer count over the coming days. If you believe that you were follow- or view-botted, please check out our help article. 📚 https://t.co/R82r7NA90A

— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021

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Many channels appear to have lost followers over the last couple of days as Twitch is slowly removing the bot accounts.

Let take a look at some of the stream channels that were most effected by this botting. As of today, 4/14/2012 the following channels are listed to have lost (x) amount of followers in the past 7 days. Please note we are using a 3rd party twitch stat website called sullygnome to check for these stats.

• sodapoppin - 2.5+ Million
  
• xQcOW - 2.1+ Million
  
• TrickAIM - 2.02+ Million
  
• Blinkx_ - 1.78+ Million
  
• AdinRoss - 1.68+ Million
  
• kraynasty - 1.59+ Million
  
• aileybeanssa - 1.56 Million
  
• MzBETRAYAL - 1.31 Million
  
• Heelmike - 1.16 Million
  
• okharry - 900k+
  
• ForestOfWires - 850k+
  
• MrConRem - 785k+
  
• Taylor_Jevaux - 464k+

If you suspect your channel has been targeted by bots of any kind, then you will want to review the official twitch help page on this topic. Here is the direct link to that article: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-to-handle-view-follow-bots?language=en_US

block streams on game directories

This is a guide on how to block streams from showing up on game directories or in just chatting sections on Twitch.tv.  Please note this only works for users who are logged in and are using the recommendations sorting option.

Step 1:
Make sure your logged into your Twitch account.

Step 2:
Click on Browse and then go to the category, then check to see if sort by is set to "Recommended For You".  If it is not change it to this setting.

Step 3:
Find the channel or stream that you want to block and then press the 3 vertical bars. Then click on the option called "Not Interested".

As soon as you select not interested, that streamer will be permanently blocked from showing up on the game directory for your account while on recommendations.

If you want to undue the block, go to your settings page, here is a direct link: https://www.twitch.tv/settings/recommendations and then remove the stream from the channel feedback section.

These steps are also similar to how you would block streams on the Twitch App for apple or android. Please leave any questions or comments below.

How to check for copyright strikes made against your channel!

How to know if your twitch channel has received any copyright strikes? Twitch has recently updated their creator dashboard section to display if your channel has any copyright strikes.  To see if any violation is currently on your channel you have to follow these simple steps!

Step 1:
Make sure your logged into Twitch, if not log into your account.

Step 2:
Go to your creator dashboard, by clicking on your profile picture and then selecting creator dashboard.

Step 3:
Now click on content, then on video producer.

Step 4:
If you have any copyright strikes, a big panel on the right will show up with details. Here is a screenshot example of this:

If your channel has no copyright strikes, the panel will still show up and list zero strikes. Make sure to have the width of the window big enough.

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Additional note, you will now be also be sent a notification in your Twitch inbox on any DMCA notification.

Here is a screenshot of where to look for that and a example of what it shows:

For more information on "DMCA" and "Copyrights", check out this twitch help page: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/dmca-and-copyright-faqs?language=en_US

 

How to reverse permitted terms?

If you are looking for how to revert a permitted term, here is a quick guide on how to do just that on twitch!

Step 1:

Go to your creator dashboard while being logged into your twitch account.

Step 2:

Click on settings, then moderation and go to the automod control section. Find the section labeled "Permitted terms and phrases and click on that to open up all the active terms.

Step 3:

Find the term you want to remove and click on the delete button.

Ban these channel bots as soon as possible!

One of the biggest problems streamers face these days on the Twitch platform is the proliferation of channel bots. The chat bots join thousands of channels collecting data, views, followers and confuse unsuspecting new streamers. New streamers believe viewers listed in "users in the chat" are people consuming the content when they are just doing some data harvesting and fishing for follows.



Some of these bots in our opinion are purposely being placed to get new streamer to click on them and visit their channel page. Which then runs ads or auto hosts another channel in the attempt to boost views.

It is highly recommended that you ban all of them from being listed in your channel. To do that go to your channels chat box and type /ban channel. Replace the channel with all the below listed bots which will be periodicity updated. You can do this right now even if your channel is offline. Doing it before you go live will prevent them from showing in the user list.

• Chat bots that are in the most channels, listed by highest to lowest.
  
  • anotherttvviewer
    
  • lurxx
  • commanderroot
  • 1fps
  • aten
  • lemonjuices12
  • rubberslayer
  • k3jru
  • universe
  • dinu
  • feet
  • thiccur
  • pondduck
  • rimastino
  • virgoproz
  • v_and_k
  • teischente
  • thecommandergroot
  • thelurxxer
  • sincerelybrittany
  • panhandier
  • skumshop
  • sweethali
  • stripfang
  • itsvodoo
  • commula
  • thedevilisob
  • industrialparasite
  • blitchpyke
  • druiefiery
  • adenillect
  • bucksumlimb
  • heirmanttinan
  • strangebing
  • tackingalias
  • prankcher
  • jeffecorga
  • coopersoccera
  • threebibl
  • ryothscus
  • muffinsgield
  • sawyerlead
  • fearms1
  • cristianepre
  • nicholsstand
  • ribotsize
  • grifordia
  • relishdrove
  • lollyneuter
  • twitchprimereminder
  • inventkin
  • jiffyonyx
  • kishintern
  • lucrejohn
  • homeplatedibidal
  • mariotiss
  • communityshowcase
  • banmonitor
  • pingutio
  • bloodlustr
  • captainskrew
  • needhymn
  • a1bear
  • tresinno
  • pocrevocrednu
  • storecina
  • gingerne
  • adwin666
  • sirrelu
  • bristlerich
  • kodiakbrujah
  • crunchipchip
  • mrcreeper905
  • galgoya
  • emotexbot
  • freast
  • manning_wilkins
  • bilikirs
  • wpfid5555
  • thewritinger
  • llorx_falso
  • vandak
  • bravopablo
  • liquigels
  • srmx30519
  • zidan0z0
  • uehebot
  • stewlew89
  • ljlcard
  • rladmsdb88
  • fsang
  • public_enemy821
  • btovar3
  • chrisgriswold
  • ball857
  • ezobay
    

Note this is not all of the chat bots but a majority of the ones that are most likely to be in your channel. Make sure to bookmark and revisit it in the future for updates.  For any comments or questions fill free to post them in the comments section below!

Update list on 11/08/2020 with ban command ready for you to use, just cut and paste into your Twitch channel.

/ban lurxx
/ban commanderroot
/ban saddestkitty
/ban rubberslayer
/ban lemonjuices12
/ban thiccur
/ban aten
/ban dmca_administrator
/ban re1yk
/ban tawmtawmz
/ban virgoproz
/ban feet
/ban v_and_k
/ban ra1denz
/ban llorx_falso
/ban thecommandergroot
/ban thelurxxer
/ban bristlerich
/ban crunchipchip
/ban galgoya
/ban a1bear
/ban thedevilisob
/ban newolk69
/ban fearms1
/ban ryothscus
/ban tresinno
/ban prankcher
/ban storecina
/ban stripfang
/ban bilikirs
/ban inventkin
/ban public_enemy821
/ban twitchprimereminder
/ban manning_wilkins
/ban communityshowcase
/ban bloodlustr
/ban grifordia
/ban ljlcard
/ban tanonjaeng
/ban commula
/ban vaidather
/ban leviathanapp
/ban threebibl
/ban ezobay
/ban gik_gok
/ban muffinsgield
/ban stewlew89
/ban relishdrove
/ban kodiakbrujah
/ban lysbethemed
/ban linervolatile
/ban pingutio
/ban flaskcopy
/ban tackingalias
/ban eulersobject
/ban isaacdeplar
/ban homeplatedibidal
/ban gingerne
/ban zigulisegra
/ban nicholsstand
/ban poopminty
/ban maddyson_moy_bog
/ban kishintern
/ban mariotiss
/ban jeanrnestu
/ban gingeryoval
/ban sawyerlead
/ban vicarchurger
/ban bucksumlimb
/ban jeffecorga
/ban cristianepre
/ban thewritinger
/ban teresedirty
/ban heirmanttinan
/ban blitchpyke
/ban ribotsize
/ban jiffyonyx
/ban nelsondock
/ban lucrejohn
/ban talkingrobble
/ban adenillect
/ban lauradesk
/ban foursilk
/ban utensilzinc
/ban cartierlogic
/ban patranovisinka
/ban lecturerreflux

Another Update to the list of ban bots - 2/10/2021

/ban twitchdetails
/ban bingcortana
/ban havethis2
/ban casinothanks
/ban abbottcostello
/ban gowithhim
/ban droopdoggg
/ban icewizerds
/ban extramoar
/ban sillygnome225
/ban ftopayr
/ban tawmtawmz
/ban ghrly
/ban artjomv2
/ban carbon14xyz
/ban carbot14xyz
/ban carbob14xyz

Update for 5/30/2021 - new chat bots to ban for your twitch channel.

/ban social_growth_discord
/ban exxxbot
/ban disc0rdforsma11streamers
/ban d1sc0rdforsmallstreamers
/ban randtarcedic1973
/ban discord_for_streamers
/ban 1174
/ban gametrendanalytics
/ban rogueg1rl
/ban sad_grl
/ban stormmunity
/ban jd1d
/ban pboj
/ban 2020
/ban business_daddy
/ban pawlina93
/ban cashiering
/ban pro_gamer_network

Update - 6/13/2021

/ban music_and_arts
/ban outside_gardening
/ban outside_working
/ban cleaning_the_house
/ban xxdemonkitty

Update for 6/17/2021

/ban d4rk_5ky
/ban d4rk_5how
/ban omegajeppe
/ban public_enemy821
/ban servres
/ban yamickle

Update for 6/26/2021

/ban alexsaurora27
/ban babasababapog
/ban blkheroeseverywhere
/ban elbretweets
/ban frw33d
/ban liquidpve
/ban ruinexiv
/ban Academyimpossible
/ban Violets_tv
/bam Mslenity

Update for 7/12/2021

/ban ddatapb42
/ban ddatapc42
/ban delteerdatap42

Update for 7/14/2021

/ban rivkamichaeli1
/ban stormpostor

Update for 3/30/2022

/ban midsooooooooon
/ban itzemmaaaaaaa
/ban 0liviajadeee
/ban agilet
/ban natzelly
/ban welovemarbles

Update for 4/7/2022

/ban itsthefrits

Update for 4/19/2022

/ban academyimpossible
/ban allroadsleadtothefarm
/ban applepiechart
/ban maddynsun
/ban metaviews
/ban turbopascai

Update 5/13/2022

/ban dukan_rex
/ban elysian

Update for 8/11/2022

/ban 420f1tc00l
/ban alexisthenexis
/ban anna_banana_10
/ban 0_supa
/ban sonyplaystations
/ban sophiafox21

Update for 9/23/2022

/ban aliceydra
/ban valentinaalcaraz
/ban socialstreamergrowth

Update for 10/3/2022

/ban DiscordStreamerCommunity
/ban SmallStreamersDcCommunity
/ban ilovetwitchdrops001

Update for 12/11/2022

/ban creatorsunite
/ban holaitzcarmennn
/ban drapsnatt
/ban kattynah

Update for 12/19/2022

/ban newstreamers_support_chat

Update for 1/6/2023

/ban 01ella
/ban potatomalonettv
/ban devjimmyboy
/ban edellyna 

Update for 1/10/2023

/ban actually__hannah
/ban avasemaphore
/ban einfachuwe42
/ban blgdamjudge

Update for 1/12/2023

/ban ashleighhy
/ban imsorryjusttesting

Update for 1/17/2023

/ban meverywhere
/ban streamfahrer

Update for 1/23/2023

/ban dynaterra

Update for 1/27/2023

/ban notabotdef
/ban notabotdef2
/ban notabotdef3
/ban notabotdef4
/ban notabotdef5
/ban notabotdef6
/ban notabotdef7
/ban notabotdef8
/ban notabotdef9

Update for 1/28/2023

/ban notabotdef11
/ban notabotdef12
/ban notabotdef13
/ban notabotdef14
/ban notabotdef15
/ban notabotdef17

Update for 1/30/2023

/ban kattah

Update for 2/7/2023

/ban lonely_liza

Update for 2/12/2023

/ban thisisunreallol

Update for 2/15/2023

/ban smallstreamers_discord

Update for 2/16/2023

/ban community_for_streamers

Update for 2/17/2023

/ban lucentcrown12345678910
/ban lucentcrown1234567891011
/ban yosharpi

Update for 2/20/2023

/ban whypepe
/ban unbanjurilol
/ban lylituf
/ban kayla18067
/ban gamers_and_streamers

Update for 2/27/2023

/ban justcallmejuri
/ban kodiakbrujah

Update for 3/1/2023

/ban a_ok
/ban lorypub
/ban sirrelu

Update for 3/13/2023

/ban manning_wilkins
/ban srekrapstob 

Update for 3/20/2023

/ban adwin666
/ban ahhahahahhahhahahhaahahah
/ban paradise_for_streamers
/ban jubewe_ml
/ban network_streamer_discord

Update for 3/23/2023

/ban 24_7_chatting_on_discord

Update for 4/4/2023

/ban chat_for_gamers
/ban video_game_talk
/ban world_of_chatters
/ban community_18k_members
/ban freakybabetv
/ban icaro12oliveira

Update for 4/7/2023

/ban gamers__lounge
/ban stewlew89
/ban streamers_social_space

Update for 4/12/2023

/ban discord_for_streamez
/ban networknetworknetwork
/ban streamers_growth
/ban world_of_streamers

Update for 5/2/2023

/ban goth_girl_morgane
/ban limetimepop
/ban tensu____________________

Update for 5/19/2023

/ban 0ax2
/ban iisabei
/ban hentyechan
/ban shanuala
/ban aliengathering

Update for 6/15/2023

/ban 47vres
/ban feelsgoodmanlongusernames
/ban o0followme0o

Update for 7/4/2023

/ban 01aaliyah
/ban 0xtackling
/ban autoiam
/ban rvxze
/ban samskio
/ban spofoh
/ban goodgirlsage

Update for 7/6/2023

/ban georgew2ms8p
/ban maria_anderson_
/ban thequeenttv__________
/ban zkeey

Update for 7/8/2023

/ban fortnitebabe_
/ban ronald2boby4
/ban 7bvllet
/ban zerovero_

Update for 7/18/2023

/ban wannabemygamerfriend
/ban yologirlio

Update for 7/22/2023

/ban 0aalicia
/ban morgane2k7
/ban the_ultimate_girl_gamer
/ban williamvea2rw

Update for 8/5/2023

/ban SmallStreamersDiscord_
/ban 01_discord_for_streamers
/ban 0a00_viola_00a0
/ban johnk4c55v

Update for 8/22/2023

/ban anastasiausa_
/ban batwomen___
/ban flawlessdiamond123
/ban norwegiangirl_

Update for 9/17/2023

/ban 1magicalbeast
/ban babylilly134
/ban hinderedspirit
/ban mindinmybubble

Update for 10/4/2023

/ban d0nk7
/ban sukoxi
/ban vmyk
/ban 0101010101010101010111101
/ban hak3r_bot
/ban lyfhael
/ban spanian

Update for 10/9/2023

/ban regressz
/ban peculiarasmr
/ban anthonyorr97i

Update for 11/1/2023

/ban asmr_miyu
/ban mark8bl82w
/ban rvxze
/ban tackling

Update for 11/5/2023

/ban christopherc241a2
/ban mindinmybubble
/ban 0101010101010101010111101
/ban williamnmdu1q

12/6/2023

/ban goodgirlsage
/ban yamickle

1/3/2024

/ban georgew2ms8p
/ban sleepingbeautysyndrome
/ban social_world_united

Do you have any chat bots that are missing from this list? If so fill free to post in the comments section below.

Also if by any chance your username has been added to this list by mistake and your not a bot, fill in the comment section and we will remove it.

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