Twitch Engineering: An Introduction and Overview

by Douglas Soo

If you’re a Twitch user, you probably know that Twitch is a pretty big site that streams live video, but you may not have an idea of the sheer scale and complexity of all of the different moving parts…

Shout Out Your Channel Loyalty with Resub Notifications

by Georgia Price

[Note from Support: You may have noticed some craziness overnight with sub notifications in chat. That was directly related to this feature. We apologize for not giving a proper warning…

Pay for Channel Subscriptions with Major Brand Gift Cards

by Noreen McInnis

’Tis the season for giving gifts, and we’ve got a surprise gift for you!

In November, we added a new expansion to our payment options: 100+ major brand gift…

Psst…Hey You…Let’s Whisper

by Georgia Price

Now you can send private chat messages without leaving your current chat.

Whisper to friends, followers, and subscribers to chat privately one-on-one across all of Twitch. Your whisper will show up in-line with the…

The Twitch Music Library now has over 1,000 pre-cleared songs!

by Annie Berrones

Recently Watched: A Data Story

by Danny Hernandez

Recently watched came up a couple of times in the past as a “nice to have” project, a.k.a. another one for the “maybe never” pile. After all, recency is everywhere. Netflix makes finishing all of House of Cards the default…