Something very important once the boycotts and strikes are over is to see if they have had an impact, because that is the only thing that can make a difference. Now we have the reports from Twitch and it seems that we are talking about a success.
On Wednesday we brought you that the Twitch community, or a large part of it, had come together to boycott the purple platform (the most successful of the moment) because of claims that were not being heard.
This boycott was in the form of a strike, the great tool of the worker to complain notoriously, and the reason was the raids of hatred and defenselessness that thousands of streamers belonging to minority groups felt.
Therefore, on September 1, under the #ADayOffTwitch hagstag, the creators made a blackout that lasted 24 hours. Of course, as it was a voluntary strike, not everyone followed it. And until yesterday its repercussion was a mystery.
Now, thanks to the reports From several pages specialized in Twitch monitoring and audiences, we already have concrete numbers on the degree of success of the claim. And it was not bad at all, we already anticipated it.
By noon on September 1, Twitch viewers had seen approximately 500,000 fewer hours of broadcasts than the previous day, and there were about 50,000 fewer active channels.
In tangible terms, last Wednesday was the third lowest day of the year in audience on Twitch, which is an achievement considering the growing trend in recent months.
Although we do not know the number of viewers who joined the strike (although there must have been many with that reduction of half a million hours viewed), what we do know is that 50,000 creators supported it (including Ibai), a record number for a protest act on the platform.
Now it’s Twitch’s turn, which despite having published that it supported the streamers’ decision, has not taken concrete steps to curb hatred and toxicity of the platform, which has grown as much as the audience. The question now is, will the strike become concrete events?