Some of Twitch's Biggest Streamers Are Taking Breaks

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In an increasingly competitive landscape, Twitch remains one of the biggest streaming platforms in the world. After Amazon purchased the service in 2014, Twitch quickly emerged as the name brand for gaming content creators and grew exponentially. Now, it has over 30 million daily active users and 71 million hours of content viewed every single day.

Despite the global success of streaming, Twitch can’t seem to keep its top content creators around. Between compensation discrepancies, offensive comment sections, and the mental load that comes with being a full-time content creator, some of the biggest names in streaming have been leaving Twitch. If the trend continues, gamers could see a massive shift in the streaming market.

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In the middle of a recent stream, Tyler Blevins, better known as Ninja, abruptly ended his Twitch session and left a cryptic Tweet implying he would be stepping away from his broadcasts. With 18.6 million followers on the platform, Ninja is the most followed account on Twitch. He has five million more followers than the next highest account. Needless to say, Twitch losing Ninja would be a hit to the platform.

While Ninja has not said whether he will be leaving the platform permanently or is simply taking a break, he has scrubbed his social media of many identifying features. His Twitter name is now “User Not Found” and he replaced his usual profile picture with a blank gray template. Ninja has taken similar measures on his Twitch account as well, taking out almost all personal information as his future remains in flux.

Imane Anys, known to fans as the streamer Pokimane, also recently announced a streaming break. Unlike Ninja, Pokimane did provide more context around her