I am planning to do a once a week programming video stream and have always planned to do it on YouTube, but I see others like Chris on scotch.io using twitch...
So what platform do you use in 2019? Why?
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I started out on Twitch, doing live coding streams, but I decided to switch over to YouTube. This was mostly because I wanted to pick just one platform, and I also wanted to upload edited non-live videos. It just seemed simpler to do everything on YouTube, at least for myself!
In my opinion twitch is more niche-ish. So with this in mind you can have a more close conversation with the streamer. Also, if you like, people usually archive streams on YT. So maybe this is a option for you?
I started on Twitch and switched over to YouTube because I felt there would be a larger audience on there. The main thing I learned from going to YouTube:
Streamed on Twitch and the same people keep coming back. On YouTube, I never got repeat viewers because YouTube's livestreaming notification system is terrible.
After 3 months away from Twitch, I streamed again and 25 of the regular viewers came back!
Twitch has a big learning curve and has its downsides, but I decided that I would rather focus on the quality of the community rather than trying to get the highest numbers. Twitch is the spot for community building.
Final Thoughts:
YouTube is for recorded videos. Twitch is for livestreaming.
Livestream on Twitch. Export the stream to YouTube. Here's my links if you want to see how I stream!
On Twitch
On YouTube
Im never going to twitch to watch code. Too much trash (tech wise and content wise). Im infinietly more likely to subscribe to YT channel with recordings of it though.
I should have mentioned AJonP has a channel already, so I am a little biased 😸
bit.ly/ajonp-youtube-sub