Sykkuno, a streamer known for its work with groups like OfflineTV and streamers like Valkyrae, announced its move from Twitch to YouTube on Monday. The popular streamer was one of the platform’s top creators with over four million followers and was the 28th highest-earning streamer on Twitch in October 2021. In his first exclusive YouTube stream Monday night, the creator spoke more about what prompted him to leave Twitch. Sykkuno said he felt Twitch didn’t “appreciate” him, revealing that an employee at Twitch misspelled his on-stream name in an official email.
In the stream, Sykkuno shared a screenshot of an email he received from Twitch. The subject line of the email was: Twitch x Sukkuno Agreement.
“I’m said to be the 28th highest-earning creator on the platform — the 45th most-followed of all time on the platform — and they called me ‘Sukkuno’ in an official email,” he said. “I mean, maybe I have too big an ego or something, but I was shocked.”
Sykkuno said that going to YouTube wasn’t the obvious choice and that it was a “very, very difficult” decision. He had expanded his audience on Twitch, where he met other colleagues and friends like Ludwig Ahgren. Also, the differences between the offerings from Twitch and YouTube weren’t too far apart. YouTube didn’t offer him much more money, but the offer had better opening hours – although Sykkuno said that wasn’t a big draw for him. In the end, Sykkuno said he chose YouTube because the company “gave me a better deal. And they spelled my name right which was a big plus.”
Polygon has reached out to Twitch for comment on the news. A company representative said: “Out of respect for the privacy of everyone involved, we do not comment on individual creators/cases.”
Sykkuno is a versatile streamer with a quiet and shy personality. He started streaming on the OfflineTV Minecraft server and has since grown into one of the most recognizable names in content creation. Sykkuno now regularly collaborates and even plays with other popular streamers like CorpseHusband, Ludwig Between us
“I didn’t feel that valued there, folks. They couldn’t even spell my name right. So I started thinking, I’m about to take [the YouTube] act.” At the start of the stream, he also mentioned that he wasn’t invited to Twitch Rivals — with two exceptions when his friends hosted the event — and didn’t feel valued, even though his streams are age-appropriate and good for advertisers Sykkuno said: “I was willing to work harder for less money because I thought I liked Twitch so much, but they couldn’t even spell my name right.”
You can Watch the full stream and Sykkuno’s future streams on his Youtube channel.
