Twitch clips are one of the best features of a streaming platform, allowing any viewer to quickly save a streaming segment and share it elsewhere. The program is designed to help them go viral. The simple interface makes it possible to cut only short cuts, with a maximum length of 60 seconds. The clips usually play by themselves automatically, to better catch the eye of the passing viewer.
While Twitch does not keep its list of the most viewed clips on all channels, Twitch's clip counts are public, allowing third-party collaborators as Twitch Strike collecting them from such a list. If we look at this list, we can see that the top 15 videos of all time, each with over 1.5 million views, show that the viral power of the clip is less related to the game's broadcast – if it is a public play. Instead, it's all about people.
Arguably, many of the top 15 clips feature big-name broadcasts – if not celebrities. Keanu Reeves "upgraded"You are breathing!”The last minute of last year’s E3 is the fifth-most-watched episode of all time. Recognition gives these clips the energy it needs to spread, but the reputation of streamers also leads to situations that make clips interesting – and often not for good reasons.
Three of these highly watched clips include streamer security being threatened. With 3.6 million views, "DOCS house shot down"We mark the moment when Guy" Dr Display "Beahm angrily says that someone has just stripped BB from his window for the second time in as many days.
Similar clips relate to a 16-year-old's swimming Fortnite pro Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf last August. The first it shows that Bagha left his PC in the crux of a great deal Fortnite game, leaving his friends with a strange guess that he had abandoned. The second the clip shows Giersdorf's description of the disappearance: "Yes, I've changed," he said. “They come in with guns, brother. They literally take it out, holy shit. That scares me. "
Because these news periods were available for distribution, they were broadcast on social media and online publications, placing them in front of millions of people. But it also comes in a broader trend: Bulk-shared clips usually don't include the big moment for those involved.
While none of the top 15 includes direct threats to the broadcast, they are often uncomfortable or embarrassed: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins a strange sweat in front of a standing crowd during a live Twitch broadcast from Times Square on New Year & # 39; s Eve, for example, or Outlast 2 streamer JurassicJunkieLive to find jump in shock at her daughter.
When games are involved in the episode, the clip's tendency is often inconsistent with what is happening in the game itself, and more about how it is interpreted in the context of live streaming. Take the permadeath Minecraft athlete Piza, whose $ 1.6 million watch photo puts her at a loss to run for five years. Clearly this is a moment of drama, but it meant nothing more than the commitment Philza made five years ago, her past notoriety, and her reaction.
But most don't include gameplay at all. Usually, the reality of someone's disappointment is enough. Take, for example, Facebook billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who skewering by Senator Dick Durbin when he appeared in Congress to answer questions on many Facebook privacy issues circulated by the Washington Post and has since been viewed more than two million times. Zuckerberg is so caught up in the seemingly double standard about privacy it's so cathartic that it's no wonder why so many want to see it.
But the intent of these types of virus clips is not always logical. The only top 15 shows on screen are LivStix, an IRL broadcast. During a traffic jam inside the bar at the beach, an old man with a gray beard he sticks his face into the look of his camera
"I'm wearing a bikini that is told, & # 39; you are not very interesting, & # 39; it's a boomer that probably explains the recipe so you can get a good dose of it," LivStix told Kotaku in the email.
In the two years it has been uploaded, the clip has 1.7 million views. Most of these come from being shared by communities such as Livestream Fail, the website and its related subddit that have clips of the "livestream win, decrease and fuck-ups of Twitch Streamers, YouTube Streamers and any other existing streaming site." She has been given titles such as "The old man puts the smiling girl in her place" and "The old man is stunned eGirl LUL."
"Unfortunately, hate for women is the most popular thing to do on Twitch, especially being an IRL female broadcaster," LivStix said. "I still have people who quote this piece multiple times a day on different social media platforms."
"Negativity is always going to get more of an impression because people love & # 39; tea, & # 39; he said. In the end, though, LivStix makes no sense when a clip is shared around it, since its broadcast is gaining popularity since the storm broke out. "All I have to do is to live together and be called & # 39; not that interesting & # 39; day after day by people who had enough desire to take the time to insult me, and for the most part afterwards support me."
There is an uncertain pattern of negativity that goes through almost all of Twitch's most watched clips. And yet, with 3.6 million views, the most recognizable Twitch clip it's simple. The sleeping person wakes up, looks at his camera and the screen setup, and as he sees what's going on, he slowly starts to smile and laugh.
That's Jesse D, of various shows that had been on Twitch for two years. The clip, he said by email, is not that unusual for his broadcast. “I often spread myself watching TV after work,” he said. "I started throwing some games out there, but a lot of my content was streaming from that view."
On the day of the clip, the “long day of driving and traveling” made Jesse D go to sleep. His broadcasts often reach a few viewers, but as he got busy that night, someone who saw him laugh while he was alive decided to discuss it. After that some Discord servers found it. Then many tweets. The snowball effect made other stations a treat. At its height, it surpassed 1,500 spectators. "When I woke up (the band was) 215 spectators," he said. The great turnout, coupled with the fact that he had received a few donations, was what made him happy.
She doesn't know exactly how it turned out to be the most watched clip on Twitch. "Reddit is a big contributor to this," he said. "It has always been a bit of a snarky comment for a long time but I think the one that pushes it to the top was when it was posted on Barstool Sports & # 39; TikTok.
"Most people have found this clip to be true and good," he said. Since the list is so focused on the people themselves, and most of them at the wrong time, it is good to know that there is something so pure on the surface.
