Maximum PC

And the Winner Is…

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We’ve surprised ourselves here. Mixer’s win on two key criteria is, frankly, not the result we were expecting, coming in to this head-tohead, and it’s a bit of a skewed result, given the importance of the audience metric. In truth, we’d never actively lean toward Mixer if we were looking to create a growth stream. YouTube Live’s relative lack of success is also something of a shock, although as it continues to grow, and its discovery features (and its viewers’ tendency to use them) expand, it’ll surely become more of a viable option: There’s no stopping the machine.

In all, though, Twitch is far and away the platform to choose for beginners and experts alike. It is the home of gaming streams. Some of its policies seem archaic and restrictiv­e, but if you can work within its guidelines, and present a quality product, Twitch gives you every opportunit­y to take your livestream­ing to the next level, and perhaps even earn a little spending money to boot. Ask us in a couple of years, though, and the answer could well be different....

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