Who is a streamer?

Streamer is the host of live broadcasts on the Internet. Most often live video games are played, although you can stream anything: cooking, embroidery, reading books aloud. Along with videos on YouTube, this format replaces TV programs for modern viewers.

Streamers go live through special services, large and small. The main platforms now are Twitch and YouTube, but there are many others that are less popular.

Twitch is all about streaming and pretty much gaming. Viewers on this site know why and on whose air they come. On Vkontakte, streams hang in the general news feed and are often hit by accident. There, the number of viewers can be large, but not indicative for streamers: these people are unlikely to return on the next broadcast.

Streams are a popular format among viewers. In the first quarter of 2018, viewers watched 2.4 billion hours of live streaming on two large streaming platforms - Twitch and YouTube gaming. Despite this, few streamers make a living from ethers alone. Most often it is a hobby or part-time job.

Usually streamers work without producers and operators: one person does everything himself. He is both a presenter, and a cameraman, and a live broadcast engineer - an individual combat unit that can equal the audience with a full-fledged media.