Twitch vs. YouTube for Kickoff (some data)

[jaredhk]

FIRST streamed kickoff on YouTube this year, which was a cool development since a lot of folks can’t or don’t want to watch on Twitch for various reasons (mostly school firewalls).

@Team Blast

Speaking of Kickoff: The primary Kickoff broadcast will be on Twitch , and we recommend that you view on that platform if possible. We are also piloting simultaneously broadcasting on YouTube . If you absolutely cannot watch via Twitch, YouTube may be available as an option.

I noticed that YouTube was consistently about 25-30 seconds behind, but other than that, the experience was consistent. I checked every five (5) minutes and there were a lot more viewers on Twitch than YouTube, but still plenty on YouTube (in my opinion, enough to make it worthwhile for the future).

Here’s the data I collected:

Time	Viewers - Twitch	Viewers - YouTube
8:55 AM	4,795	913
9:00 AM	7,533	1,292
9:05 AM	10,090	1,875
9:10 AM	10,650	1,973
9:15 AM	10,697	2,034
9:20 AM	11,075	2,238
9:25 AM	11,255	2,282
9:30 AM	11,419	2,417
9:35 AM	10,397	2,406

Edit: oh yeah, all times are pacific.

[Tyler_Olds]

Thanks for posting this Jared. I think if FRC continues to do this in the future you’ll start to see the #'s get closer and closer especially given enough notice.

One thing that I think did hinder the YouTube stream is that live chat/comments were turned off. This does provide some incentive for those who wish to interact more to view on Twitch.

I would guess the delay was due to a re-stream of some sort too as otherwise YouTube typically has similar latency.

[TGilmore533]

Didn’t even realize it was being streamed on YouTube. Would’ve made it much easier to watch than using a mobile hot spot with a laptop to get around Twitch being blocked by the school.

[MikLast]

@Tyler_Olds

This does provide some incentive for those who wish to interact more to view on Twitch.

Tbh ill take a disabled chat over the comment’s i saw during the kickoff stream.

[Tyler_Olds]

They announced it pretty last minute in a news letter. As it was their first time I’m guessing they wanted to play it safe in-case something went wrong.

[bobbysq]

@MikLast

Tbh ill take a disabled chat over the comment’s i saw during the kickoff stream.

But those kids just discovered the word “yapping” and were so excited to use it! Think of all the friends they made by telling a pre-recorded broadcast to hurry up instead of finding something else to do for 25 minutes.

[nstrike]

It was faster than normal this year