Twitch is becoming popular among the game streamers as their streaming platform and also among the gaming fans around the globe.
So a lot of people who want to make career in gaming have started to stream their games on twitch but they are not getting enough reach so to promote these beginners streamers the famous streamers raid these channels.
Now the question appears what is the concept of a raid and how to raid on twitch? Let us see a detailed overview of the following.
Let us understand twitch:
Twitch is a streaming platform that was launched in 2011. The number of monthly users on Twitch is close to 140 million and increasing.
If you like any streams then you can follow the channel so that you get notified whenever the stream is live or watch his previous streams
It allows the streamers to play with the viewers. Also, it allows its viewers to chat on streams and make friends by sending them friend requests.
Selected streamers are allowed to give out drops in Twitch. Drops are in-game loots that are given to the viewers by the streamers if they any difficult part of the game or complete a goal that they had set for them in the game.
The streamers that are allowed to give out drops have Drops enabled tag on their account.
Twitch works by broadcasting the screen of the streamers on which they are playing the game
It also allows its streamers to sell products on Twitch on which the streamers get a commission
What is a raid on Twitch? or what is Twitch raid?
Twitch raid is when a streamer after the end of his stream broadcasts other streams to his channel in such a way that all the viewers get transferred to the other streamers channels.
Now if you have just started streaming and don’t have much audience raid the other streamers that have a significantly bigger audience than yours.
As a result of which the streamer will promote you by mentioning your name in their stream or give you a shoutout or he would raid your channel too if he is offline.
This would help you build your audience on twitch.
Important things to know before you raid:
- Don’t go telling the streamer you are raiding that you have raided his/her channel it gives a bad impression. Let the streamer know by himself.
- Don’t raid the same streamers more often. Raid them once or twice a week.
- If you are a popular game streamer raid the streamers who play the same game you play and if you stream other things like food, lifestyle, etc. then raid the streamers according to your category.
Twitch is popular among the game streamers as their streaming platform and also among the gaming fans around the globe.
So a lot of people who want to make career in gaming have started to stream their games on twitch but they are not getting enough reach so to promote these beginners streamers the famous streamers raid these channels.
Now the question appears what is the concept of a raid and how to raid on twitch? Let us see
How to raid in Twitch:
We can raid any channel on twitch in a few simple steps:
- step 1: In the chat room type the command /raid username of the steamer whose channel you want to raid
- step 2: After a few seconds you will get an option to raid
- step 3: Click on the raid button if you want to raid the channel else click on the cancel button.
Hosting vs Raiding in Twitch:
Hosting:
When a streamer is done streaming and is about to go offline it hosts other streamers to promote them by broadcasting their streams on his channel. That means that although the viewers are seeing a stream of the different channels still the viewers remain on the host streamers chat log.
how to host on twitch:
Type command /host username(you want to host) in your chat log. It’s as simple as that.
Raiding:
In Raiding the viewers get moved entirely from the streamers channel who is raiding to the channel which is being raided. The viewers even get moved in the chat log of the channel being raided.
Command to raid on Twitch:
Type command /raid username(you want to host) in your chat log. Boom!! you have successfully raided a channel
By comparing these two we can say that raiding is much better and useful than hosting if you want to promote a stream channel. Raiding is more beneficial than hosting according to the streamers of Twitch.
Conclusion:
So, we have understood the concept of raid in Twitch and why it is so popular among the streamers. Also we saw the concept of hosting in Twitch. Hope this article was helpful and your doubts got cleared about raid.