Twitch follower & viewer count suddenly decreasing? Here's the official explanation

Views and followers are the equivalent of gold for content creators around the world. It’s simple, the more eyeballs and numbers you pull in, the higher your chances of getting brand deals, donations, and ad revenue.

Being one of the most popular platforms for streamers, Twitch is where one’s follower and viewer count plays a big deal.

The live streaming service owned by Amazon is where you’d find all the sought-after personalities and professionals educating or entertaining us all.

But the high demand for viewers and followers has also led the platform to be flooded with fake accounts or bots to inflate the view and follower count.

That said, you may have noticed that your follower and viewer count on Twitch is suddenly decreasing. And if you’re wondering what’s gone wrong, then read along.

To combat bots and viewership botting and fake engagement, Twitch has deleted over 7.5 million of these accounts over a short period of time with machine learning technology.

The company issued a statement regarding this development through its official Twitter handle. Check it out below:

While you may have not engaged in any unethical practices to manipulate your viewers and follower count, bots do play a big role in boosting the stats of streamers on the platform at random.

Therefore, the removal of more than 7.5 million such accounts has to lead many users to notice their follower and viewer count decreasing.

Matter of fact, xQc lost over 2 million followers due to the ongoing purge of bot accounts on the platform as highlighted by recent reports (1, 2).

Twitch has also confirmed that streamers may notice their follower and viewer count decreasing in the coming days as more bot accounts get the boot.

Things should level out over the following days and weeks and you should be able to see where you stand in terms of real viewers and followers soon.

We’ll post an update if and when Twitch shares any further details regarding the situation.

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