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Later on September 30, 2024, Ironmouse broke Twitch and her own personal record during her subathon with 313,000 subscribers becoming the most-subscribed Twitch channel of all time until Kai Cenat broke the record on November 11th, 2024.
TwitchCon San Diego 2024 was also the first year in which Twitch did not offer a concert event. In place, Twitch offered attendees a "Block Party" add-on to the TwitchCon pass. The Block Party allowed attendees access to a blocked-off section of the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego , from 7 to 10 PM on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
In January 2024, Twitch announced another mass layoff, affecting 500 employees or 35% of total staff, after previous layoffs in early 2023. [131] [132] The announcement came amid ongoing struggles and ensuing layoffs across the tech and digital media sectors. [133] In October 2024, Twitch's longtime head of music Cindy Charles died. [134]
Ninja is the most-followed channel on Twitch. [1]The live streaming social platform Twitch launched in 2011 and is an important platform for digital entertainment. [2] [3] The distribution of followers across all of the streamers on Twitch follows the power law, [4] and is a useful metric for assessing the popularity a streamer has on the platform.
In May 2024, Critical Role Productions launched Beacon, their subscription video on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) streaming service. This service hosts the company's podcasts and web series, with additional exclusive content. [68] [78] Business Insider's Teh compared Beacon to a Twitch subscription, but with additional benefits. [66]
As of May 2024, he had 5.3 million followers on Twitch, making him the 44th most followed streamer on the platform. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was nominated for Best Minecraft streamer at the 2021 , 2022 , and 2023 Streamer Awards .
Month Day(s) Event January 3 Thirteen-year-old Willis Gibson became the first person known to "beat" the NES version of Tetris by reaching its killscreen. [17]8–11 Unity Technologies, Twitch, and Discord separately announced layoffs affecting 1,800, 500, and 170 jobs, respectively.
As of 2024, he is the fifth most-followed Twitch streamer with 13 million followers and most-subscribed Twitch streamer. Early life and education Kai Carlo Cenat III [ 3 ] was born on December 16, 2001, [ 4 ] in Brooklyn, New York City, [ 5 ] to parents from the Caribbean .