If You Like Uploading Content To Twitch, We Have Bad News
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If you do gaming streams or like watching your favorite gamers’ streaming sessions, you probably know about Twitch. However, the video-sharing platform isn’t just for streaming gameplay. Creators with different interest areas like music, art, and more, often do live streams here. If you are a creator and have archived tons of content, Twitch’s newly announced storage cap for Uploads and Highlights won’t please you.
Twitch has announced a 100-hour storage cap for Highlights and Uploads
Twitch warns that creators will have their content automatically deleted unless the storage falls below the announced limit. Do note that the announced cap applies to each streamer, whether their videos are published or not. It will apply to Highlights and Uploads created using third-party services.
Twitch is rolling out a new storage tracker with a filtering feature. The said tracker will be available on the Video Producer page. Twitch streamers will be able to filter Highlights and Uploads by views, length, and creation date to keep the storage within the announced cap.
Once all Twitch channels come under the 100-hour storage cap, no users will be able to surpass it. Twitch has specifically stated that “the limit doesn’t apply to the storage of Past Broadcasts (VODs) or Clips.” The main reason behind announcing the storage cap is the Highlights feature.
Apparently, the feature hasn’t been as effective as Clips, Tags, and the Mobile Discovery Feed when it comes to driving discovery or engagement. After all, storage of Uploads and Highlights doesn’t come cheap, so Twitch decided to put a cap on it. The streaming platform further assures that it will invest in new features and make improvements to the existing ones.
The limit will be enforced starting April 19
The company says that the change will impact less than 0.5% of active streamers and accounts for less than 0.1% of hours watched. Although streamers can choose to export and upload their content, it’s honestly a very tedious process. Twitch says that will start putting a 100-hour storage cap for Uploads and Highlights starting April 19.
