“It Is Harder to Be a Good YouTuber Than a Good Streamer”- Disguised Toast on Why Streaming on Twitch Is Easier

Published 07/02/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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Twitch Streaming has blown up over the last two years, especially during the global pandemic. Now, this streaming platform is competing against a giant platform like YouTube. Recently, Gigguk, Disguised Toast, and Scarra had an exciting conversation about the content on both platforms.

YouTube has been around for over a decade. It was established in 2005 but started to bloom in 2010. This platform is famous for content creators uploading various types of videos. However, YouTube faces competition from Twitch, a social platform known for livestreams.

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Garnt Maneetapho, famously known as Gigguk, is a British YouTuber. He is famous for uploading video content on YouTube related to Japanese anime. Recently, the YouTuber came on a podcast hosted by Twitch giants Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang and William “Scarra” Li.

Twitch streaming is easier for Disguised Toast

The Twitch streams applauded the British YouTuber for the hard work he does to make interesting YouTube videos. As Disguised Toast claims, he has more respect for YouTube creators than Twitch streamers. Toast said, “It is harder to be a good YouTuber than a good streamer.”

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Even Offline TV co-founder Scarra agreed with partner Toast that the maintenance of Twitch streaming is easier than creating video for YouTube. Scarra shared, “Streaming is easy. I can breathe in the stream.”

Further, Gigguk revealed that the possible reason behind the complexity of YouTube is the standard bar for content is pretty high, thanks to excellent YouTube creators like MrBeast and PewDiePie. The Englishman shared that Twitch has also started to raise its standards.

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From the conversation between Gigguk and the Twitch streamer, the conclusion is that YouTube content is tougher than Twitch. But it doesn’t mean that establishing on Twitch is a cakewalk. Gigguk asked Toast and Scarra if someone with a great personality and communications skills could make a name on Twitch.

But the Twitch pros rejected the opinion, as it’s not all about having a good personality and skills. Scarra also shared that Twitch takes a lot of grinds even when not streaming. Toast believes a new streamer is competing against 10,000 other streamers with “chill vibes.” So, the Twitch pros shared that one needs to be excellent at their craft to gain views cause the audience wants to watch the best.

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Hard work seems the key to success, no matter the platform. Do you think you can become a successful YouTuber or Twitch streamer?

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Ripan Majumdar is an F1 writer at Essentially Sports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Science from West Bengal State University, Kolkata. Ripan is a massive Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez fan, and has been following the sport for over the past few years.
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