WHEN you’re looking to give a fellow streamer a bit of an uplift – there’s nothing better than a Twitch Raid.
But what is this streaming feature and how does it work? Here’s everything you need to know.
What is a Twitch Raid?
A Twitch Raid is one of the most effective, yet unpredictable features for Twitch streamers to grow their channel – and they are now a crucial part of the live streaming platform’s ecosystem.
When is streamer is about to end their broadcast – they can send their entire audience to another creator on the platform – giving viewers another stream to tune in to whilst creating a supportive streaming community.
This collaborative method not only benefits viewers, but also streamers – providing them with a generous amount of free new followers.
New Twitch streamers rely on this kind of support to try and break into the scene.
How does it work?
Twitch Raids work on a relay system – meaning they provide a way to tag in a live Twitch audience and transfer that audience to another streamer.
This usually happens at the end of the former broadcast – in order to share and expand viewership with fellow channels.
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If you’re offline at the time of the raid, your channel will also host the target channel.
How to raid on Twitch
The good news is – starting a raid on Twitch is pretty easy to do.
Before you’re about to end your broadcast and send your viewers over to another streamer – make sure to remind your viewers that you will transfer them to another channel momentarily.
Then you can start your raid – and type out a command to initiate the process.
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All you have to do is type /raid followed by the channel’s name you’d like to transfer your viewers to.
Or you can use the raid channel function on the dashboard to select from a list of streamers.
Once you’ve picked your preferred methods, a chat popup will appear in the chat area informing everyone on the target channel and the number of people joining in the raid.
After 10 seconds, a secondary popup will appear – indicating that you are about to raid the target channel.
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This can also happen sooner, if the streamer running the Raid clicks ‘Raid now’ to override the countdown.
Both streamers and moderators can choose to opt out of the process – but they only have 10 seconds to do so.
However, not every channel will be raidable – after some raids were used as a way of spreading hate, Twitch added new settings which allows users to block all raids or only allow them from certain channels.