The leader of our , , continues to captivate his millions of followers around the world. But Did you know that its beginnings were not on YouTube?
A kind of digital nostalgia has reached the greatest Spaniard who after three years of absence has decided a platform where he began his transmissions in 2014 and after presenting ten live shows, he abandoned a year later, leaving behind his last stream.
The biggest Spanish youtuber goes to Twitch
In his latest video on Twitch, ElRubius recalls the time when he met another of the most popular Spanish gamers, Lolito, for the first time: “I met him on Twitch and watch him now.” Little by little the biggest Spanish youtuber went back in time and came to his first direct, the Justin TV platform in 2008 “what Twitch was before it became Twitch”.
Back then ElRubius had about 30 followerswithout imagining that now on Twitch it already has 300 thousand friendsa figure that pales against the
But what is the reason behind the nostalgia of the greatest Spanish youtuber? Perhaps just return to his beginnings, to the platform that saw him born and share one more moment with his followers. But one thing is for sure Twitch is gaining strength as one of YouTube’s main rivals.
Twitch is emerging as YouTube’s biggest rival
Twitch, the video game streaming platform that, has videos uploaded by gamers from all over the world who share their tricks, best games and advice in the world of video games.
Little by little the size and importance of Twitch have increased until reaching an average of 15 million active viewers and more than two million streamers around the world, and its growth was greater since the platform was included as an extra service for Amazon Prime users, so strong that video games can now be purchased directly on its portal.
Facebook gaming is Mark Zuckerberg’s bet to attract young users
Twitch isn’t the only video game streaming service looking to take on YouTube. Facebook recently introduced its streaming platform for gamers, a strategy that awaits attract young users and that it could also bring you another form of monetization.
Monetization problems for youtubers
YouTube has had serious controversies with its youtubers in recent years due to changes in the monetization that its creators can obtain. After imposing a minimum of 10,000 views in total for channels that want to make money on their videos, have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months, many creators are looking for new platforms to experiment with.
This has represented an advantage for Twitch which offers earnings based on paying subscribers (Twitch Prime) in addition to ads and “bits” either coins that viewers can send to streamers during a live broadcast.
On the other hand, Facebook Gaming also offers “stars”, an equivalent of Twitch coins, so that users can share with their streamers, in addition to the fact that soon it will offer a monthly patronage system sponsored by so that its creators make a profit on a constant basis.
Is this the reason why ElRubius returned to Twitch?
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