Twitchis undoubtedly the head honcho of the streaming world and is often the first choice when it comes to creating online gaming content. Withhuge Twitch streamers such as Asmongoldpulling in millions of users and the 2020 lockdowns leading to a rise in people visiting the site and broadcasting themselves, the likes of YouTube and Facebook are trailing behind this mammoth platform.
Twitch gift cards have been available to US users for some time now, allowing those in possession of one to reward their favorite streamers bydonating Twitch bits to channelsor gifting subscriptions to other users. Now gift cards have become available in other parts of the world. According to a recent blog post on the Twitch website, those who use the site in the UK, Canada, and Australia can now purchase gift cards, which were made available on Amazon two days ago. There’s no indication of whether they will be made available in even more countries, at the time of writing.
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For those who are unaware,Twitchgift cards can be used on the site in the same way as other company gift cards that are often purchased for birthdays, holidays, or other events. In this case, it’s possible to buy a digital or physical Twitch gift card with either a pre-determined or custom amount of money. It goes without saying that those who wish to purchase a gift card for someone will need to make sure that the recipient has their own Twitch account.
Thepopularity of Twitch has only continued to grow over the years, with figures from last December showing that there had been a 45% increase in viewership in 2021. With approximately 140 million users active on the platform every month, it’s hardly surprising that anyone wanting to create video game based content will choose Twitch as the go-to site to begin streaming. This is all despite the numerous controversies invovling the platform in the past.
With a series ofcontroversial Twitch streamer bans last yearand the ongoing struggle against hate raids that have been aimed at people from the LGBTQ+ community, many feel the site could be doing a better job of making the platform a safe place to be. However, it doesn’t seem to have hurt the site too much, asTwitchcontinues to be the number one place for like-minded people to watch channels or start broadcasting themselves.
