Twitch

American live-streaming platform
Organization video_game_distribution_platform Q4555537
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Twitch

Summary

Twitch is a video game distribution platform[1]. Twitch ranks in the top 7% of video_game_distribution_platform entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,271 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Twitch is in the country of United States[3].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as video game distribution platform[4].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as video streaming service[5].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as user-generated content platform[6].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as live streaming service[7].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as online community[9].
  • Twitch's instance of is recorded as online video platform[10].
  • Twitch's founder is recorded as Emmett Shear[11].
  • Twitch's founder is recorded as Kyle Vogt[12].
  • Twitch's founder is recorded as Michael Seibel[13].
  • Twitch's founder is recorded as Justin Kan[14].
  • Twitch is owned by Twitch Interactive[15].
  • Twitch is owned by Amazon[16].
  • Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive[17].
  • twitch gameplay is named after Twitch[18].
  • Twitch's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[19].
  • Twitch's Commons category is recorded as Twitch (service)[20].
  • Twitch's review score is recorded as 1.6[21].
  • June 6, 2011 marks the founding of Twitch[22].
  • Twitch's significant event is recorded as Twitch.tv 2015 data breach[23].
  • Twitch's significant event is recorded as Twitch Plays Pokémon[24].
  • Twitch's significant event is recorded as 2021 Twitch data leak[25].
  • Twitch's official website is recorded as https://www.twitch.tv/[26].
  • Twitch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Twitch (service)[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Emmett Shear[11], Kyle Vogt[12], Michael Seibel[13], and Justin Kan[14]. June 6, 2011 marks the founding of Twitch[22].

Operations

Twitch's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[19]. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive[17].

Ownership

Owners include Twitch Interactive[15], a business[28], in United States[29], founded in 2006[30], headquartered in San Francisco[31] and Amazon[16], an enterprise[32], in United States[33], founded in 1994[34], headquartered in Seattle[35].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Twitch include TwitchCon[36], a convention[37], in United States[38], founded in 2015[39].

Why It Matters

Twitch ranks in the top 7% of video_game_distribution_platform entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,271 views/month).[2] Twitch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Twitch is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Twitch include TwitchCon[36], a convention[37], in United States[38], founded in 2015[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · C960657 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Twitch
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: Twitch"
  2. 18d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14829 → twitch
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14829]]: twitch"
  3. 21d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Platform/Twitch
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6839]]: Platform/Twitch"
  4. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Twitch, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  5. 11w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 765
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 765, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297029755|Twitch (#297029755)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights Wiki articl"
  6. 13w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official app → Twitch
    Founded by → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Twitch (service)
    Instance of → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Twitch"
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