Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Twitch
The 20 closest live streaming alternatives to Twitch, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Twitch? The closest matches are KICK, Prime Video and Bigo live. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Twitch
Twitch twitch.tv
Twitch
Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
Wikidata: American live-streaming platform
Summary by Claude
Live video streaming service where creators broadcast gaming, esports, music, creative and real-life content to viewers who watch and interact through live chat.
- Who it’s for
- Gamers, streamers and live video viewers
- Business model
- Advertising, subscriptions and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Twitch’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Twitch
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Twitch, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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KICK
KICK is a streaming platform that makes it easy for you to find and watch your favorite content.
Very close cos 0.929 - 02
Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports
Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.
Very close cos 0.926 - 03
BIGO LIVE - Live Stream, Live Games, Chat Rooms Online
BIGO LIVE is a free live streaming platform that allows you to go live, watch live streams, live games, live shows, and video chat online.
Very close cos 0.921 - 04
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Very close cos 0.922 - 05
RainberryTV
With 20 live channels and over 100 on demand content partners, RainberryTV offers viewers an exciting viewing experience published around the world. Our content spans entertainment news, new music discovery, world news, sports, movie trailers, gaming, viral videos, and more. Our user base of over 65 million is one of the largest for any streaming video platform. Whether you’re looking to tune in and find out what’s happening, or just relaxing and want to enjoy some fun video content, RainberryTV delivers. You won’t find passwords, subscriptions, payments needed to use our service, and it’s fre
Very close cos 0.920 - 06
American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service
Very close cos 0.913 - 07
American video streaming service
Very close cos 0.911 - 08
Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online
Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.
Very close cos 0.910 - 09
Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform
The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.
Very close cos 0.908 - 10
Indian over-the-top subscription video-on-demand streaming service
Very close cos 0.908 - 11
Sony LIV - Watch Indian TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Live Cricket Matches, Web Originals
Sony LIV - Top premium streaming platform where you can watch popular TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Web Series. Enjoy your favourite Live TV Channels online
Very close cos 0.908 - 12
online education platform
Very close cos 0.907 - 13
Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.
American streaming video service
Very close cos 0.906 - 14
tidal.com
subscription-based music streaming service
Very close cos 0.907 - 15
JustWatch - The Streaming Guide
All your streaming services in one app.
Very close cos 0.905 - 16
爱奇艺 iQIYI-热门独播剧集在线观看
爱奇艺(iQIYI)是中国领先的在线视频平台,提供海量免费正版高清电视剧、短剧、电影、综艺、动漫等视频内容,成功打造了狂飙、新说唱、偶像练习生、我是刑警、迷雾剧场等现象级IP,热门大片、独播剧集实时更新,畅享流畅观影体验。
Very close cos 0.905 - 17
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
Very close cos 0.905 - 18 Very close cos 0.899
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Upload Video Online - Free Video Hosting - Streamable
Upload your video in seconds on Streamable. We accept a variety of video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, and more. It's free, try it now!
Very close cos 0.901 - 20
South Korean internet streaming platform
Very close cos 0.897
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to twitch.tv’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Twitch uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Twitch is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=98fd69ef9979b0dcdc41fc6ea416633b9cd2e008a989b1c64…
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms29920882
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.twi…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1778.awsdns-30.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=PR1VWTa0H2FZsDQVhpCAAxSgaKScDpfZdEiDf46…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=vzTKIBrf2WFj6WrNz2tkCw
- DocuSign TXT docusign=79f74da0-0f98-4cdb-b2d3-93871ea127c8
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=PeBo1xAMkWVFOqJ28xB-APP6cLPZNF6oB7m4j…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=hDc28WSCJ_PZVKa2N6OVyVvD2UqCbxUX81mmBP8QJn0
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_tSqwymEhP9DPai0Q75XrR1
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Twitch adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Amazon Route 53 14/20
- Google Workspace 13/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Atlassian 10/20
- Apple Business · not on twitch.tv 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on twitch.tv 8/20
- Amazon SES 7/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- OneTrust · not on twitch.tv 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on twitch.tv 6/20
- Notion · not on twitch.tv 6/20
- OpenAI · not on twitch.tv 6/20
- React · not on twitch.tv 5/20
- DocuSign 5/20
- Adobe · not on twitch.tv 5/20