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

Top 1K · #232 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Twitch

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

MasterClassJioHotstarVimeoPluto TVNetflixRainberryTVYouTubeBigo livePrime VideoKICK

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Twitch

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Twitch, thumbs down if it isn’t.

  1. 01
    KICK kick.com Top 1K English

    KICK

    KICK is a streaming platform that makes it easy for you to find and watch your favorite content.

  2. 02
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    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.

  3. 03
    Bigo live bigolive.tv Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  5. 05
    RainberryTV rainberrytv.com Top 10K English

    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

  6. 06
    Netflix netflix.com Top 100

    American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service

  7. 07
    Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com Top 10K English

    American video streaming service

  8. 08
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Vimeo vimeo.com Top 100 English

    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.

  10. 10
    JioHotstar hotstar.com Top 10K English

    Indian over-the-top subscription video-on-demand streaming service

  11. 11
    Sony LIV sonyliv.com Top 10K English

    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

  12. 12
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  13. 13
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English

    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

  14. 14
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K English

    tidal.com

    subscription-based music streaming service

  15. 15
    JustWatch justwatch.com Top 10K German

    JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

    All your streaming services in one app.

  16. 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。

  17. 17
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Huya Live huya.com Top 10K

    Chinese live streaming service

  19. 19
    Streamable streamable.com Top 10K English

    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!

  20. 20
    sooplive.com Top 10K Korean

    South Korean internet streaming platform

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
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.twi…
DNS hosting
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

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