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Hot Five: State of the stream Q2, FTC discusses disabling YouTube ads on children's content, and 7 steps to perfect Instagram captions

Hot Five: State of the stream Q2, FTC discusses disabling YouTube ads on children's content, and 7 steps to perfect Instagram captions

To help you keep on top of a busy news cycle and the latest hot topics in influencer marketing, each week we round up the five biggest stories on InfluencerUpdate.biz.

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State of the stream Q2: 74% of Twitch viewership belongs to the top 5000 channels

72.2 per cent of all hours watched in Q2 belong to the purple giant, with YouTube Live taking 19.5 per cent. Ninja is also no longer the most-watched Twitch, with up to eight different streamers battling for the top spot each month.

Twitch reveals all-star streamer line-up for Amazon Prime Day event

Twitch is hosting its first Prime Day livestream, featuring a handful of the platform's top creators.

7 quick steps to nailing your Instagram captions

With Instagram testing out a new like-hiding feature, it’s time to focus on engagement. Here are seven swift tips to help create killer captions.

League of Legends tops Twitch for first half of 2019

Riot Games’ League of Legends has topped the viewership for most watched hours on Twitch during the first six months of 2019.

Disabling YouTube ads could protect children's privacy says FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly suggested during a call last week that disabling adverts on YouTube could be a way to stop the platform breaking privacy laws.


Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.