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Ten Years of TwitchCon: Here’s What We Announced in San Diego

We’re live from San Diego celebrating 10 years of TwitchCon! It’s a packed weekend filled with panels, meet and greets, interactive workshops, gaming experiences, parties, and more. The passion and creativity and sense of community that happens at TwitchCon is undeniable and we’re incredibly grateful to be celebrating it with all of you. If you’re following along at home, thanks for joining us! You can watch content streamed from various stages, including /twitch, /nomnom, /TwitchRivals, and /creatorcamp. The full schedule of content for the weekend is here.

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What We’re Doing to Keep You Safe at TwitchCon

We’re heading to San Diego to mark 10 years (!) of TwitchCon and we’re excited to celebrate with you. TwitchCon is where our community comes together in person – to hang out and connect, and make the best memories. It’s a celebration of everything we’ve built together, and it’s the place to experience the best of Twitch, live. We put a lot of care into TwitchCon planning each year, and a huge area of investment is event security. In the months leading up to TwitchCon, we build out systems and processes designed to ensure your safety, and the safety of those around you.

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What’s Next in 2025: An Open Letter from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy

As we have done for the past two years, I want to share some of the activities and priorities we’re focused on for 2025. But before I talk about the future, I want to thank all of our streamers for yet another amazing year. The streamers that come here everyday and build communities are what make Twitch a truly unique service – they’re why we exist. More than ever, in today’s world, we all want and need to find belonging and connection with other people.

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Expanding Your Sponsorship Opportunities on Twitch

One of the most rewarding parts of growing your channel on Twitch is the opportunity to earn more money through sponsorships. To make it easier than ever to connect more streamers with the brands looking for your talent, we’re introducing a sponsorships tab directly within your Creator Dashboard. Available today, this section is launching with two features, Creator Profile and StreamElements partnership, that are designed to help you make professional connections and boost your revenue—all with less work on your end. And this is just the beginning, with more sponsorship updates to come.

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Introducing the Twitch DJ Program

Today we’re announcing a dedicated program that will enable DJs to stream the vast majority of popular music in a new DJ Category. This is made possible by a first-of-its-kind partnership with hundreds of companies, including all of the major labels–Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and a large number of independent labels and other rights holders represented by Merlin. We’re proud to be the first major service to provide a safe, long-term home for DJs to livestream, and we are excited to now be able to promote and support these creators as they build communities on our service and beyond.

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History of the Black Excellence Coaching Program

At Twitch, we’re about community, inside and out. We work hard to build an environment where employees are heard, and we encourage employees to speak up when they see a need for a change. This is an example of how employee feedback resulted in real, meaningful, change. Two years ago, the Black Guild, our employee resource group for Black employees, came together and asked for more resources tailored to their professional growth and overall experience at Twitch. One of the programs our People & Places team created to address this request was the Black Excellence Coaching Program: a one-on-one, 12 session coaching program for employees who self-identify as Black at Twitch.

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Using Algorithms to Meet Accessibility Requirements for Color Contrast

My name is Ben Cole and I am a Front End Engineer on the Core UI design systems team. Our team creates the building blocks which designers and engineers use to make user interfaces for Twitch products. While doing this foundational work, we try to balance things like accessibility considerations, brand guidelines, and the creativity of the Twitch community. A big part of Twitch is community and self expression. We wanted to bring that into our products, and let our creators pick colors to customize UI elements which represent their channel and identity. Giving users the freedom to pick colors creates a challenge: how do we make sure that the chosen colors are clearly visible?