normalize Ad volume with content volume
Not as frequently as before but still often, Ads play which are dramatically louder than the broadcast content. This is an annoyance, interferes with other people in the house, and frankly makes me more likely to mute the ad and go do something in a different tab.
Normalizing volume levels with stream average volume or peak volume wouldn't take a huge amount of processing power and would fix the problem entirely. It's required by the US's FCC in other broadcast mediums, but it's really just a quality of life improvement for the viewers and a mark of good production.

A majority of ads on web and TV apps should now have normalized sound. We are still continuing the work on this and will update the status again when it is fully complete!
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mightyfinch17 commented
Lower your sound pls it toooo lound it hurts my ears
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MrBiscuitTheCat commented
What I love is when I'm listening to ASMR and a loud ad comes on screaming in my ear. Twitch don't care about mental health it looks like. After the recent BS with forcing ads on everyone I think I'll stick to YouTube.
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computerling commented
This has to be implemented, or there should be strict guidelines for how to set up stream audio as a Twitch streamer. A lot of good streamers have no knowledge or interest in audio technology, unfortunately.
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Bendeek commented
Your ads have terrible audio quality so when the ads suddenly pop up while watching streams its audio quality is so bad that it hurts my ears. Both me and my girlfriend watch streams on twitch and everytime the ads pops up we have to mute the sound because of bad audio quality so the volume gets way too loud. And i dont even want to start to talk about the ads audio while listening with earplugs/headset, because i have to throw my headset away the second the ads come
Please fix this by maybe turning the default audio lower on your ads?
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Larkku commented
I'm already half deaf, please stop trying to destroy the rest of my hearing.
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computerchrist commented
Ads are still very loud, especially on Ipad/iphone app. You listen to a stream at 50% volume and then ads volume is so loud it hurts your ears. Twitch should consider its liability against harm to listeners ears, it's a serious matter and very annoying!
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Chanrevo commented
Looking at you Galaxy Samsung. It is so insanely louder than the stream AND other ads played beside it! It is careless and upsetting every time I run into this ad.
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ArakATK commented
Can confirm there's no fix on web Brave browser 1.14.81
five and a half years, glad to know our ears are Twitch's top priority.
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TymeStopper commented
Why is it that when a mid roll ad is played in my web browser by a streamer does it then mute the stream after? This is so annoying why not go back to the previous volume?
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Andrasa667 commented
Nothing fixed here, Alienware Ad just keeps shredding my ears
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veinless commented
Definitely not fixed. Had ear buds in and a commercial actually startled the **** out of me it was so loud.
Laws prevent TV commercials from being louder than the content. What made Twitch think do it with their commercials was wise?
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MrQTea commented
Unfortunately still not fixed. Ads are way too loud compared to the regular content.
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Alex83690 commented
c'est pas trop tot
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Alex83690 commented
Lower the sound level of loud ads
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Alex83690 commented
Get your fingers out of your ***! We pay the subscriptions! I thought I was going to go deaf
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DaHighlander commented
Get this BS fixed...
Over 5 years now and still the ads keep blasting out of the speakers... -
misha_shivers commented
Yes please!! It is painful to have the headphone volume up to hear a nice soft ASMRtist and then abruptly LOUD AD plays
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Alex83690 commented
8 months later, it's still so much shit
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osq666 commented
It's been more than 6 months since the official response (5 years since the original post). Progress report?
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osq666 commented
DO NOT PLAY THE SAME AD AT THE SAME VOLUME TO ME AGAIN! Lower the volume for that ad for me form then on.