Bias is occurring in ad offers. This is determined by the advertiser paying for the ads, and the options Twitch offers to them, based on which they can target their ads to the viewers, to reach the, in their sole discretion, most suitable target demographic. Targeted advertising is not a new concept. The criteria upon which advertisers want to target their ads vary and are very complex.

That you aren't told how advertisers advertise, and not allowed to game the system by specifically seeking out content, categories, tags, keywords in stream titles and chat messages, or abusing the moderation controls to stay within viewership volume targeted, is a good thing. The last thing the advertisers want is you catering to their ad revenue in a manner that results in lower conversion rates and sales of the products they are advertising for.
In short, to put it in context with how this came about with you: Advertisers tasked with advertising pet food to those who "watch animal cams at work and likely have a pet at home" do not want you to go and randomly decide to use the "Animals, Aquariums, and Zoos" category, when your regular viewership consists of "people mostly interested in video games" and your reactions while playing it, and very likely consists of a significantly lower fraction of pet owners, and therefore less people per impression (their expense) who are interested in buying said pet food, just so you can earn more money.

I do agree with you, the analytics are lacking, but only in that Twitch should add region variance and a more precise time scale to telling you where your revenue comes from. However, that alone is dangerous, if it results in streamers targeting certain times of day, where viewership from certain regions is increased, thereby diluting the discovery options for the viewers who largely struggle with paying attention to more than one channel at once (they certainly do on a mobile device!) and making the revenue situation worse for everyone as a result, since the pool of available turnover is limited, even if in constant flux, because most advertisers have a spending cap or monitor their conversion rates.

So this just came up in a stream.

"An anonymous gifter gave buttplugbetty a Tier 1 Sub!"

How is this appropriate and why does the anon person completely get away with this and is unable to be banned. They will just keep doing this.

I agrê I apologize for the lack of punctuation but I am using the a laptop that has a vietnamese typeset. The Analytics for Twitch sêms to lack transparancy especially for building trust in the community.
Thanks for fighting the gơd fight.

100% with this.

Also just some random stuff ive noticed if it matters.

- Please fix the volume on ads to the volume we have the stream on
- Add some 5 second ads in the mix
- Sometimes ads freeze mid cycle and i have to refresh the page.
- Just an idea what if the ad/stream was 50/50 of the screen instead of the whole stream?
- Get more streamers into the ads and i'll 100% focus more on the ad.

Murica

Adding "a break out" that just says "Ads & Turbo" is not a break out. We expect better Twitch.

looking at stats its easy to see problems.

on streams where I have more minutes watched and more ads run, i have
$0.00 ad revenue (3hr stream) vs (1.5hrs stream) a short stream where i had very few ads or minutes watched have $0.42

Something isnt right, others have called for better ad metrics. I agree. I know my viewers and I have no clue why their views dont count. people close to me who i have tested this with watch ads instead of carrying a sub, and some have turbo. still somehow I cannot get a consistency based on my numbers.

can't believe this isn't implemented already... definitely something that needs changing

This seems both practical and easy to implement. Please add this.

An analytics panel is vital for streamers to understand the performance of their content and make informed decisions. This promotes transparency, trust, and loyalty between Twitch and its users.

Additionally, it can help identify emerging trends and inform strategic decisions, ultimately leading to better user engagement and revenue. Implementing an analytics panel should be a key priority right away.

This is a big easy W.

This sounds like a great idea. I hope Twitch implements it!

As a result of this type of communication with streamers, it can be confusing for those who have been doing this for a long time. Imagine a new streamer coming to the platform and wanting to make a living out of it; how unhelpful, confusing, and difficult it would be for them.
Providing more transparent and detailed ad analytics would certainly help build trust and understanding between Twitch and its streamers. It's important for both parties to work together towards optimizing revenue and creating a positive community for all.

This is a good idea.

please please freaking do this we need this

Would be nice if twitch also considered as a streamer, you also have a business you need to run, and need to make calculated decisions based on data, and it seems a fair bit negligent that it has an impact that dramatically can hurt you as a creator, and you might choose the wrong decision because it's a loot box, that can hurt you financially.

Is necessary

How can a content creator make things work with hidden and ******** metrics. If you have nothing to hide no reason to avoid transparency.

Streamers desperately need this, more transparency is very important for streamers to stay on this platform instead of leaving for Youtube or Kick.

definitely do this

Twitch, please do this!

please we need this!!!