Twitch
Twitch is a live video streaming platform owned by Amazon that serves a highly engaged, hard-to-reach audience spending billions of minutes each month watching gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and creator-led content.
Last updated Oct 15, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Oct 15, 2026
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At a glance
- Employees
- 1001-5000
- Funding
- Acquired by Amazon for approximately $970M in 2014
- Revenue
- $1B+
- Stock
- N/A
About
Dominant live streaming platform and a key channel within Amazon's advertising ecosystem, offering unique access to Gen Z and millennial audiences at scale
Twitch is a live video streaming platform owned by Amazon that serves a highly engaged, hard-to-reach audience spending billions of minutes each month watching gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and creator-led content. Its advertising business connects brands and advertisers with a hard-to-reach, adult Gen Z and millennial audience through high-impact video and display ads as well as streamer-driven activations. Ad products span video and display units placed across the Twitch homepage, discovery pages, and streamer channels, as well as Creator Activations that enable brands to align with premium live interactive content and engage the Twitch community directly through live streamer broadcasts. The Twitch Brand Partnership Studio, a full-service creative team, offers original branded content and interactive technology to drive viewer engagement and brand loyalty, from creator programs to custom commercials. Through Amazon's advertising platform, marketers can buy display ads and video inserts programmatically while integrating campaigns with other parts of Amazon's ecosystem, including its e-commerce site. Source 1: redtrack.io — Advertising on Twitch: What to Know About Twitch Marketing Source 2: amazon.jobs — Sr. GTM Lead, MeasurTwitch , Twitch Ads - Job ID: 10565850 Source 3: amazon.com — Twitch ads - Discover marketing solutions for brands Source 4: marketingdive.com — Amazon starts selling Twitch ad inventory programmatically
Business model
Advertising Platform / Media Property
Target market
Enterprise and Mid-Market Advertisers, Brands, Agencies
What they offer
Video Ads
Pre-roll and mid-roll video ad units served across streamer channels, the Twitch homepage, and discovery pages
Display Ads
Banner and display ad placements across high-traffic areas of the Twitch platform
Creator Activations
Brand integrations enabling advertisers to align with premium live streamer content and engage the Twitch community directly through broadcasts
Twitch Brand Partnership Studio
Full-service in-house creative team offering original branded content, interactive technology, creator programs, and custom commercials
Programmatic Advertising via Amazon DSP
Programmatic buying of Twitch display and video inventory through Amazon's advertising platform, with integration into the broader Amazon ecosystem
Twitch Extensions
Interactive overlays and panels on streams that brands and developers can use to create engaging viewer experiences
Bits & Cheering Sponsorships
Branded virtual currency integrations allowing advertisers to sponsor community engagement moments within streams
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Tech & specs
Technology stack
Security & compliance
Deployment
API
Yes
- 2011 · Founded
- 2014Acquired by AmazonStill operating as part of Amazon