Pop star Justin Bieber recently held his first Twitch live stream. His first broadcast lasted for a few hours, peaking at about 11,700 live viewers and averaging 5,400. The 31-year-old spent most of the stream playing pool and basketball with his friends and showing viewers around the space. He also chatted with about his future plans for content.
pointed out during a recent live stream that Bieber’s first live stream had relatively low viewership
Popular gambling streamer Trainwreckstv has now pointed out that Bieber’s first live stream had relatively low viewership, considering that the star has more than 290 million followers on Instagram alone:
Train claimed this shows social media followers don’t necessarily translate into livestream viewers. He believes that Bieber’s numbers expose viewbotting streamers who think they can get away with botting, as they have significant follower counts on other social media platforms. In reality, informed people know that these creators artificially inflate their figures when they attract such large viewership numbers, Train said.
Dishonest streamers are in the firing line at the moment. Twitch began cracking down in a significant way in July by implementing stronger systems to better identify artificial viewers. Kick made similar changes, and it plans to remove about 100 people every week who are artificially boosting their viewership numbers.
