Time for Q1 2025 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,450,442 affiliates and 68,818 partners, all while having 1,370 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 21,223,109 emotes on Twitch.

In Q1 2025 there have been 7,371,335 users which streamed at least once,
41,203 (0.56%) partners,
1,125,623 (15.27%) affiliates and
6,204,509 (84.17%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
35,817 (1.11%) partners,
779,260 (24.18%) affiliates and
2,407,248 (74.71%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
32,128 (1.66%) partners,
591,679 (30.61%) affiliates and
1,309,156 (67.73%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q1 2025 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q1 2025 looked like this:

I scanned every Twitch account for their chat badges and this is the distribution:

Time for Q4 2024 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,378,356 affiliates and 66,769 partners, all while having 1,413 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 20,338,567 emotes on Twitch.

In Q4 2024 there have been 8,551,156 users which streamed at least once,
42,327 (0.49%) partners,
1,223,784 (14.31%) affiliates and
7,285,045 (85.19%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
37,000 (0.96%) partners,
871,092 (22.63%) affiliates and
2,940,584 (76.41%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,820 (1.42%) partners,
682,947 (28.71%) affiliates and
1,662,241 (69.87%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q4 2024 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q4 2024 looked like this:

I scanned all Twitch accounts (1,032,394,517) to see if they streamed at some point and when their last stream was.
926,866,967 (89.78%) accounts never streamed and the distribution of the last stream of the others can be seen in this graph (grouped by month)

Time for Q3 2024 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,704,011 affiliates and 66,378 partners, all while having 1,413 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 19,473,889 emotes on Twitch.

In Q3 2024 there have been 8,751,731 users which streamed at least once,
41,958 (0.48%) partners,
1,262,977 (14.43%) affiliates and
7,446,796 (85.09%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,567 (0.92%) partners,
896,233 (22.61%) affiliates and
3,030,729 (76.47%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,248 (1.35%) partners,
702,919 (28.61%) affiliates and
1,720,934 (70.04%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q3 2024 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q3 2024 looked like this:

Time for Q2 2024 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,610,339 affiliates and 67,409 partners, all while having 1,528 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 18,480,227 emotes on Twitch.

In Q2 2024 there have been 8,544,859 users which streamed at least once,
41,678 (0.49%) partners,
1,271,018 (14.87%) affiliates and
7,232,163 (84.64%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,651 (0.95%) partners,
906,402 (23.43%) affiliates and
2,924,969 (75.62%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,476 (1.39%) partners,
712,510 (29.55%) affiliates and
1,665,467 (69.06%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q2 2024 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q2 2024 looked like this:

I took a look at all Twitch partner and affiliate channels to see when they last streamed and here are the results:

Many of you have asked me to show detailed statistics about Twitch chat verification settings (email or phone).
I looked into it and here are the stats:

Let's talk about Twitch extensions, you know the ones which block your video player or hide between the panels below it.
Here are the 25 most used ones by partners and affiliates:

In terms of Twitch clip creation the settings currently look like this:

I took a look at the current Twitch chat settings and these are the results

Time for Q1 2024 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,576,747 affiliates and 73,769 partners, all while having 1,567 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 17,288,523 emotes on Twitch.

In Q1 2024 there have been 9,664,673 users which streamed at least once,
43,418 (0.45%) partners,
1,359,210 (14.06%) affiliates and
8,262,045 (85.49%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
37,669 (0.94%) partners,
989,176 (21.92%) affiliates and
3,485,047 (77.23%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
35,003 (1.24%) partners,
784,926 (27.82%) affiliates and
2,001,475 (70.94%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q1 2024 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q1 2024 looked like this:

Happy new year! Time for Q4 2023 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,459,050 affiliates and 73,674 partners, all while having 2,036 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 15,634,560 emotes on Twitch.

In Q4 2023 there have been 8,946,013 users which streamed at least once,
43,031 (0.48%) partners,
1,329,161 (14.86%) affiliates and
7,573,821 (84.66%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
37,669 (0.94%) partners,
950,536 (23.6%) affiliates and
3,039,150 (75.46%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
34,282 (1.38%) partners,
747,208 (30.07%) affiliates and
1,703,761 (68.55%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q4 2023 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q4 2023 looked like this:

Time for Q3 2023 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,383,369 affiliates and 74,010 partners, all while having 2,080 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 14,418,742 emotes on Twitch.

In Q3 2023 there have been 9,158,011 users which streamed at least once,
42,299 (0.46%) partners,
1,347,078 (14.71%) affiliates and
7,768,634 (84.83%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,996 (0.9%) partners,
963,415 (23.33%) affiliates and
3,129,908 (75.78%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,659 (1.32%) partners,
749,714 (29.49%) affiliates and
1,758,605 (69.18%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q3 2023 looked like this:

The social media network distribution at the end of Q3 2023 looked like this:

Around 48h after the release of Threads it's not linked that much on @Twitch channel pages:

Affiliates (3,257,712):
-> Twitter: 1,239,093 (38.04%)
-> Threads: 433 (0.01%)

Partners (72,715):
-> Twitter: 47,045 (64.7%)
-> Threads: 42 (0.06%)

Time for Q2 2023 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,246,564 affiliates and 72,654 partners, all while having 2,149 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 13,632,304 emotes on Twitch.

In Q2 2023 there have been 8,582,207 users which streamed at least once,
42,500 (0.5%) partners,
1,340,091 (15.61%) affiliates and
7,199,616 (83.89%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
37,278 (0.97%) partners,
965,716 (25.21%) affiliates and
2,827,102 (73.81%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,969 (1.43%) partners,
761,711 (32.06%) affiliates and
1,580,312 (66.51%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q2 2023 looked like this:

Time for Q1 2023 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 3,134,545 affiliates and 71,025 partners, all while having 2,147 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 12,794,017 emotes on Twitch.

In Q1 2023 there have been 8,936,308 users which streamed at least once,
41,897 (0.47%) partners,
1,396,226 (15.62%) affiliates and
7,498,185 (83.91%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,902 (0.92%) partners,
1,019,637 (25.34%) affiliates and
2,966,495 (73.74%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,786 (1.35%) partners,
808,786 (32.22%) affiliates and
1,667,520 (66.43%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q1 2023 looked like this:

Can't believe it's already 2023, time for Q4 2022 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,998,736 affiliates and 69,398 partners, all while having 2,578 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 11,924,761 emotes on Twitch.

In Q4 2022 there have been 8,626,124 users which streamed at least once,
41,644 (0.48%) partners,
1,362,517 (15.8%) affiliates and
7,221,963 (83.72%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,543 (0.97%) partners,
989,445 (26.29%) affiliates and
2,736,977 (72.73%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,268 (1.43%) partners,
778,476 (33.47%) affiliates and
1,514,185 (65.1%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q4 2022 looked like this:

It's been about 1.5 months so I took another look at these stats today:
Affiliates 737 of 2,975,179
Partners 20 of 69,331
It's still not much in plain numbers but still double as much as before.

Some people are switching or at least creating an account on @joinmastodon due to @elonmusk buying Twitter.
I thought it would be interesting to check how many @Twitch affiliates and partners link to their Mastodon account:
Affiliates 338 of 2,908,668
Partners 10 of 68,550

Time for Q3 2022 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,874,365 affiliates and 68,079 partners, all while having 2,499 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 9,908,904 emotes on Twitch.

In Q3 2022 there have been 9,481,279 users which streamed at least once,
41,316 (0.44%) partners,
1,374,420 (14.5%) affiliates and
8,065,543 (85.07%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
36,358 (0.88%) partners,
1,008,354 (24.39%) affiliates and
3,090,298 (74.73%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,107 (1.31%) partners,
800,859 (31.63%) affiliates and
1,697,970 (67.06%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q3 2022 looks like this:

Time for Q2 2022 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,744,319 affiliates and 66,238 partners, all while having 2,357 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 9,038,792 emotes on Twitch.

In Q2 2022 there have been 9,091,744 users which streamed at least once,
40,473 (0.45%) partners,
1,346,484 (14.81%) affiliates and
7,704,787 (84.74%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
35,527 (0.91%) partners,
988,972 (25.26%) affiliates and
2,890,979 (73.83%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
32,327 (1.35%) partners,
781,183 (32.66%) affiliates and
1,578,705 (65.99%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q2 2022 looks like this:

It's time for Q1 2022 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,600,490 affiliates and 64,719 partners, all while having 2,182 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 8,046,329 emotes on Twitch.

In Q1 2022 there have been 10,589,488 users which streamed at least once,
40,311 (0.38%) partners,
1,397,205 (13.19%) affiliates and
9,151,972 (86.43%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
35,969 (0.78%) partners,
1,057,932 (22.88%) affiliates and
3,530,038 (76.34%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
33,082 (1.17%) partners,
856,750 (30.26%) affiliates and
1,941,694 (68.57%) plebs.

The tipping service usage at the end of Q1 2022 looked like this:

It's a new year already which means it's time for Q4 2021 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,439,376 affiliates and 62,529 partners, all while having 2,147 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 4,038,685 emotes on Twitch.

In Q4 2021 there have been 9,728,113 users which streamed at least once,
39,389 (0.4%) partners,
1,332,085 (13.69%) affiliates and
8,356,639 (85.9%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
34,760 (0.83%) partners,
994,360 (23.78%) affiliates and
3,152,756 (75.39%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
31,804 (1.25%) partners,
797,976 (31.36%) affiliates and
1,714,698 (67.39%) plebs.

It's been nearly 1.5 months since the first time I looked at tipping service links on channels so here are the current usage percentages:

It's been nearly 2 weeks so lets look at the stats again to see if something changed. Looks like the noise was bigger than the action as not many have switched away from Streamlabs.
As lots of people have asked about data for active accounts here is the list for the current status on accounts which streamed at least once since 2021-11-18

Today I took a look at @streamlabs vs @StreamElements tipping usage by @Twitch partners and affiliates:
Partners (61,735):
-> Streamlabs: 27,381 (44%)
-> StreamElements: 8,499 (18%)
Affiliates (2,377,802):
-> Streamlabs: 914,368 (38%)
-> StreamElements: 347,868 (15%)

And some more stats with more tipping providers:

It's time for Q3 2021 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,305,416 affiliates and 60,606 partners, all while having 2,095 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 4,227,570 emotes on Twitch.

In Q3 2021 there have been 10,579,859 users which streamed at least once,
38,654 (0.37%) partners,
1,386,998 (13.11%) affiliates and
9,154,207 (86.52%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
34,558 (0.73%) partners,
1,072,080 (22.77%) affiliates and
3,601,023 (76.49%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
31,697 (1.1%) partners,
875,174 (30.27%) affiliates and
1,984,385 (68.63%) plebs.

Clip creation has been disabled by 4.8% of partners and 2.3% of affiliates
It's restricted to followers on 11.4% of partners and 10.5% of affiliates
3% of partners restricted it to subscribers as did 2% of affiliates
Both is required for 2% of partners and 1% of affiliates

Time for Q2 2021 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 2,106,389 affiliates and 58,702 partners, all while having 2,041 staff accounts.
There are currently more than 4,489,227 emotes on Twitch.

In Q2 2021 there have been 11,694,423 users which streamed at least once,
38,233 (0.33%) partners,
1,386,833 (11.86%) affiliates and
10,269,357 (87.81%) plebs.

If you require 5 or more streams it looks like this:
34,515 (0.65%) partners,
1,117,924 (20.96%) affiliates and
4,180,568 (78.39%) plebs.

With 10 or more streams:
31,962 (0.97%) partners,
935,265 (28.43%) affiliates and
2,321,916 (70.59%) plebs.

It's April 1st but data is no joke.
Time for Q1 2021 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 1,859,083 affiliates and 55,135 partners, all while having 1,883 staff accounts.
There are currently 4,031,125 emotes on Twitch.

In Q1 2021 there have been 12,786,445 users which streamed at least once,
35,657 (0.28%) partners,
1,298,864 (10.16%) affiliates and
11,451,924 (89.56%) plebs.

Goodbye 2020, you've been something.
Time for Q4 2020 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 1,549,256 affiliates and 51,480 partners, all while having 1,838 staff accounts.
There are currently 3,195,733 emotes on Twitch.

In Q4 2020 there have been 11,352,435 users which streamed at least once,
33,397 (0.29%) partners,
1,087,040 (9.58%) affiliates and
10,231,998 (90.13%) plebs.

Twitch is tiny in comparison:
3,920+ Twitch streamers have more than 100,000 followers
12 Twitch streamers have more than 5,000,000 followers
1 Twitch streamer (Ninja) has more than 10,000,000 followers
https://x.com/YouTubeGaming/status/1336477925382742016

This kind of information is not available to 3rd parties. The best you could do would be to break it down by "broadcaster language", basically the language the user sets in their dashboard.

Q3 2020 is already over so it's time for @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 1,311,911 affiliates and 48,662 partners, all while having 1,752 staff accounts.
There are currently 2,707,172 emotes on Twitch.

In Q3 2020 there have been 10,203,086 users which streamed at least once,
31,046 (0.3%) partners,
921,328 (9%) affiliates and
9,250,712 (90.6%) plebs.

A few little stats in regards to Clip restrictions on Twitch channels:
18.317 affiliates and 1.564 partners disabled Clips completely
5.995 affiliates and 719 partners restricted Clip creation to followers
1.344 affiliates and 299 partners restricted Clip creation to subs

It's that time again so here are some Q2 2020 @Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 1,085,678 affiliates and 45,365 partners, all while having 1,700 staff accounts.
There are currently 2,167,354 emotes on Twitch.

It's time for some Q1 2020 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 872,189 affiliates and 41,812 partners, all while having 1,588 staff accounts.
There are currently 1,693,460 emotes on Twitch.

In the last 3 months there have been 6,067,460 users which streamed at least once,
25,442 (0.4%) partners,
581,673 (9,6%) affiliates and
5,460,345 (90%) plebs.

It's the beginning of 2020 which means it's time for some Q4 2019 Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 776,671 affiliates and 40,155 partners, all while having 1,536 staff accounts.
There are currently 1,442,875 emotes on Twitch.

In the last 3 months there have been 4,185,816 users which streamed at least once,
23,996 (0.6 %) partners, 503,827 (12 %) affiliates and 3,657,993 (87 %) plebs.
The average days per week streamed by partners was 2.44 and by affiliates 1.52)

If you split average streams per week up by sex then it looks like this:
Male affiliates: 2.95
Female partners: 2.74
Male partners: 2.64
Female affiliates: 2.63
* Not all affiliates or partners have their sex categorized, mostly just the ones with the most viewers (~54k accounts)

The end of Q3 2019 is here which means it's time for some current Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 711,836 affiliates and 38,883 partners, all while having 1,518 staff accounts.
There are currently 1,316,516 emotes on Twitch.

After probing a lot of Twitch partners the news are in:
Twitch users often say that females have it easier... males however are still 3/4 of partner channels.

It's the end of Q2 2019 which means it's time for some updated Twitch stats:
Twitch currently has 630,115 affiliates and 37,683 partners, all while having 1,383 staff accounts.
There are currently 1,162,139 emotes on Twitch.

I did not but I was able to use my broadcaster type changelogs to extrapolate the numbers from 2017-07 going forward.

Today marks the 2 year anniversary of Twitch name changes.
I'd like to celebrate this with some stats:
More than 7,786,033 users changed their name, 1,013,448 more than once.
In related news there are 507,267 affiliates and 35,580 partners while Twitch has 1260 staff accounts.

Partners can have different contracts in regards to their revenue share:

I just noticed it's been over a year since my last little stats Tweet.
Here is an update on the current affiliate & partner numbers:
There are currently over 372,574 affiliates and over 32,831 partners on Twitch.
6,441 affiliates got partnered and 695 left the affiliate program.

Some Twitch users often say that Twitch staff members are more biased towards woman so I thought I would check which channels are the most subscribed ones by staff.
Turns out that sub numbers are dominated by male streamers and not female ones.

There are currently more than 90,560 affiliates and 23,531 partners.
Over 461 affiliates got partnered. 21 users stopped being an affiliate

Twitch name changes are 6 months old today.
Some stats: 3,801,723 users changed their name, 94,178 more than once.
https://twitch-tools.rootonline.de/username_changelogs.php?ignore_inactive

Over 28.800 Twitch username changes in the first 24 hours, pretty crazy.
https://twitch-tools.rootonline.de/username_changelogs.php?ignore_inactive