Twitch streamer Myth moving to YouTube in exclusive deal

Ali Kabbani is now known online as Myth and is the next Twitch streamer that will leave the platform in order to sign an exclusive deal for YouTube. Myth made the announcement that he will stream only on YouTube Gaming, as a YouTube video.

If you think you’ve heard this story before, it’s because you had. Myth is one of many former Twitch streamers who have moved away from the platform over the past few years — Lily Ki, also known as LilyPichu, and Sykkuno both made the move over the past few months.

“Decisions have made me who I am, and this is my decision,” Myth said in the announcement video. The YouTube streaming will begin on Tuesday. Throughout the video, Myth contemplates the decisions he’s made in his life: from quitting professional FortniteYou can stream video and choose to play professional games. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Myth said he’s switching to YouTube for something “more entertainment focused.”

“I love games — it’s never going to change,” Myth said. “But I think that shift and focus about it not just being strictly about winning games anymore has driven me to feel like YouTube was the right place.”

His YouTube channel which he started in 2013 will stream videos and produce them. Myth is well-known for his streaming. FortniteOn Twitch, Myth began streaming in 2017 and later became a professional streamer for TSM. In 2021, Myth left TSM but continued to stream on the platform, where he was often one of Twitch’s most-watched streamers. More than 4.5 Million YouTube subscribers have Myth.

In April, a Bloomberg report suggested that Twitch would change how it paid its most popular streamers. The Washington Post in 2021 reported that Twitch no longer offers the large-scale contracts it used to offer. Neither Myth nor other streamers moving to YouTube commented on either company’s pay structures. Twitch is still the industry’s top livestreaming platform, while YouTube continues to attract big-name streamers.