How to raid on Twitch

WHEN you’re looking to give a fellow streamer a bit of an uplift – there’s nothing better than a Twitch Raid.

But what is this streaming feature and how does it work? Here’s everything you need to know.

What is a Twitch Raid?

A Twitch Raid is one of the most effective, yet unpredictable features for Twitch streamers to grow their channel – and they are now a crucial part of the live streaming platform’s ecosystem.

When is streamer is about to end their broadcast – they can send their entire audience to another creator on the platform – giving viewers another stream to tune in to whilst creating a supportive streaming community.

This collaborative method not only benefits viewers, but also streamers – providing them with a generous amount of free new followers.

New Twitch streamers rely on this kind of support to try and break into the scene.

How does it work?

Twitch Raids work on a relay system – meaning they provide a way to tag in a live Twitch audience and transfer that audience to another streamer.

This usually happens at the end of the former broadcast – in order to share and expand viewership with fellow channels. 

If you’re offline at the time of the raid, your channel will also host the target channel.

How to raid on Twitch

The good news is – starting a raid on Twitch is pretty easy to do.

Before you’re about to end your broadcast and send your viewers over to another streamer – make sure to remind your viewers that you will transfer them to another channel momentarily.

Then you can start your raid – and type out a command to initiate the process.

All you have to do is type /raid followed by the channel’s name you’d like to transfer your viewers to.

Or you can use the raid channel function on the dashboard to select from a list of streamers. 

Once you’ve picked your preferred methods, a chat popup will appear in the chat area informing everyone on the target channel and the number of people joining in the raid.

After 10 seconds, a secondary popup will appear – indicating that you are about to raid the target channel.

This can also happen sooner, if the streamer running the Raid clicks ‘Raid now’ to override the countdown.

Both streamers and moderators can choose to opt out of the process – but they only have 10 seconds to do so.

However, not every channel will be raidable – after some raids were used as a way of spreading hate, Twitch added new settings which allows users to block all raids or only allow them from certain channels.