How to Extract Twitch Stats? [Explained]

Twitch statistics can help you keep up with the ever-changing viewer expectations. If you want to take your streaming channel to the next level, keep reading to learn more about how to extract Twitch stats.

The live streaming industry’s landscape is continually changing. Those who refuse to change will be crushed by the competition.

To keep up with the ever-changing demands of viewers, you need to know what they’re interested in right now, and statistics can help you find out.

This is also true for Twitch extension developers.

So, How do I get Twitch stats?

If you’re seeking ways to collect Twitch metrics, keep reading.

Tutorial: How to Extract Twitch Stats

Developer

If you are a Developer, you may easily retrieve data from the Twitch Developer Console. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Simply head to the Twitch developer console, and then click on the Extension tab.

2. On the line of the corresponding stats you want to acquire, click ‘Download CSV’. That’s all. You’ll receive the report as a CSV file which includes all the recent data fields. 

The tracking starts from when the extension is installed and accessed. If you notice a one-day delay, that’s totally expected.

You can also gather game analytics.

The file compiles data of a game’s performance, including hours streamed and the number of streamers using it together at any given time.

1. To do this, head to the developer console, move your pointer over the top navigation menu which will take you to the organization console.
2. Access the ‘Games’ tab. You’d see ‘Export Daily CSV’ under each game. Click it to get the report.
3. If this option doesn’t exist, chances are the game hasn’t crossed the lower limit of minutes watched. All you have to do is wait until it has been streamed for a minimum of 300 min. It will appear once you hit the mark.

Non-Developer

Now for streamers, if you are not a developer or don’t know how to code, you can get a report of your stats by using services like Streamscharts.

1. To use it, open up the website. Register an account by clicking the ‘login’ button on top right corner.

2. It will redirect to a new page to input email and password. But if you don’t have one, yet, the ‘sign up’ link is right below the login fields. Go create an account.
3. Once activated, log in and then select ‘Twitch Tools’ on the top navigation bar. This will prompt a dropdown menu, select ‘Twitch Stats’.
4. Now find a channel whose stats you want to extract, which could be yours or another.
5. Once you’ve come to the channel’s details, select ‘Statistics’ from the horizontal menus.

6. There are some sets of data on the page. Each one has a representative icon which will turn into a download icon as you hover over it. Please see the image for reference. You can click that to download the stats in PNG format. You can navigate through other metrics. As long as there’s a download icon on top of them, that means the data is available for download.

Wrap Up

Twitch provides an opportunity for software makers to create programs that streamers can install to enhance their broadcast.

For them, stats are helpful to keep track of an extension’s progress from time to time.

The bottom line is stats, metrics, analytics, or whatever you choose to name it are paramount to making informed decisions.

You should monitor those to find out if there has been significant progress made in the past few weeks or months.

If not, then you’ll have to bend over backward to yield a better outcome.

Start by collecting stats of your Twitch channel or extension if you’re a developer.

Study them to know where you went wrong since the stagnancy must have an underlying cause. Your job is to inspect the trouble and fix it.