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Mixer is a Video game live streaming platform owned by Microsoft. The service officially launched on January 5, 2016 as Beam, but was renamed to Mixer in May 25, 2017.

The service carries an emphasis on interactivity, with low stream latency and a platform for allowing viewers to perform actions that can influence a stream. The platform makes up 3.2% of the streaming market share.

History
Beam launched on January 5, 2016. In May 2016, Beam won the Startup Battlefield competition at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, receiving $50,000 in equity-free funding.

On August 11, 2016, Beam was acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed amount. The service's team was integrated into the Xbox division. On October 26, 2016, Microsoft announced that Beam would be integrated into Windows 10. Beam broadcasting was also integrated into Xbox One on the March 2017 software update.

On May 25, 2017, Microsoft announced that Beam had been renamed Mixer, as the previous name could not be used globally. The re-branding came alongside the introduction of several new features, such as the ability for a user to co-host up to three other streams on their channel at once, as well as the companion mobile app Mixer Create. It was also announced that Mixer would receive top-level integration within the Xbox One dashboard, with a new tab curating Mixer streams. Mixer founders Boehm and Salsamendi have left Mixer. Boehm announced his departure from Mixer on October 2, 2019, and Salsamendi announced that he was leaving on October 10, 2019.

Follower
Top 5 Streamer sorted by Follower.

(November 1, 2019)

Total views
Top 5 Streamer sorted by Total views.

(November 1, 2019)

Changed streamer
On August 1, 2019, Ninja announced that he streams exclusively on Mixer. On October 24, 2019, shroud announced that he streams exclusively on Mixer. On October 27, 2919, KingGothalion announced that he streams exclusively on Mixer.

Data
Now that Ninja is officially a part of the Mixer family, notable influx of users streaming on Mixer.

Total Hours Watched — Total hours watched on Mixer has decreased by 10.6%. After experiencing the highest amount of watch time in Q2.

Total Hours Streamed — Total hours streamed on Mixer has increased by 188%. From 11.3M to 32.6M.

Unique Channels — Unique channels streaming on Mixer has increased by 100%. From 1.95M to 3.9M.

Average CCV — Average CCV on Mixer has decreased by 11.7%. Mixer experienced a 40.8K average CCV.

Average Viewers Per Channel — Average viewer per channel on Mixer has decreased. From 8.9 to 2.7.