ViewerLabs, a prominent Twitch viewer bot, has been shut down owing to legal action. However, if you’re seeking an alternative strategy to increase your Twitch viewership, you have plenty of choices.

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New anti-bot penalty: Twitch will cap concurrent viewers for channels caught repeatedly using viewbots, basing limits on past authentic traffic. Why it matters: Viewbotting distorts competition, ...

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Several top streamers are already feeling the viewer caps Twitch is placing on channels suspected of viewbotting.

New anti-bot penalty: Twitch will impose temporary concurrent viewer caps on channels caught using viewbots, calculated from their non-botted historical averages. Impact on visibility: Capped channels ...