Twitch's announcement of a new storage limit for Highlights and Uploads.
In a bid to streamline storage costs, Twitch is implementing a 100-hour storage limit for Highlights and Uploads, starting April 19th, 2025. The platform claims that these specific content types have limited engagement and justify the reduced storage allocation.
Impact on Speedrunning Community
The 100-hour limit raises concerns for the Twitch speedrunning community, which relies heavily on Highlights to archive their history. Despite Twitch's assertion that running records can be transferred to other platforms, the process can be laborious and disrupt the established documentation system.
Managing Storage and Maintaining Engagement
Twitch emphasizes that this storage limit will impact less than 0.5% of active channels and represents just 0.1% of total viewing hours. The company maintains that the move will enhance resource efficiency, preserve support for essential features like Highlights and Uploads, and fuel investments in new viewer engagement tools.
Tools for Content Management
To facilitate content management, Twitch is rolling out a storage tracker on the Video Producer page, allowing users to monitor their storage consumption. Additional filtering options by length, view count, and creation date enable streamers to prioritize the videos they wish to keep.
Notice and Deletion Process
Streamers who exceed the 100-hour limit will receive notifications urging them to download their excess Highlights and Uploads before the deletion process begins. The deletion sequence will commence with the least-viewed Highlights until all users are below the storage cap.
