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A person who regularly broadcasts live video content, most commonly gameplay, to an audience in real time, one of the defining creator-economy job titles that live-broadcasting platforms produced.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"She's a full-time streamer now, does eight-hour broadcasts most days."
LORE & ORIGIN
Became standard vocabulary as platforms like Justin.tv and its successor Twitch made live personal broadcasting technically accessible to ordinary people in the early 2010s, establishing streaming as a distinct career path alongside YouTube's video-upload model.
FIRST SEEN
2011
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Twitch Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:LivestreamChat
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
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2011
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