Twitch Streamers’ Uploads, Highlights Capped At 100 Hours
Twitch is imposing a storage restriction on certain types of content.
The Amazon-owned streaming platform, which is largely dedicated to video games but also sometimes eating food, announced on its support website that anything under the “Highlights” and “Uploads” banner now counts towards a 100-hour storage limit, per profile. It should be noted that this does not apply to the temporarily saved VODs of livestreams or shorter, streamer-uploaded Clips.
Highlights and Uploads are generally longer than Clips, so only they count towards this new limit, which goes into place on April 19.
Yes, it's a little confusing that there are like five different types of videos that can appear on a Twitch user's profile, and only two of them count towards this limit.
According to Twitch, less than half a percent of all users currently exceed the 100-hour limit for Highlights and Uploads. Those people will be notified directly, and if they don't correct their ways before April 19, their Highlights and Uploads could get automatically deleted. After that, it won't even be possible to exceed the limit in the first place, so automatic deletion isn't something people will have to worry about moving forward.
If you're part of that half-percent of users, you better fix your situation now.