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Polls and giveaways in your Twitch, YouTube Live or Kick chat.

Put polls, giveaways and maps on your stream and let viewers take part by typing in the chat they’re already in. They stay on your stream instead of wandering off to a second screen.

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Works where you do: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, LinkedIn Live, Substack Live and Restream. Also on your PowerPoint slides.

What should we play next? What should we play next? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

  1. Co-op build 32%
  2. Boss rush 27%
  3. Speedrun 18%
  4. Chill farming 23%
0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen 2
  2. James Okoro 4
  3. Aisha Rahman 1
  4. Tomás García 2
  5. Priya Nair 3
  6. Daniel Kim 2
  7. Mei Lin 2
  8. Olu Adeyemi 4
  9. Hannah Weber 3
  10. Marco Bianchi 2
  11. Fatima Zahra 1
  12. Lukas Novak 1
  13. Grace Park 1
  14. Arjun Mehta 1
  15. Chloe Martin 4
  16. Yusuf Ali 4
  17. Ben Carter 3
  18. Elena Popescu 4
  19. Noah Schmidt 2
  20. Inês Duarte 1
  21. Kwame Mensah 3
  22. Ruth Levi 1

Type a number in the chat to vote.

A session in Twitch. People type answers in the chat and StreamAlive turns them into a poll on the shared screen. You can type your own answer in the chat.

Type in the chat.

The usual way: ask chat to vote with emotes, count the votes by eye and lose track as chat speeds up. With StreamAlive, viewers type their vote and the count appears on stream.

Viewers keep typing in the chat they know, and StreamAlive does the counting on screen. Votes, names for the giveaway and places for the map all arrive as they’re typed.

How to run a poll on a Twitch, YouTube or Kick stream.

StreamAlive reads your stream’s chat and shows the results in a window you add to your stream.

Read the Twitch guide

  1. Connect your channel

    Connect StreamAlive to your YouTube or Twitch channel and pick your scheduled or live stream. On Kick, use the StreamAlive Chrome extension.

  2. Add your presentation

    Add the polls, wheels and maps you’ve built, or run quick interactions if you haven’t prepared a presentation, then press Present.

  3. Put it on stream

    Show the StreamAlive screen on your stream with OBS, StreamYard or whichever tool you stream with, the way you’d show any window or tab.

  4. Ask chat to type

    Viewers type their vote in your stream chat like any other message. No link, no app.

  5. See who joined in

    After the stream, the report shows how much more chat your interactions got and who was most active.

Four ways to give viewers something to do.

Each one is a question on your stream that viewers answer in the chat, so they stay on your stream and see the whole chat do it together.

  1. Run a giveaway

    Ask viewers to type your keyword. Only they get on the wheel, and everyone watches it spin live. It holds up to 5,000 names.

    Type #giveaway to enter the draw Type #giveaway in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen #giveaway
    2. James Okoro #giveaway
    3. Aisha Rahman pls pick me
    4. Tomás García #giveaway
    5. Priya Nair #giveaway
    6. Daniel Kim #giveaway
    7. Mei Lin #giveaway
    8. Olu Adeyemi good luck chat
    9. Hannah Weber #giveaway
    10. Marco Bianchi #giveaway
    11. Fatima Zahra #giveaway

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  2. Where is chat from?

    Put your audience on a map. Viewers type a city or country and pins drop as they answer, a good way to greet everyone.

    Where in the world are you watching from? Type a city or country in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen Manchester
    2. James Okoro Toronto
    3. Aisha Rahman Mexico City
    4. Tomás García Seoul
    5. Priya Nair Berlin
    6. Daniel Kim Sydney
    7. Mei Lin Austin
    8. Olu Adeyemi Manila
    9. Hannah Weber Dublin
    10. Marco Bianchi Madrid
    11. Fatima Zahra Lisbon
    12. Lukas Novak Chicago
    13. Grace Park Mumbai
    14. Arjun Mehta Tokyo

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  3. React to the play

    Ask for an emoji instead of words. The more one is sent, the bigger it gets, so the chat’s reaction fills the screen.

    Rate that clutch in emojis Send an emoji in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen 🔥
    2. James Okoro 😱
    3. Aisha Rahman 🔥
    4. Tomás García 👏
    5. Priya Nair 🤯
    6. Daniel Kim 🔥
    7. Mei Lin 😱
    8. Olu Adeyemi 👏
    9. Hannah Weber 🔥
    10. Marco Bianchi 🤯
    11. Fatima Zahra 🔥
    12. Lukas Novak ❤️
    13. Grace Park 👏
    14. Arjun Mehta 🔥
    15. Chloe Martin 😱
    16. Yusuf Ali 🔥

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  4. Caption this

    Longer answers drop onto the screen as tiles, so every viewer’s words stay readable. Put a clip up and ask chat for captions.

    Caption this clip Type your caption in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen Me opening the fridge at 3am
    2. James Okoro When the loading screen finally ends
    3. Aisha Rahman Nobody: absolutely nobody
    4. Tomás García My brain during the boss fight
    5. Priya Nair Chat when the plan works
    6. Daniel Kim The final boss was a rubber duck
    7. Mei Lin When the cat walks on the keyboard
    8. Olu Adeyemi Plot twist: it was lag

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

Also: live polls, quizzes and rating polls.

StreamAlive in real live streams.

Creators running StreamAlive on YouTube. Each recording starts where the interaction comes up.

We show YouTube streams here because they’re public. StreamAlive never sees or hears your video or audio: it only reads the chat.

Questions about StreamAlive for live streams

Which streaming platforms does it work with?

YouTube Live and Twitch directly: connect your channel and pick your scheduled or live stream. Kick, LinkedIn Live, Restream and StreamYard work through the StreamAlive Chrome extension.

Does it work with OBS?

Yes. StreamAlive runs in its own browser window, and you add that window to your stream with OBS or whichever streaming tool you use, the same way you’d show any other window.

Do viewers need to install anything?

No. They type in your stream chat like any other message. There’s no app to install, no StreamAlive account to create and no QR code to scan.

How do I run a giveaway?

Use the Winning Wheel. It can pick from everyone who types in the chat, only the viewers who type your keyword, or a list of names, and it holds up to 5,000 names.

Can I keep bad language off my stream?

Yes. A profanity filter keeps offensive words off the screen, and you can hide any answer yourself while an interaction is running.

Can I see who joined in the most?

Yes. After each stream the report has an overview with an engagement lift (how much more chat your interactions got), a chart of the chat minute by minute, replays of every result and a ranked list of your most active viewers.

Doesn’t Twitch already have polls?

It does. StreamAlive adds word clouds, maps, a giveaway wheel and emoji reactions, and viewers answer by typing in chat, so you can use whichever suits the moment.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Sessions with up to five participants are free, with every interaction included and no card needed. Paid plans start at $100 for a pack of 4 sessions, and Pro is $75 a month, billed annually.

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