Dan Clancy is the CEO of Twitch and has spent Tokyo Game Show 2026 talking about community and about VTubing. In the most recent story he says VTubing remains at an early stage because building a VTuber character has been expensive.
Dan Clancy is the CEO of Twitch, and his Tokyo Game Show 2026 appearances have been about two things: community as the platform's operating principle, and VTubing as a category he says is still early. In the September 17 keynote he presented Twitch as a live streaming service built around community rather than an algorithm-driven feed. He said viewers average 72 minutes on Twitch, and among 500 surveyed Generation Z viewers in Japan, live content is favored over on-demand. He also said two-thirds of Twitch users report they can be their true selves on the platform, a rate more than double that of other social media in Twitch's comparison.
Riot Games' Whalen Rozelle joined the second half of that session. Rozelle said Riot's publishing division treats community as strategy itself, that players who feel belonging become co-creators, and that streamers are today's broadcasters. More than half of VALORANT esports fans watch through creators. Clancy cited VALORANT Champions 2025 at 47.58 million viewing hours, with 58.4 percent from co-streams rather than the official broadcast.
On VTubing, Clancy reiterated in a September 20 story and again in an October 5 story that the category began in Japan and keeps growing outside it, but is still at an early stage because making a VTuber character has been expensive. Both versions say the same thing: he expects cheaper entry, more 3D models, and virtual environments that other people enter and leave. The two accounts differ only in the setting, a media roundtable and one-on-one on September 20, and a keynote and one-on-one interview on October 5.
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At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy gave a keynote and then sat for a one-on-one interview. He said VTubing began in Japan and keeps growing outside it, but remains at an early stage because building a VTuber character has been expensive. He expects lower entry costs, more 3D models, and VTubers interacting with virtual environments.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy gave a keynote and a media roundtable, then spoke one on one with Inside. He said Vtubing started in Japan and keeps growing abroad but is still at an early stage, because making a Vtuber character has been expensive. He expects cheaper entry, more 3D models, and virtual environments that other people enter and leave.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy gave a keynote at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, presenting the platform as a live streaming service built around community rather than an algorithm-driven feed. He said viewers average 72 minutes on Twitch, and that among 500 surveyed Generation Z viewers in Japan, live content is favored over on-demand. Clancy also said two-thirds of Twitch users report they can be their true selves on the platform, a rate more than double that of other social media in Twitch's comparison. Riot Games' Whalen Rozelle joined the second half of the session, saying Riot's publishing division treats community as strategy itself and that players who feel belonging become co-creators. Rozelle described streamers as today's broadcasters and said more than half of VALORANT esports fans watch through creators. Clancy cited VALORANT Champions 2025 at 47.58 million viewing hours, with 58.4 percent of that from co-streams rather than the official broadcast.