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- 10-Gbps servers around the globe
- No bandwidth or data caps
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How to Use a VPN for Twitch in 3 Steps
Step 1
Get PIA VPN — the #1 gaming VPN
Step 2
Connect to one of our 154 server locations
Step 3
Watch your favorite streamers or start streaming yourself!
Why Do You Need a VPN to Watch Streams on Twitch?
Lower Ping & Latency
Life happens fast on stream. If you’re watching, you want to see the action when everyone else does. If you’re streaming, you don’t want lag to get in the way of either your game or stream quality. A VPN can, in the right circumstances, actually reduce potential lag.
Watch or Stream on Twitch Anywhere
Want to catch up with your favorite creator on your lunch break or say hi to your fans during a slow day at school? A good VPN will encrypt all the traffic between your device and the VPN server, meaning your ISP and any nosy network admins won’t be able to stop you.
Avoid DDoS Attacks
Streamer fandoms can get messy. While Twitch itself doesn’t just expose your IP, the game you stream or the VOIP app you use might. A VPN can hide your IP address, making it a lot harder to target your home network with DDoS attacks, or even stop the attack entirely.
Bypass Throttling
Never worry about a slow stream! The same encryption that keeps your ISP and network admins from seeing what you do also keeps them from selectively throttling traffic to and from Twitch. A VPN makes sure that you can use your connection to its fullest potential.
What Is Twitch?
Formerly known as Justin.tv, Twitch is one of the world’s most popular live streaming sites by far, with an estimated 140 million active monthly users. Those users are served by an estimated 7.3 million streamers every month, all competing to entertain them. They stream the games they play, talk shows, casual chats, fashion tutorials, musical performances, and even their daily lives.
Most streamers do it for fun. Others actually make a living doing live streams, and fewer still actually get rich. Viewers come to be entertained, to learn new things, or to be part of a wider community that gets to interact with their favorite streamers live.
All in all, it’s a good time. You never know what or whom you will discover as you browse the various stream categories.
Why Do You Need a Low Ping to Watch or Run Streams on Twitch?
Your ping is the amount of time it takes for a signal to travel from your computer or device to another computer and back. In this case, we’re talking about the machines at the Twitch data centers. The higher your ping, the more lag you’ll have when either broadcasting or watching live streams.
Why does that matter? It’s all in the name: live streams.
If you get stuck buffering behind a slow connection, you won’t be able to keep up with the conversation in chat, or appreciate those epic gamer moments as they happen. If you’re streaming, it’s going to be a worse experience for viewers, and they might not stick around.
PIA VPN can help with this, under the right circumstances. You might be lagging due to bad routing from your ISP, congested networks between you and the data center, or any number of other issues. A VPN can actually help you create a smoother, faster connection by bypassing all of those problems, thus lowering your ping and latency.
Just make sure that you connect to a VPN server that’s as close as possible to the Twitch data center in question, and the servers for any games you’re playing.
Choose the Best VPN for Twitch
PIA has you covered with everything you’ll need to enjoy Twitch, from either side of the camera.
Servers all Over the World
We have VPN servers in pretty much every country where Twitch operates, to ensure that you get the smoothest possible stream, with no lag, wherever you happen to be. That’s 91 countries, to be precise, so we’re pretty much everywhere.
Fast Speeds
Keep up with the conversation in real time, collect those sweet channel point rewards, and watch multiple streamers at once if you want to. Our 10-Gbps NextGen servers can keep up with both your watching and streaming needs.
DDoS Attack Protection
PIA VPN doesn’t just hide your IP address, though that’s good stuff. Our servers also have built-in DDoS protection so that even if someone does try to attack you, and hits our servers instead, you shouldn’t even see any lag.
ISP Throttling Protection
Secure your connection with PIA's strong VPN encryption. Your ISP and local network admins don’t need to know what you’re doing online, and neither does anyone else on the local public wi-fi.
Unlimited Data
Watch and stream as much as you want, as long as you want. PIA has no data caps whatsoever, so you don’t have to worry about your stream cutting out just as you hit that sweet headshot.
24/7 Customer Support
Need help getting your VPN set up for streaming? Our 24/7 customer support team is always available via live chat or email. They’ll ensure you’re live in time to get those subs and get on your way to Partner.
Download a Twitch VPN for All Your Devices
PIA works on pretty much every device where you might watch Twitch. That includes PCs and Macs, smartphones, smart TVs, consoles, and even the Meta Quest (with a little work).
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Billed every 3 years
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Billed every year
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FAQ
Whether you’re a streamer or a viewer, we would recommend PIA. With its great security, 10-Gbps NextGen servers all over the world, and general ease of use, PIA is one of the easiest ways to get started with a VPN while you stream… or watch.
Want to watch multiple streams while chatting and streaming yourself? You can. Throw a couple of other people watching YouTube or Netflix in other rooms, and you’re still good to go. Our network can handle pretty much anything your home internet connection can, and more besides.
There are any number of reasons this could happen. Maybe the particular VPN server you’re connected to is a bit busy. Maybe the IP address for that specific server is blocked. Then, maybe the channel you’re trying to watch has restricted access to the country your VPN server happens to be in.
Twitch itself might have detected you using a VPN, in which case you’ll get an error message. For all of those cases, trying a different server is usually enough to fix the problem. If it doesn’t, contact our 24/7 customer support team via live chat or email.
Legal? Yes. There’s definitely no law against it. However, Twitch has been quietly unhappy with VPN users for some time now. If you are detected using a VPN, you might see an error message telling you that it’s not encouraged. Some users also report being shadow banned for using a VPN.
So, given that using a VPN comes with so many benefits, you’ll want one with good security that regularly updates its servers and their IP addresses. This is good both for avoiding detection by Twitch, but also for your general security and safety.
Definitely not. There are the usual reasons, of course: they’re usually slow and congested, they often have a very small network in only a few countries, and some of them will straight up sell your data.
More to the point, the servers often don’t get the tender loving care they need. This results in lower overall security for your data, but also makes it more likely that Twitch will be able to tell if you’re using a VPN.
Instead, try PIA VPN risk-free with our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Good news! There are still a few countries that don’t get Twitch ads! Sadly, that list is getting smaller all the time, but these are your best bets: Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Fortunately, PIA has VPN server locations in all of these countries.
Do note, however, that connecting to Twitch via one of those countries may significantly increase your latency/lag depending on where you’re connecting from. For best results, connect to whichever one of those countries is closest to your physical location.
Again, we’ll have to say PIA. The general speed and size of PIA’s network aren’t just useful for Twitch streaming, they’ll help you get a great connection to any streaming service. And if you’re multi-streaming? So much the better!
Streamers can sometimes be targets for pranksters and other more malicious people, so the ability to hide your location and protect yourself from DDoS attacks is another great bonus.
Yes. Under most circumstances, using a VPN will add a little bit of latency to your streams. This is usually measured in milliseconds, and in the single digits. For all the benefits provided by a VPN, it’s worth it.
However, a fast VPN can sometimes actually reduce your ping/latency! You see, by routing your internet traffic through our servers, you can sometimes bypass congested networks and other problems. For best results, try to connect to a VPN server that’s close to the streaming platform’s data center, and the servers of any game you might be playing.
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