Twitch confirms it’s been blocked in China

The Amazon-owned service was gaining rapid popularity in the country and reached the #3 spot in the App Store last month. The surge was largely due to the inclusion of e-sports in Asian Games, which was not telecast by the state-run broadcaster CCTV. Analytics company Sensor Tower told The Verge, that the app downloads for Twitch were up 23 times for the week of August 27 as compared to the previous week.

Some users in China speculated on HUPU that Twitched was blocked because the government noticed that the locals were involved in trash talk in streams from other countries.

We’re keeping an eye on the situation and will update this post when we learn more.