# Streams Charts Live Streaming API Overview

The Streams Charts API grants you to use the full variety of [streamscharts.com](https://streamscharts.com/) live streaming data and integrate it easily into your own apps or BI tools. 

Sponsors, agencies, and other companies in the streaming industry need to track the effectiveness of the streamers they work with. And our API is a great way to do that since you can get all the key metrics for any channel or broadcast with it.

## Main elements

**Channel**

A dedicated account on a streaming platform associated with a specific person or a company (e.g. [shroud](https://streamscharts.com/channels/shroud), [ibai](https://streamscharts.com/channels/ibai), [Gaules](https://streamscharts.com/channels/gaules), [BLASTPremier](https://streamscharts.com/channels/blastpremier), etc.). 

**Stream**

Also known as broadcast. A content unit that may only be accessed when it is broadcasted live. Streams can also be recorded and saved as videos so that users can watch them after they happen. Check [free demo page](https://streamscharts.com/channels/shroud/streams/41976921163) of our stream analytics.

**List of channels**

A list of dedicated accounts on a streaming platform associated with a specific person or a company, which is sorted by specific metric (e.g. Average Viewers, Followers Gain, etc.) and/or filtered by the specific filter (e.g. by Game, Language, etc).

## For information about using APIs, see the following guides

* [Single channel stats](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/single-channel-stats.md)
* [Single stream stats](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/single-stream-stats.md)
* [Claude Code skill](https://streams-charts.gitbook.io/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/claude-code-skill-new)
* [Stream audience viewtime](https://streams-charts.gitbook.io/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/stream-audience-viewtime-new)
* [List of channels by different metrics and filters](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/list-of-channels-by-different-metrics-and-filters.md)
* [List of top Twitch channels by subscribers](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/list-of-top-twitch-channels-by-paid-subscribers.md)
* [List of top Twitch channels by bits](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/list-of-top-twitch-channels-by-bits.md)
* [Testing mode](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/testing-mode.md)
* [FREE request](/streams-charts-live-streaming-api-docs/free-request.md)

## Data collection frequency and available historical periods

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="181"></th><th width="188"></th><th width="169"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Platform</strong></td><td><strong>Data since</strong></td><td><strong>Data collection frequency, every</strong></td><td><strong>Minimal requirements for channels</strong></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/kcRCVT00dprcXCXXmzzQ" alt=""> Twitch</td><td>June 2019</td><td>1 minute</td><td>2+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/iyzxQmJDEWZNQIsXcJHh" alt=""> Kick</td><td>December 2022</td><td>1 minute</td><td>1+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/1HWimMkj6h9Zhw5p1BnJ" alt=""> YouTube Gaming (Live)</td><td>November 2020 (April 2022)</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>10+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/3f8mLUxxbEKBtepPUyEZ" alt="" data-size="line">SOOP Korea (ex-AfreecaTV)</td><td>February 2022</td><td>4 minutes</td><td>3+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/6vfMTrcVATNTK8I2O2lW" alt="" data-size="line"> CHZZK</td><td>January 2024</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>1+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/1Z80MIKScXZybq98kwxR" alt="" data-size="line"> Rumble</td><td>June 2023</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>2+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/pPUKFfjcQedBBXZKXwQF" alt=""> NimoTV</td><td>August 2021</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>3+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/ajOdVEz0Nsx83IlcP3BB" alt=""> Bigo LIVE</td><td>August 2021</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>3+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/8LKpkY1lItz2J9Ko7DfF" alt="" data-size="line"> SteamTV</td><td>July 2024</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>10+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/lFya10HYTcf2NZdDKof5" alt=""> Trovo</td><td>June 2020</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>3+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/Ifd4u5YPp1Q6quyAKM6O" alt="" data-size="line"> SOOP Global</td><td>June 2024 - March 2025</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>1+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/4910thderakvwbFdbfA2" alt=""> Nonolive</td><td>November 2021 - March 2024 </td><td>2 minutes</td><td>3+ Average Viewers</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/vquH2gtjoKEZQmgHTd8Q" alt=""> Mildom</td><td>June 2022 - August 2024</td><td>2 minutes</td><td>5+ Average Viewers</td></tr></tbody></table>


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