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After finding a large American audience through free YouTube uploads, Taskmaster moved to Twitch for a charity fundraiser. The show invited well-known creators to play a special version of its game, with Jake Bhardwaj hosting instead of Greg Davies.
Taskmaster's free YouTube uploads built a new American audience. Now the show is using that momentum for a charity stream on Twitch. The stars invited well-known creators to play a special version of the game, with Jake Bhardwaj hosting instead of Greg Davies. The event was a fundraiser for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Taskmaster's free YouTube distribution built an audience that now supports a creator-led charity stream on Twitch, showing how a traditional show can use platform shifts to extend its reach and monetisation through fundraising.
What the reporting says: Before Taskmaster episodes arrived on YouTube, few Americans were familiar with the British panel show, and that after producer Avalon shared entire seasons for free, its popularity exploded.
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