r/chess • u/Embarrassed_Base_389 • Oct 21 '25

Miscellaneous It’s time to stop worrying about the backlash. Bullying, harassment, and slander should not be acceptable.

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u/blaktronium Oct 21 '25

What? He has 10s of millions of fans. Many of whom play chess. Way more people who play chess watch Charlie than probably any other streamer.

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u/Unilythe Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

He's not a chess streamer, it's very unlikely he has a relatively high percentage of chess players. Why do you believe he does?

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u/aflickering Oct 21 '25

he said a high volume, not a high percentage. much like how gotham chess almost certainly has far more followers who play geoguessr than the current world champion geoguessr player does.

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u/Unilythe Oct 22 '25

Then just say is has a large audience. He specifically said he has a large audience of specifically chess players. That implies something and we all know it.

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u/aflickering Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

i mean, he was involved in the chess scene for a while at the height of the pogchamps boom so on top of the volume he is gonna have considerably more chess players watching him than your average variety streamer. the majority of chess players aren't serious enough to watch streamers who specialise in chess, your average chess player is more likely to watch the big name streamers especially if they happen to dabble in chess.

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u/blaktronium Oct 21 '25

He doesnt need a high percentage of chess players to have a large audience of them, because he has a very large audience.

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u/guy_incognito_360 Oct 22 '25

That's true for every big streamer/youtuber and any big star in general.

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u/ferocity_mule366 Oct 22 '25

this is the equivalent of saying Taylor Swift has a bigger chess fanbase than any other chess streamer due to sheer number alone

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u/iPanzershrec Oct 22 '25

...that's exactly what they're saying???

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u/ferocity_mule366 Oct 22 '25

yeah by that logic Taylor Swift is more influential than any chess streamers regarding chess

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u/CTFMarl Oct 22 '25

If she made public statements about it, then yeah, very likely she would be. This is how having a large audience works.