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16 September 2026

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Taskmaster takes its YouTube-grown audience to Twitch for charity stream with creators

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.

What this story rests on:  4 verified figures · 2 sources cited
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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.

Our reading

Our reading is that 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.

Source details and supporting facts

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Stated by tubefilter.com

  • Before Taskmaster episodes arrived on YouTube, few Americans were familiar with the British panel show.
  • Producer Avalon started sharing entire Taskmaster seasons online for free.
  • To raise money for the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the stars of Taskmaster took to Twitch.
  • Comedian Jake Bhardwaj took over as Taskmaster's host for its Twitch debut.

Sources

  1. TubefilterText stored 15 September 2026

How this story was checked. Written from the 1 page listed above, stored 15 September 2026; claims checked against that stored text on 15 September 2026.

What that means
  • 4 of 4 reported statements were confirmed against the page that carries them; the rest were removed rather than published.
  • Figures in the text were required to appear in the stored source text: yes. Identifiers: yes.
  • The check reads stored text only: no claim rests on a fresh look that did not happen.
  • Where the reporting was silent, the text says so instead of filling the gap.

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