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Instead, Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches had figures that put it in the same realm as games like Teamfight Tactics, Genshin Impact, PUBG, and Overwatch. Meanwhile, the \u201cbeaches\u201d portion of the category has already led to it becoming about more than just people in swimsuits. The sixth most-watched channel in the category so far has been the MarineMammalRescue.\u00a0 The channel streams marine mammals hanging out in their rescue habitats with playful titles about being the \u201c#1 Cold Tub Stream\u201d and having the \u201cHOTTEST\u201d sea otters with the \u201cTHICCEST FUR.\u201d With mediocre early viewership, the Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category likely won\u2019t be the \u201cmeta\u201d that it's been popularly portrayed as. Instead, it will likely only serve as a niche genre on the platform. Research released by StreamElements and Spiketrap last week showed that overall, the \u201chot tub meta\u201d had a negative sentiment attached to it overall. Ultimately, it was turned into a category after popular hot tub streamer Amouranth expressed issues with Twitch taking away her ad revenue without telling her. The platform later admitted that it took advertising off of some channels without telling creators. 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