As a person who started on purple app and then proceeded to multistream with YT I would say that YouTube lowkey could become better than twitch if not already. I am not sure if it is just me but YouTube algorithm shows me SO MUCH MORE to people than twitch. Twitch discoverability imo is just BAD ASF.
To elaborate, I started streaming on YT probably about a month ago or so. So many people joined and told me their fyp page showed me to them and they are happy about it, give me sub, while twitch chat usually tells me they found me through YT shorts/TikTok and rarely fyp page. And just for you to also know: I am consistent in all the platforms I use. And for consistency only TikTok and YT rewards me but never twitch. And I am not some person who got viral or anything, I am just doing okay with views, nothing crazy or out of ordinary.
To sum up. I don't think you should feel bad about picking YT or twitch, it's just depends what you prefer the most. And I don't think that YouTube is a bad start. I genuenly think that thanks for it's shorts system and algorithm push of all videos, in the long run it would work better for you, even if the growth is slow.
Quick question,
I saw lots of new vtubers picked Twitch to start on but I decided to stream on YouTube instead since I like their VODs system more. Have I should picked Twitch instead ๐ญ? I feel a bit left out when everyone show their Twitch