# Constant jumps in Viewers **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [December 12, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504 "2016-12-12T13:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jp\_smartself](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jp_smartself/32/2296_2.png) [@jp\_smartself](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jp_smartself)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/1 "2016-12-12T13:52:31Z")
Hey guys, since I started to track the viewers of some streams that interested me, some of them have quite constant jumps in viewers (like 150 every 2 minutes up and down). Did anyone of you saw a behaviour like this? Is there a known API problem that could cause it? Thanks for sharing your thoughts, JP ---
**Author:** ![Ribesg](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/ribesg/32/1365_2.png) [@Ribesg](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Ribesg)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/2 "2016-12-12T16:15:18Z")
Note that when you retrieve the amount of viewers of a stream from the Twitch API, it’s not live (at all). It’s a cached value updated every few minutes. I sometimes received the exact same value from the API for more than 5 minutes before it got updated. It’s not a jump, it’s just that the value just got updated. ---
**Author:** ![jp\_smartself](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jp_smartself/32/2296_2.png) [@jp\_smartself](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jp_smartself)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/3 "2016-12-13T08:00:10Z")
Hey Ribesg, I guess that is defenietly a point to mention here. Although I think that does not explain why tracking a stream every 5 minutes, the viewers go like this: 470, 315, 467, 312, 465, 467, 310, 470 and so on. Did you experienced any behaviour like this in your trackings? Greets, Jens ---
**Author:** ![flgr](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/flgr/32/2294_2.png) [@flgr](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/flgr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/4 "2016-12-13T14:45:50Z")
Hey jp\_smartself, we are aware of one issue that might be causing this that we plan to fix in January. Can you ping me personally at [flgr@twitch.tv](mailto:flgr@twitch.tv) if you still see the issue after end of January? Thank you very much and sorry for the delay here. ---
**Author:** ![jp\_smartself](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jp_smartself/32/2296_2.png) [@jp\_smartself](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jp_smartself)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/5 "2016-12-13T16:25:31Z")
Hey flgr, January is absolutely acceptable since christmas time is just about to start. Thanks for your help and support, I will contact you if necessary. Greets, Jens ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/constant-jumps-in-viewers/8504/6 "2017-01-12T16:25:36Z")
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