Stream Uptime Calculator
Calculate your stream uptime percentage and understand the real impact of downtime on your watch hours and revenue. Essential for 24/7 streaming success.
Uptime Settings
Uptime Analysis
Maintain your excellent uptime with TheLoops cloud streaming - no hardware failures, no power outages.
Start 24/7 StreamingUptime SLA Reference
| Uptime % | Downtime/Day | Downtime/Month | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.99% | 8.6 seconds | 4.3 minutes | Enterprise |
| 99.9% | 1.4 minutes | 43.8 minutes | Excellent |
| 99.5% | 7.2 minutes | 3.6 hours | Good |
| 99% | 14.4 minutes | 7.3 hours | Average |
| 95% | 1.2 hours | 36.5 hours | Poor |
The Real Cost of Downtime
📉 Lost Watch Hours
Every minute offline means lost watch hours. With 100 viewers, 1 hour of downtime = 100 lost watch hours.
💸 Revenue Impact
Lost watch hours translate directly to lost ad revenue and slower growth toward monetization.
👥 Viewer Trust
Viewers expect reliability. Frequent downtime leads to audience loss as viewers find alternatives.
*Based on 100 concurrent viewers
Maximizing Stream Uptime
Cloud vs Local Streaming
Cloud streaming services typically offer 99.9%+ uptime with redundancy and automatic failover. Local setups are vulnerable to power outages, hardware failures, and internet issues.
Automatic Reconnection
Professional streaming setups include automatic reconnection when disconnections occur. This minimizes downtime from brief internet interruptions or platform issues.
24/7 Monitoring
Monitor your stream around the clock with alerts for any issues. Early detection of problems allows for faster resolution and less total downtime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Stream uptime is the percentage of time your live stream is actually running compared to the total time it should be running. For 24/7 streaming, 100% uptime means your stream never went down. 99% uptime for a month means about 7.3 hours of downtime.
Uptime directly affects your watch hours and revenue. Every minute of downtime is lost potential viewership. With 100 concurrent viewers, 1 hour of downtime costs you 100 watch hours. High uptime also improves viewer retention as people expect reliability.
Common causes include: internet disconnections, power outages, encoding software crashes, YouTube server issues, stream key rotation, and hardware failures. Cloud streaming services typically offer higher reliability than local setups.
99.9% uptime is considered excellent for streaming services. This means less than 44 minutes of downtime per month. 99% (7.3 hours/month downtime) is acceptable. Below 99% indicates reliability issues that should be addressed.
Use a cloud streaming service instead of local hardware, set up automatic stream restarts, use a UPS for power backup, have redundant internet connections, and monitor your stream 24/7 with alerts. TheLoops handles all of this automatically.