Sleep Stream Guide: How to Stream Without Bans

Sleeping on Stream? Is it Legal?

Yes, sleeping on stream (known as a Sleep Stream or Sleepathon) has become a legitimate and extremely lucrative category. Streamers like AsianAndy have earned $16,000 USD in a single night simply by sleeping while chat wakes them up.

BUT, it's a minefield. If you don't follow the rules to the letter, you could lose your channel forever. Here we explain how to do it safely.

Golden Rules: Twitch vs Kick

On Twitch

Twitch allows sleeping on stream under the "I'm Only Sleeping" category (or Just Chatting if it doesn't exist), BUT with strict conditions:

• ✅ Correct Category: You must be in the proper category.
• ❌ No Unattended Content: Technically you cannot leave the stream "alone." However, sleeping is considered an exception as long as you have active moderation.
• ❌ Dress Code: You must wear street clothes or appropriate pajamas. No visible or suggestive underwear.
• ❌ Location: Sleep in a normal bed. No dangerous places.

On Kick

Kick is more permissive, but has its own red lines:

• ✅ 100% Allowed: Kick encourages this type of IRL content.
• ❌ Safety: You cannot put your life at risk.
• ❌ Moderation: Your chat MUST be moderated 24 hours a day. If someone posts something illegal in chat while you are sleeping, you are responsible.

The Big Danger: Media Share

The main way to earn money in a Sleepathon is through Media Share: viewers pay to play videos/audios and wake you up.

How to Setup Safe Media Share

To do it right, you need to use tools like StreamElements or StreamLabs with these filters active:

1. Pre-Moderation: Configure it so mods must approve each video before it plays. (Requires awake mods).
2. YouTube Safe Only: Limit to YouTube videos (Twitch already filters a lot there).
3. Max Duration: Limit to 10-15 seconds.
4. Limited Volume: Use a limiter in OBS to avoid damaging eardrums (yours and the stream's).

Technical Configuration in OBS

Your OBS setup for sleeping should be different from your gaming one.

1. "Sleep Mode" Scene

Create a specific scene that has:

• Camera: Focused on the bed (ensure good dim lighting, infrared light, or a small lamp).
• TriBathon Timer: Large and visible.
• On-Screen Chat: So viewers can see their messages.
• Donation Alerts: Visual and audible (the business is for them to wake you up).
• Last Events List: Who donated, who subscribed.

2. Audio (The money is here)

Setup your alerts (TTS - Text to Speech) to play in your headphones/speakers AND on stream.

• $5 Donation: Soft sound.
• $20 Donation: Loud alarm.
• $50 Donation: "Nuclear" sound (without breaking volume rules).

TriBathon Timer Configuration

While you sleep, the goal is to keep the timer alive.

1. Activate Happy Hour (Off-peak):

   Set a 2x multiplier in TriBathon between 3 AM and 9 AM. Since there are fewer people, give them double value to keep donating.

2. Auto Recovery:

   It's CRITICAL. If the power goes out and comes back, TriBathon recovers the time. If you use a cheap timer that resets to 0, you'll wake up to a chat in flames.

3. Nighttime Goals:

   Put up a visible goal: "If we hit 500 subs tonight, I wake up with a bucket of water."

Safety Checklist (Anti-Doxxing)

Sleeping makes you vulnerable. Protect your privacy.

• ✅ Cover windows: No one should be able to see where you live through the window.
• ✅ Disable Alexa/Google Home: Trolls can activate them with TTS ("Alexa, say my address").
• ✅ Safe clothing: Wear clothes that won't shift or reveal anything if you roll over while sleeping.
• ✅ Locked door: Ensure no one enters your room unexpectedly.

Conclusion

Sleep Streams are the most efficient way to monetize a subathon 24 hours a day. If you follow the rules and have active mods, it's "passive" money while you rest.

Essential tool: Make sure to use TriBathon so the timer and Happy Hour manage time automatically while you dream of little angels (or donation alerts).