Trovo
Platform · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
Important from the first line: the Trovo streaming platform no longer exists. Trovo was a game-streaming service owned by Tencent and registered in Singapore. The trovo.live domain still opens and answers with code 200, but no live broadcasting is left on it: the company shut down the streaming side and kept the mini-games and the shop.
According to the industry outlet Streams Charts, which cites an announcement by the Trovo administration in its help centre, from 1 April 2026 updates to broadcasting-related features stopped, onboarding of new streamers was suspended and purchases of subscriptions and ACE were closed, and on 30 June 2026 at 00:00 (GMT+8) access to the broadcasting module was closed and all streaming services ceased. The same piece says a claim for the return of an unspent balance could be filed until 31 August 2026, and that account data, mini-games, levels and friend lists are retained.
The indirect signs of the shutdown are visible from outside too. The page of the Trovo app in Google Play under the identifier com.tlive.madcat answers "Not Found" (the address is play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tlive.madcat). A search of the App Store catalogue for "trovo" does not return the Trovo app either. Meanwhile the navigation of the front page starts with the Play and Trovo Mini Games section — that is, with games, not with broadcasts.
Who's here
The data that exists now refers to an already closed service. Streams Charts gives its own measurement: in 2025 Trovo broadcasts drew a total of more than 51.7 million watch hours, 26.5% less than a year earlier. This is a measurement by a third-party service, not a statement by the platform.
Getting started
You cannot start. Onboarding of new streamers, according to the quoted announcement, was suspended from 1 April 2026, and the broadcasting module itself has been closed since 30 June 2026. Registering an account on the site is formally available, but it leads to the mini-games and the shop, not to broadcasting.
If you still have a Trovo account, the only action that made sense was the return of an unspent balance; the filing deadline, per the same source, expired on 31 August 2026.
What you can publish
Broadcasts can no longer be published. Trovo's content rules (Community Guidelines) sit at trovo.live/policy/....
The only fragment of the rules that remained readable is the chat anti-spam rule in the developer documentation: one user cannot send the same message to a channel more often than once every 30 seconds and cannot send more than one message per second across all platforms; the restriction does not apply to streamers, moderators and administrators.
How to grow
The section does not apply: a closed platform has no growth mechanics.
Path to monetization
Monetization is closed. According to the quoted announcement, purchases of subscriptions and ACE stopped on 1 April 2026. The only trace of the former economy left in the open technical documentation is the API method "Get Subscribers" with a sub_tier field describing the subscription level: subscriptions had several tiers.
Tools and automation
The developer portal developer.trovo.live remains available and readable — this is the only part of Trovo where verifiable numbers remain.
Application registration was described like this: you had to give the application name, the company name, a contact person and an email, a 500×500 pixel logo, the OAuth redirect address, links to the terms and the privacy policy, and a product description; review took "less than a week". Authorization ran on OAuth 2.0 in two variants — implicit and authorization code.
The rate limit is named outright: on first registration an application received a ceiling of 1200 requests per minute per client identifier, shared by all clients with that identifier; an increase was requested by email. The remaining allowance was returned in the x-ratelimit-limit, x-ratelimit-remaining and x-ratelimit-reset headers.
The set of permissions was narrow — user_details_self, channel_details_self (including the stream key), channel_update_self, channel_subscriptions, chat_send_self, send_to_my_channel and manage_messages. Through the API you could reach game categories, top channels, channel and user details, subscribers, emotes, channel viewers and subscriptions, stream addresses, clips and past broadcasts, issuing Drops, sending and deleting chat messages, and reading chat over a websocket.
The date of the last documentation update is telling: the change log ends with an entry of 9 March 2022 about moving the embeddable player to the player.trovo.live domain. That is, the programming interface had stopped developing long before the shutdown.
Limits and rules
- Service. Broadcasts have ceased; no current broadcasting rules exist.
- API. 1200 requests per minute per client identifier — the ceiling of a closed service.
- Chat. The same message no more than once every 30 seconds, no more than one message per second.
- Indexing. The
robots.txtfile closes off the settings, wallet, rewards, subscriptions and history sections from robots (robots.txt). - Law. The terms of use are placed at
trovo.live/policy/tos.
Who it's for
No one — as a platform for working with an audience, Trovo no longer exists.
The practical takeaway for anyone who maintains platform registries: a server answer of 200 and a domain that opens do not mean the service is alive. Trovo's domain works, the front page renders, the developer documentation is available — and there is no broadcasting. What has to be checked is the function, not the availability of an address.
If you still have material on Trovo, assume the refund window has closed and that recordings of broadcasts may have been deleted along with the broadcasting module.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
About the platform
the Trovo app (com.tlive.madcat) on Google Play answers “Not Found” (code 404); a search of the App Store catalogue for trovo does not return the Trovo app
Our own check of the app stores as of 2026-07-28
source, checked 2026-07-28
the streaming side of Trovo is closed: per the administration's announcement in the help centre, from 1 April 2026 updates to broadcasting features stopped, onboarding of new streamers was suspended and purchases of subscriptions and ACE were closed; on 30 June 2026 at 00:00 (GMT+8) access to the broadcasting module was closed and all streaming services ceased
The address is the platform's own announcement, but the page is assembled by a script and is unreadable without a browser: we have not read it with our own eyes, and the date and wording are taken from a secondary retelling (streamscharts.com). Hence partial: it is the retelling, not us, that vouches for the source's words
source, checked 2026-07-28
the navigation of the home page starts with the Play and Trovo Mini Games sections; entry to live broadcasting is not offered from the home page
The page is assembled by a script, only the navigation items are readable
source, checked 2026-07-28
Sources diverge: a discrepancy with the registry: in data/platforms-registry.csv Trovo is listed with the status alive and the justification “the domain responds, the title matches the service”, yet the streaming service closed on 30 June 2026
A 200 response and a domain that opens do not mean a working service: what has to be checked is the function
source, checked 2026-07-28
Limits and restrictions
one user cannot send the same message to a channel more often than once every 30 seconds and cannot send more than one message per second across all platforms; the restriction does not apply to streamers, moderators and administrators
source, checked 2026-07-28
API access
on first registration an application received a ceiling of 1200 requests per minute per client identifier, shared by all clients with that identifier; an increase was requested by email
Documentation of a closed service; whether the methods work was not checked
source, checked 2026-07-28
API permissions: user_details_self, channel_details_self (including the stream key), channel_update_self, channel_subscriptions, chat_send_self, send_to_my_channel, manage_messages
source, checked 2026-07-28
registering an application required the application and company names, a contact person and email, a 500×500 pixel logo, the OAuth redirect address, links to the terms and the privacy policy and a product description; review took “less than a week”
source, checked 2026-07-28
the API change log ends with an entry of 9 March 2022 about moving the embeddable player to the player.trovo.live domain
The programming interface had stopped developing long before the service closed
source, checked 2026-07-28
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