Put your cameraon the map.
People come to EARF to see the world by place: a country, a city, a stretch of coast. List your live stream and it is there when they arrive, playing in your own player, with every view counted on your channel.
- Cost
- Free to list
- Review
- Usually 24 hours
- Account
- Not required
- EARF's cut
- None
Your stream never leaves your channel.
EARF is a window onto your stream, not a copy of it. Follow the signal from your camera to the person watching and it only ever passes through your own channel.
- SRC
Your camera
You run it and you own it. Nothing about how you stream changes.
- CH
Your channel
The stream stays on YouTube, on your channel, under your settings.
- EMBED
EARF
Plays it in YouTube's official embedded player. Nothing is downloaded, copied or restreamed.
- VIEW
The viewer
Finds you by place. Every view and every minute watched counts on your channel.
- Plays your stream through YouTube's official embedded player
- Gives it a page with its title, location and a link to your channel
- Pins it on the map and lists it in its country, city and category
- Downloads, re-encodes, mirrors or restreams your video
- Takes a share of anything your stream earns
- Keeps showing it after you take it down
One stream in. Six ways to be found.
On YouTube, people have to know your channel to find it. On EARF they are looking for somewhere, and your camera is already there when they arrive.
- Out 1
The Explore map
Pinned exactly where it is filming, beside the weather and alerts around it.
- Out 2
Country pages
Listed with every other camera in its country.
- Out 3
Home page rows
In the city and category rows people browse from the front of EARF.
- Out 4
Search
Found by place name, city or stream title.
- Out 5
Its own page
An indexed page with your title, location and a link back to your channel.
- Out 6
New cameras
Shown with the latest cameras to go live once it is approved.
From link to live.
Only the first step needs anything from you.
EARF takes nothing.
What your stream earns is between you and YouTube. It never passes through EARF, so there is nothing for us to take a share of.
What you keep
- Ads served inside your stream
- YouTube's own monetisation
- Memberships, tips and Super Chats
- A support link under your stream, for verified partners
How EARF pays its way
EARF is independent, built and run by one developer. It is paid for by a small number of its own ads on selected pages and by members who choose to support it, and the developer covers whatever those do not.
What may change
Listing is free. As EARF grows, verifying partners may come with a one-time fee to cover review and upkeep. If it does, we will say so clearly and in advance, and anyone already listed keeps the terms they joined on. What will not change: EARF takes no share of what your stream earns.
Inputs.
YouTube today. Twitch and Kick are on the roadmap.
- Input 1Active
YouTube
Any YouTube live stream. It plays through YouTube's official embed, so watch time and monetisation stay on your channel.
- Input 2Planned
Twitch
On the roadmap.
- Input 3Planned
Kick
On the roadmap.
Running an event?
Concerts, festivals, launches and races need more than a map pin. For event partners we build a page around the broadcast: a countdown before it starts, the running order while it is on, and the whole thing kept up afterwards. Tell us early, and there is more we can build.
- CountdownA page before the start, with the time in each viewer's own timezone.
- Running orderSet times, stages and sessions, linked to the right feed as each goes live.
- Multi-dayFull programmes across several days for festivals and conferences.
- PromotionFeatured across EARF in the run-up, so the audience arrives before the stream.
Questions.
Something else? Signed in, you can open a ticket and talk to us directly.
Do I have to move my stream to EARF?
No. It stays on your channel. EARF plays it through YouTube's official embedded player, the same way any other site that embeds you does.
Do I need an account to submit?
No, anyone can submit a stream. Signed in, the submission is credited to your EARF profile and it is easier for us to reach you about it.
Will it affect my monetisation?
It should not. Playback runs through the official embed, so views and ads are handled by YouTube under its own rules, as they are on any site that embeds you. EARF takes no share.
What happens after I submit?
A person reviews it, usually within 24 hours and up to 72 over a weekend. You hear back either way, and if it is declined we tell you why so you can fix it and send it again.
Can I have my stream taken down?
Yes. Open a support ticket and we will remove it. You can also switch off embedding in YouTube, which takes it off EARF straight away. No contracts, no penalties. Open a ticket
What kind of streams do you accept?
Anything live with a real location: city and traffic cameras, wildlife and weather, beaches, harbours and airports, travel and IRL streams, and news channels. If it can have a pin, we want it.
Can viewers support me from EARF?
Verified partners can have a donation or tip link shown under their stream, so people who found you here have a direct way to back your work.
Get on the map.
A few minutes, no account needed, nothing to pay. Send us the stream and we will take it from there.
Talking to us is through a support ticket. Signed out? Sign in or create a free account first.
- Cost
- Free
- Review
- Usually 24 hours
- Account
- Not required
- Our cut
- Nothing