Created 12 years ago, Streamate holds the record for the largest number of girls online, with 1500 webcammers on average, providing customers with an unparalleled selection of hostesses. It is one of the rare sites on which you can easily find girls from the United States. It’s no surprise why the site has become very popular in English-speaking countries (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and others).

Its modern design, the variety of shows offered, and the webcam quality provide a high-level user experience rarely seen in the adult webcam entertainment industry. Thanks to the Gold Show, you can participate in a group show for only a few dollars without breaking the bank (how this works is explained later). The HD is true high-definition and it’s a pure joy to behold.

The girls are usually very pretty and friendly and communicate well. They know how to relax you and make you feel comfortable. You often get a little audio greeting when you go into video chat, which is nice, as it makes you feel welcomed. The girls are comfortable talking about themselves, their lives, about anything at all, and they’re not fake. Each model sets her own rates for exclusive and premium chat. For this reason, there are a wide variety of rates that begin at $1.44 for non-exclusive premium mode (other customers can join you in private).

The site’s design is very modern and largely inspired by the latest versions of the Windows 8 operating system. Navigation is simplified as best possible, and everything is made easily accessible to improve the user experience.

The main information is displayed on the webcam previews such as the hostess’ nickname, her country abbreviation, her age, and the kind of show in progress: gold show, party chat or online for traditional mode. By hovering the cursor over the previews, an personalised description appears, Anicha White’s, who boasts having made more than a million guys ejaculate.

The main menu located on the left allows you to sort the webcams based on physical criteria, race, physical features, or age. So you are able to display only older women who are in at least their 30s, girls who do anal shows, hostesses with shaved pussies, or even tattooed women. If you like a very specific kind of woman, there are 37 criteria available to help you find those rare pearls.

In each profile’s “my tags” section, you can find keywords added by customers to better describe a model. As such, the keywords “biceps” or “muscular” will likely appear for a muscular girl, for example. By clicking on one of the keywords, all girls on the site whose profile contains a similar keyword will appear in the results. This is a great way to find girls with something in common.

The horizontal main menu allows you to display cams according to technical features like HD video quality, the kind of show (gold or party chat), or audio to display only girls who have activated their webcam’s sound.

Region is a location criterion that restricts the cams displayed to a single geographical area such as North America, Western Europe, Asia or Africa. If you have a penchant for European or Asian girls, for example, this feature can be very useful.

You can also display models based on their average customer feedback scores (a useful way to avoid models with mediocre performances), or by the language they speak.

The number of girls online, more than 1500 on average, is very remarkable. This makes streamate the number one site in terms of women online. There is a large selection, and many girls from all backgrounds are available. Even if you have very unique tastes or fetishes, you will be able to find the woman of your dreams.

There are a great many English-speaking girls from the United States, UK, Canada and Australia. It’s no coincidence that streamate is the most popular webcam site in these countries. What I like about English girls is their sense of showmanship, and their real American-style shows. They are good at entertaining you by talking, organising contests, challenges, and keeping things moving. In general, they are the ones who collect the most tips.

American girls make up about 15% of all the hostesses. This may seem low at first glance, but in reality it equates to 230 girls on average. Proportionately, girls from Eastern Europe (including Russia) are the most numerous (45% on average), but this is far less than on other lives where they can represent up to 90% of the girls online. South American and Asia bring up the rear with 10% and 5% of those online, respectively. The few African girls come from South Africa primarily, and the Asians are from the Philippines.

For most webcams, HD quality is the norm, and the higher frame rate provides TV-quality image fluidity. You can even see some of the models’ skin texture, proof that the resolution is very high. The standard image resolution provides comfortable viewing, in both medium and large sizes. The chat window always remains at the right of the screen so you don’t miss out on any of the conversation.

The chat can be personalised. You can choose your text font and colour, add emoticons and use customisation tools to make yourself stand out so that the hostess will more easily notice you. In case you cannot read the text or if you have a large screen, you can enlarge the text size to improve chat legibility. The model often writes something that is displayed at the top of the chat to share her mood, what she wants right now, or what she offers as services in exchange for gold donations.

The number of people in a chat room is publically displayed, and if there are a lot of people, you’ll know soon enough. You can see the members’ usernames who are in the room by clicking on the number.

To encourage the model or make her perform a special request, like a strip tease, a tit flash, or something else, use the gold button (which is actually yellow). This allows you to give her a tip for the amount she asks to fulfil your request. Agree to the amount she wants in exchange for the action you want her to do.

If you want a one-on-one show to fulfil all of your sexual fantasies with your favourite girl, click on watch my show live by selecting exclusive mode. This way, other members will be unable to disturb you or join the show.

Exclusive and Premium modes are traditional private shows, and the real difference is the level of exclusivity. In exclusive mode you are one-on-one with the girl, she is entirely dedicated to you and no other members are able to join. Premium mode is non-exclusive, and other customers can join you in private at any time. Premium mode is generally 30% less expensive than Exclusive mode.

The Gold Show works differently. The model posts the financial target she wants in order to begin her show ($60, for example) and every member is encouraged to make a gold tip for the minimum amount requested ($2 for example) to participate in her show. Anyone who gives a tip will automatically participate as soon as the show begins, but if the financial target is not reached in the time allotted, then the gold show is cancelled and nobody is debited. Information about the minimum amount requested and the show’s duration are highlighted in yellow in the chat window.

In your Member Account you will find a summary of your personal information, which you can update at any time, a messaging system you can use to send/receive messages with the models, and even an account transaction history with the dates of your spending, including the model’s name, length and kind of show, as well as the amount.

In the Favourites tab you can set up SMS notifications to be alerted when your favourite models log into the site. Simply input your phone number, the time of day you wish to receive these notifications, and your daily limit of SMS messages to receive.

More surprising is the fact that there is a fixed daily spending limit, which varies according to the customer’s profile. Normally the limit is set at $100 per day. It can be lowered if you are considered an at-risk customer. After 45 days, you can request to have this limit increased. This preventative measure has been implemented to prevent credit card fraud and to reduce non-payment.

Each model is free to set her own rates, so you will see a wide disparity in rates between girls that can vary from single to double. For exclusive chat in a private individual session, the rate begins at $1.89 per minute, and the average rate charged is $2.99. Non-exclusive premium chat in which other customers can join you in private costs at least $1.44, with an average rate of $1.99. The premium chat mode is without a doubt the kind of private show providing the best value for the money. Some girls charge prohibitive prices around $4.99 or $5.99 a minute in Exclusive mode, but unless they are a well-known porn star, a very popular model, or they perform unique services, I don’t really understand how such rates are justified.

If you are looking for great prices, I recommend the gold shows. In these, you can participate in a private group show lasting 5 to 10 minutes on average, for less than $10 (usually $2 or $3).

Lastly, only credit cards are accepted for payment. If you don’t have a credit card, there is no alternative payment method provided. Considering the site’s popularity, it is surprising that credits cannot be purchased using prepaid cards, bitcoins or through audiotel.