In my humble opinion, dark mode is one of the greatest advancements in technology ever created. No longer do your retinas suffer from the white hot, blinding, makes-you-see-orbs-for-the-next-five-minutes pain of light mode. Unless that's your thing? No judgement.

Along with sight-saving properties, here are some reasons why Dark Mode Black and White Streamer Overlays are trending in 2025. And why you should consider them for your stream.

• Elegant and professional. Nothing says "clean and simple, but also fire" the way that monochrome does. Sleek lines, luxury feel and still engaging for your viewers.
• Black and white streamer overlays go with pretty much any content. Gaming, tech reviews, table top, Just Chatting, music, art; the list goes on.
• Non intrusive. Want to employ some stream overlays on your channel and get your viewers interacting with alerts and events - but also don't want to take any focus from the content? Monochrome overlays are understated and effective.
• My personal little known fact - black and white overlays are less intensive to load. Meaning, you're saving your own machine from any extra effort that could be put into more frames or not being able to use lag as the reason you didn't hit that shot. And you're also making it easier for your viewers to load your stream on their PCs, tablets and mobile phones. Isn't that nice?