I can't even begin to understand how hard it is to make it on Twitch. I assume probably the top 1000 streamers make the real money and the rest 99,5% probably make like $50 per month...

[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I streamed for like a year and a half+ and I only managed to reach the 50$ treshold to cash out 2 times, so yeah, it's very rough.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I streamed for 2 years and I got 5 viewers at once that one time my friend raided me. I'm not fit for human consumption.

[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

My average was between 2 and 3 viewers.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do they just, make the money disappear if you don't reach the 50 or do they add up till you reach 50?

[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

They save it.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 2 months ago

For most people, it's a hobby for fun, not a job.

Those that want to make a job out of it tend to spread out the content creation to youtube and tiktok, and often sponsorships fill in the gaps.

The ones that actually make a decent living only from streaming are a fraction of one percent.