Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI make games and this literally happened to me this morninglemmy.worldimagemessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1878arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1856arrow-down1imageI make games and this literally happened to me this morninglemmy.worldRoad_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square170fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoad_Warrior_10@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoI 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 $50 per month…
minus-squareRiQuY@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoI streamed for like a year and a half+ and I only managed to reach the 50$ treshold to cash out 2 times, so yeah, it’s very rough.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDo they just, make the money disappear if you don’t reach the 50 or do they add up till you reach 50?
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoFor 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.
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 $50 per month…
I streamed for like a year and a half+ and I only managed to reach the 50$ treshold to cash out 2 times, so yeah, it’s very rough.
Do they just, make the money disappear if you don’t reach the 50 or do they add up till you reach 50?
They save it.
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.