
Each channel subscriber on Twitch represents at least a $4.99 monthly payment, with a minority of subscribers choosing the $9.99 or $24.99 tiers for extra perks. The implication is that his critics could've estimated his income before the leak by looking at his subscriber count. "Cant wait for ppl to be mad at me about my publicly available sub count again," he wrote on Twitter, referencing an ongoing argument over his income's compatibility or incompatibility with the political views he expresses. Political commentator HasanAbi, who according to the data has grossed $2,810,480 on Twitch from August 2019 to now, has indicated that his leaked number is more or less accurate. Some of the streamers at that level are live every day of the week for sessions that last anywhere from 2 to 12 hours.

There are around 8.8 million active streamers on Twitch (via Twitch Tracker), which means you'd need to be in the top 0.015% of all streamers to make the median US household income from direct Twitch streaming revenue.

To make that much per year on Twitch, assuming you aren't bringing in money from sources not included in this data, you'd have to be one of Twitch's top 1,322 streamers right now.
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At 1,000th place, a streamer makes around $85,000 per year-what a junior software engineer might make in California, depending on where they're hired.Īccording to the US Census Bureau, the median US household income in 2020 was $67,521. When you get into the 400s, streamers are making less than $150,000 per year from direct Twitch revenue, somewhere in the range of an optometrist. At 200th, the yearly gross income is around $270,000.
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A longer copy of the unverified list seen by PC Gamer shows that the 100th most successful Twitch streamer makes approximately $400,000 per year from Twitch payouts. The revenue drops off pretty quickly as the list goes on. The data does at least confirm estimations of how much money a person can make directly from streaming on Twitch, and it's a lot-although only a tiny percentage of streamers are making 'quit your job' money.
