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Topic	Do any of you stream gaming content regularly?
Strife2 05/01/21 7:48:04 PM #25:	CaptainOfCrush posted... That all sounds like excellent advice, Pun, and I'm glad you're treating this as a hobby (hopefully one you really enjoy), but the fact that it took you weeks (months?) of streaming to earn your first $100 check was eye-opening for me. It seems like hardly anyone can merely eke out a living from being a Twitch streamer, let alone becoming the next big thing. This...this...this...this. Unless you grow at an absurd rate out of nowhere, know a streamer who will give you raids and a massive head start, or whatever, growth is almost non-existant at the best of times. Said growth does not mean cheers, bits, subs either. Those are very hard to come by. The only people I've seen get hype trains and even a decent monthly payout are variety or retro streamers getting 500-1000 followers (some at 2k-3k). Or those who have built in audiences from somewhere THEN do Twitch with that built in base. Most are Youtubers who find Youtube gives them shit for money and Patreon and Twitch offer way more direct funding than CPMs do. That or crazy skilled esports or speedrunner people. I think 2 million or more channels exist now. I don't think most Partners make living wages much less the .00000000001%. The fact those are even super low numbers by Twitch standards is striking. The bell curve is real. I think there are cases you get some high sub counts, but that is very rare or a heavy "first tier/free Prime sub" sort of scenario. People spending money on you and making that a "thing" that just happens is not an expectation, nor should ever be considered as such. Making a living wage of this is damn near impossible. If you have the startup money to do Twitch or Youtube, it is a great outlet for creativity or expression or just playing games for the hell of it. I use it as a way to act or do public speaking practice rather than chat or get to know people. Just know it is a sort of "sunken cost" done more for the enjoyment of doing it rather than trying to make the money...much less making money back on what you spend. Sounds REALLY fucking jaded...not trying to be --- "Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning" Copernicus - Candlemass <cite>Strife2 posted [p:953452437] in Do any of ... [t:79435313]...</cite> <quote>CaptainOfCrush posted... </cite> <quote>That all sounds like excellent advice, Pun, and I'm glad you're treating this as a hobby (hopefully one you really enjoy), but the fact that it took you weeks (months?) of streaming to earn your first $100 check was eye-opening for me. It seems like hardly anyone can merely eke out a living from being a Twitch streamer, let alone becoming the next big thing.</quote> This...this...this...this. Unless you grow at an absurd rate out of nowhere, know a streamer who will give you raids and a massive head start, or whatever, growth is almost non-existant at the best of times. Said growth does not mean cheers, bits, subs either. Those are very hard to come by. The only people I've seen get hype trains and even a decent monthly payout are variety or retro streamers getting 500-1000 followers (some at 2k-3k). Or those who have built in audiences from somewhere THEN do Twitch with that built in base. Most are Youtubers who find Youtube gives them shit for money and Patreon and Twitch offer way more direct funding than CPMs do. That or crazy skilled esports or speedrunner people. I think 2 million or more channels exist now. I don't think most Partners make living wages much less the .00000000001%. The fact those are even super low numbers by Twitch standards is striking. The bell curve is real. I think there are cases you get some high sub counts, but that is very rare or a heavy "first tier/free Prime sub" sort of scenario. People spending money on you and making that a "thing" that just happens is not an expectation, nor should ever be considered as such. Making a living wage of this is damn near impossible. If you have the startup money to do Twitch or Youtube, it is a great outlet for creativity or expression or just playing games for the hell of it. I use it as a way to act or do public speaking practice rather than chat or get to know people. Just know it is a sort of "sunken cost" done more for the enjoyment of doing it rather than trying to make the money...much less making money back on what you spend. Sounds REALLY fucking jaded...not trying to be --- "Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning" Copernicus - Candlemass</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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