Twitch: Not everyone benefits from big money from streamers

Twitch: Not everyone benefits from big money from streamers


from Claus Ludewig
Twitch wants to lower the payout limit for streamers. Although smaller streamers should benefit, there is also resistance to the new approach.

In the coming months, Twitch wants to lower the limit for payments to its streamers, and the new rules have been in effect for a few days in the first countries. So far, money was only transferred when the streamer had reached a minimum monthly income of 100 US dollars through subscriptions, bits, advertising revenue, etc. In the future, the limit should be 50 US dollars. Smaller streamers in particular should be able to benefit. Now there is resistance to this change to the withdrawal requirements. Some content creators complain that they could soon be making less money.

Cutters complain that they don’t earn enough

The video editors behind well-known streamers fear that they will receive less money due to the payout limit. Finally, behind the successful streamers are editors who edit the video material, contribute ideas and usually leave the stage entirely to their streamers. However, in the case of popular League of Legends twitch streamer Yassuo, editor Pinoy is visible. He jumps into the frame and prompts anyone watching the video (opens in a new tab) to press both the Like and Dislike buttons. Pinoy is paid by revenue from streamer Yassuo.

Since many streamers produce videos between six and eight hours a day, there is no more time to cut the videos, insert advertising clips and the like. Consequently, there are editors who prepare the videos for a fee before they can be seen online on Twitch & Co. Some editors even take care of their streamer’s entire YouTube channel, writing posts in response to user comments and drafting descriptions of the content. Away from streamers, video editors can work at film studios and earn between $50,000 and $120,000 per year per film in the US. To make money on Twitch, streamers need at least 75 recent viewers and at least 25 hours of video footage per month. According to an internal evaluation, only 0.015 percent of all streamers on Twitch earn enough money to make a living from it. An editor receives, for example, for a cut video five hours of work around 100 US dollars. Smaller streamers don’t make enough money to hire professional editors, and some of the big streamers don’t pay their editors fairly, allegations have been made. If you switch platforms, the question of the conversion rate arises, i.e. how many users actually switch to the other platform. Either way, the number of followers is important to make yourself attractive to sponsors and ultimately to be able to earn money with Twitch & Co.

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Collection on the lower payout limit and criticism of it:

  • In the coming months, the payout limit at Twitch will drop from $100 to $50. Smaller streamers in particular should benefit from this.
  • However, the video editors behind well-known streamers fear that the payout limit will make them less money. After all, the successful streamers are backed by cutters who cut the video material, bring in ideas and leave the stage to the streamer in the video.
  • Not all big streamers pay their editors fairly and small streamers can’t afford professional editors. For example, an editor gets around $100 for a five-hour edited video.
  • On the other hand, when an editor works with a film studio, you can earn anywhere from $50,000 to $120,000 a year in the US.

Sources: PC gamers, Twitter



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