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How much money could be made for $5 subscriptions? How much of that money does Twitch pocket? What are the rates on ads, especially with a tech-savvy audience that mostly has AdBlock installed. Twitch doesn’t go into specifics on its website. Partners charge $5 monthly to allow for private chats, emoticons, and whatever else the streamer can come up with. Another benefit is the more applicable here: You can get subscribers. The advantages of being a partner? First, you can add a broadcast delay, which makes it possible to stream a tournament without having cheaters on the other end updating players with what the other team is doing. New users coming from sites like YouTube should apply only if they have over 15,000 views per video and over 100,000 subscribers. To become a partner, Twitch requires that your average viewership be above 500 and that you stream at least three times a week. Bonnell has an advantage over the average, casual streamer on Twitch-he’s a partner. Twitch publicly details how its users can monetize their streams, though it doesn’t go into specifics on the average amount of money flying into bank accounts. I spoke to one of the more successful streamers on Twitch, Steven Bonnell (often referred to by his Twitch name Destiny) to break down how a career in streaming works. But what’s less known are the details: How much can you make? And how exactly do you make it? Yes, you can make playing full-time video games a full-time job. If you’re sleeping on the effect that gaming has on the Internet, think about how the second youngest company (Netflix) on that list was founded 14 years before Twitch existed. 4 highest trafficking site on the Internet during peak hours, putting it right behind Netflix, Google, and Apple. Your average news story about streaming site Twitch usually begins with a statement that’s meant to shock readers: You can make a living playing video games.īut this isn’t really news to anyone who’s followed the platform over the past four years.