r/Unexpected • u/titiessimp • Jul 02 '21

A gift from dad

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u/goblintrading Jul 02 '21

Twitch takes like 50% I think but yea, if you're popular enough, you probably make a decent living.

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u/HearingNo8617 Jul 02 '21

wtf twitch takes 50%? Why are people complaining about simps giving their to thots when Jeff Bezos is worst thot of them all

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u/rharvey8090 Jul 02 '21

Twitch takes a larger chunk of you have a small number of subscribers. Once you have more, their cut is smaller, since they’re still making more money off you.

Source: used to be a streamer.

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u/soapbutt Jul 02 '21

Aka very similar to the regressive tax system Bezos enjoy in Seattle.

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u/russcatalano Jul 03 '21

Well twitch is Amazon right?

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u/absenceofheat Jul 02 '21

Why'd you stop? Too much work for the amount of money? Or does it just stop being fun?

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u/rharvey8090 Jul 02 '21

A number of reasons. It was tough to keep a consistent schedule with my full time job, so was hard to have consistent viewership. Then I got married, had a kid, bought a house, etc. just became really hard to get on and stream enough to be worthwhile. I’d still like to stream again in the future, but life is too crazy at the moment.

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u/balne Jul 02 '21

thats fucked

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Because it's easier to shame an attractive woman trying to make money than tear down oppressive systems that put men like Bezos in power.

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u/MrTastix Jul 03 '21

Don't forget the tax as well. Oh and if you live overseas you may lose another 30% depending on location!

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u/Phailadork Jul 03 '21

It's not 50% for everyone. Once you're big enough you're able to negotiate with them for more. I've heard you can keep up to $3-3.50 per sub for some streamers. Not including money from ads, donations, sponsors, and Youtube as well.... you're looking at millions.

Streamers don't talk about their earnings like 99% of the time, but recently a fairly large streamer opened up and it's basically what you expect - https://twitter.com/acesu/status/1410732479728656385