added by sari · updated 2y ago
How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music
- the top gamer on the platform makes ~10x more money from direct payouts per year than the top music artist on the platform.
from How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music by Cherie Hu
sari added 3y ago
- The top 10 music accounts on Twitch by direct earnings make between $50,000 and $400,000 a year from channel subscriptions, ads and Twitch Bit donations. The vast majority of these accounts belong to independent artists, and there is almost no correlation between an artist’s Spotify followers and their Twitch earnings.
from How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music by Cherie Hu
sari added 3y ago
- From a revenue perspective, success is much less about an artist capitalizing on their existing audience size elsewhere, and more about an artist engaging consistently over a long period of time.
from How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music by Cherie Hu
sari added 3y ago
- The music livestreaming economy undeniably favors independent artists — but it’s really challenging to make a sustainable living from livestreaming, with a power law that still sees the top 1% commanding the majority of revenue.
from How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music by Cherie Hu
sari added 3y ago