Twitch Streamers Earn Less Income
Every day, Twitch hosts thousands of users and content creators, making it the undisputed leader in the streaming ecosystem. However, it was noticed at the beginning of September that TimTheTatman and DrLupo, two of the platform’s most popular streamers, had moved to YouTube. This situation appears to be largely the result of a monetary issue.
In a chat with The Washington Post, several anonymous sources, including former Twitch employees and other members of the industry with knowledge of the situation, claimed that the streaming platform changed the focus of the contracts on purpose.
This allows content creators to earn less money for the same number of transmission hours. Twitch “lowered it” in the final negotiations of DrLupo’s contract, according to anonymous sources, making the idea of a YouTube migration much more appealing.
The most popular streaming platform is Twitch.
According to The Washington Post, DrLupo signed a lucrative deal with Twitch about two years ago, around the same time that platform heavyweights like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Michael “shroud” Grzesiek made the decision to switch to Mixer. Twitch was forced to offer very lucrative contracts to the remaining content creators as a result of this situation.
However, we must keep in mind that Mixer was not the resounding success that its creators had hoped for, and it closed its doors in 2020. This put Twitch in a unique position, as it has established itself as the most popular streaming platform, and it appears that, despite the rise of Facebook Gaming, it no longer needs to offer excessively lucrative deals.
Finally, according to Ryan Morrison, the director of the talent agency Evolved, which represents influencers like Felix “xQc” Lengyel, Twitch is offering fewer and fewer contracts, and those that are available are worth less.
“At least in my experience, there is almost nothing outside of North America. That isn’t to say there aren’t lucrative and surprising offers out there, but they aren’t as plentiful as they once were, according to Ryan Morrison.