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How many people make a living from YouTube? What about Twitch? It is not only the people on the screen but people behind the scenes and managers and more.
by Siecje 9y ago
How many people make a living from YouTube? What about Twitch?
It is not only the people on the screen but people behind the scenes and managers and more.
- ac29 9y ago>How many people make a living from YouTube? Not many: "96.5% of all of those trying to become YouTubers won't make enough money off of advertising to crack the U.S. poverty line" http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-youtube-stardom-20180228-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-youtube-stardom-201802...
- dasmoth 9y ago3.5% end up with a meaningful income? That’s probably an order of magnitude more than I’d have guessed! Interesting...
- bpicolo 9y agoThere's a whole ecosystem around it though - advertising agencies, video production equipment, etc. Then there's things like GoPro exist largely as a side-effect of social media networks like YouTube. The real effects of YouTube on the global economy are pretty big!
- Nevaeh 9y agoThere are 27,000+ partnered Twitch streamers that probably makes a decent amount of money. But the majority probably can't make a living with streaming alone. The top 0.01% of partners like Shroud or DrDisrespect can make millions. https://www.twitch.tv/year/2017/factsheet.jpg https://www.twitch.tv/year/2017/factsheet.jpg The mod team is quite important indeed. https://streamernews.tv/2015/10/28/guest-writer-moblord-discusses-more-to-twitch-than-streamers https://streamernews.tv/2015/10/28/guest-writer-moblord-disc...