Some categories and Twitch trends provide high viewership and also decent revenue for the channels.
Streaming has become a serious source of income over time and besides the traditional gaming content, some other categories such as “Just Chatting” or gambling are also successful. Streamers now have extensive opportunities to market themselves on the Twitch platform.
Generally, the more viewers a stream generates, the better it potentially earns. To get to this point, Twitch creators try to cover the trends of the platform.
The clear trends can be seen in the respective Twitch overview. In the area of games, the new Amazon MMORPG New World is in the lead and FIFA 22 is also at the top about a week after its release. GTA V is still one of the long-running favourites, which also attracts some well-known German streamers like Pandorya to the platform with its GTA Role Play.
What an RP just… nobody really expected this today holy shit 😀
— Pandorya (@xPandorya) September 20, 2021
If you take a closer look at the (German) streaming world, you will notice that most broadcasts start with “Just Chatting” or that an entire stream functions under this type. While certain games like VALORANT or Fortnite get their own category, Just Chatting is the type of livestream with the greatest and most creative freedom. In addition to normal communication with the community, streamers can earn money while they sleep. Followers can use loud sounds or voice messages to wake up the streamers with the help of donations. Streamer ludwig, for example, ended his subathon after 31 days and collected the equivalent of around 1.3 million euros.
Hot-tub streams go, ASMR streams come
The controversial trend of hot-tub streams also started in the Just Chatting category. Permissive streamers:inside broadcast live entertainment from a pool and generated a lot of income with debatable content. This type of streaming has now been banned by the platform’s guidelines. Instead, well-known former hot tub channels now appear in the ASMR category on Twitch. According to a Twitch leak, former hot tub streamer Amouranth walks away with over $92 thousand Twitch payout from the month of September.
Twitch has just had a major leak of a lot of stuff including their monthly payouts to streamers.
Here are some of the notables (note: this total is just their payout directly from twitch, so it doesn&39;t include donations, sponsors, merch, etc. ) pic.twitter.com/wDG0JkJuCx
— KnowSomething (@KnowS0mething) October 6, 2021
Another controversial trend is the transfer of gambling games such as poker or slot machines. The fees incurred for online casino games can possibly be made up for by the revenues from the videos and streams. Major German streamers such as Montana Black also work with the casino portals, which are expected to account for a certain portion of his revenue in the period August to October 2021 of approximately US$2.3 million.
Finally, the Twitch trends and the successful streamers form a unit. Successful categories make streamers better known and vice versa. This relationship is particularly evident with the release of new games such as New World.
