Streaming *IS* a job for some people (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Thursday, September 24, 2015, 21:55 (3444 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Kind of crazy. I didn’t expect to see people get financial success streaming games.

I must be getting old, I just don't understand how/why streaming & followers make you money.

Ad revenue.

That's only for the absolute biggest channels and streamers. Online CPM are really, really low.

The more viable model is a patronage/sponsorship one. It's not unusual for streamers to get some small percentage of their large following to make small monthly payments in return for preferential treatment (early content access, text/voice chat during events, or actually playing with the streamer).