The changes go into effect next year.
Twitch is reducing how much money it shares with some of the biggest streamers on the platform.
Right now, the majority of partnered streamers receive a 50 / 50 revenue share on subscriptions to their channel. That means 50 percent of net revenue goes to Twitch, while 50 percent goes to the streamer themselves. However, Twitch has negotiated premium subscription terms with some bigger streamers that give them a 70 / 30 revenue split, and that split is what’s going to change.
The $100,000 threshold will be calculated over a 12-month period beginning from “a streamer’s annual agreement renewal date,” Samantha Faught, Twitch’s head of communications for the Americas, said in a statement to. It will reset “on the first day of the subsequent 12 month period, and each 12 month period thereafter.”
About 90 percent of streamers with Twitch’s premium terms won’t be affected by the change “at their current revenue,” Clancy says. But for those worried about losing money, Clancy argues that Twitch’s recentTwitch has lost some of its top streamers, but it still draws a lot of views The change to the subscription revenue split could anger some of Twitch’s top streamers, but as of late, it seems like Twitch hasn’t been as interested in catering to that group of creators as it was in the past. The company has lost popular streamers like