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Twitch Monetization: How Streamers Actually Get Paid
Four income streams, and Twitch publishes the arithmetic for three of them. Subscriptions, bits, ads and tips — with the split applied, which is the part people forget.
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Four income streams, and Twitch publishes the arithmetic for three of them. Subscriptions, bits, ads and tips — with the split applied, which is the part people forget.

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