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Playbooks, teardowns and the occasional argument — everything we have learned helping creators grow across every major platform.

Field notes

Blog

Playbooks, teardowns and the occasional argument — everything we have learned helping creators grow across every major platform.

Design4 min read

Twitch Profile Picture Size (and How to Get the Full-Size One)

Upload a square image of at least 600×600. That is also the largest Twitch stores — and the page only ever publishes the 300, which is why avatars look soft when reused.

Money6 min read

How Much Do Twitch Streamers Make?

Worked from published figures: $4.99 a sub, half to the streamer, a cent a bit. A 180-sub channel with 220 average viewers lands near $1,200 a month before tax.

Money6 min read

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.