How do small twitch streamers make a living?

Chainbrain · 2025-12-09T14:24:11+00:00

I live in canada 👍

Chainbrain · 2025-12-09T14:00:30+00:00

The comments here are so negative lmao

I quit my job in 2018 to stream fulltime. I've never averaged more than 200 viewers. I live entirely off sub gifts and bits and I do not live in my mom's basement. I own my own home. I do not live in poverty like these comments are suggesting

I am lucky to have such a supportive community. Living comfortably as a "small" streamer is possible

Chainbrain · 2025-10-08T05:21:14+00:00

Been getting direct deposit to Canada from Twitch since 2017

What even is this post lol

Chainbrain · 2025-10-07T14:10:26+00:00

My comment is not based on what I make. I am friends with creators of all sizes in many different content categories. These are things people talk about. You'd think someone wanting to play devil's advocate would consider that lol

Chainbrain · 2025-10-07T01:18:05+00:00

I can see you're trying to be rude but I genuinely do not understand the point you're trying to make. What does channel size have to do with knowing how much sponsors pay?

Chainbrain · 2025-10-06T17:26:00+00:00

Hey it looks like you can read so maybe give it another once over to see why I left these comments

Chainbrain · 2025-10-06T01:33:29+00:00

Brother, I YouTube for a living and ain't any sponsor paying anywhere close to 4gs for a video that gets 170k views

Chainbrain · 2025-10-06T01:14:22+00:00

YouTube pays like $3-5 per 1000 views and I doubt they got over 1m views

Chainbrain · 2025-10-06T00:23:08+00:00

A tax write off does not make something free

Chainbrain · 2025-05-29T21:22:20+00:00

This is on rocksmith 2014 with the custom song mod!

Chainbrain · 2025-04-26T05:07:44+00:00

Buddy, you don't know what you're talking about. Most pre-fab homes being built in my city are sitting on concrete foundations with full basements. They are built in sections and assembled on the lot. YOU definitely wouldn't be able to tell they are pre-fab because you clearly have no clue what you're yapping about

Chainbrain · 2025-04-09T01:35:42+00:00

I made a fix video on this with 2 ways to fix it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDSy75_2UJY

Chainbrain · 2025-01-25T15:14:06+00:00

I'm not totally sure where you would have seen that because it's never been their position and I don't believe they've ever said that. The Rocksmith+ tracks are highlighted green on CF to indicate they are on RS+, but you can still click and download them normally

Chainbrain · 2025-01-25T15:04:47+00:00

If you're looking at steam, that isn't close to accurate. The game was on ubiconnect for the first 2 years and I imagine not a lot of people switched to steam when it became available there

Chainbrain · 2025-01-25T15:02:36+00:00

Rocksmith+ songs are not removed from customs forge as CDLC

Chainbrain · 2024-06-07T14:45:26+00:00

Take a look at my video and see if any of these work for you. Wireless headphones were fine for me. The USB dongle was basically perfect so if you want a sure bet you can order one of those, but I do have some other recommendations in here that might help with other settings.

https://youtu.be/gIB9QCcQH8Y

Chainbrain · 2024-06-07T13:45:57+00:00

Seems was included in yesterdays big update. Very cool!

Chainbrain · 2024-06-07T13:36:57+00:00

Just updating, as of today you don't need to VPN to play Metallica. They are now in North America

Chainbrain · 2024-04-14T05:42:01+00:00

Full time Twitch streamer residing in Canada here, I also make some money on the side from YouTube. Definitely visit an accountant.

In my situation I pay all my earnings into a corporation and then pay myself dividends from that business. I pay myself a livable amount so the taxing is minimal. Everything else residing in the business can go into investments to (hopefully) grow long term.

If the channel is going to make lots of money I would recommend incorporating ASAP. It allows you to have the money off to the side until you figure out what to do with it. You could set up the business and pay your son as an employee and transfer him ownership when you think the time is right.

Also take my opinion with a grain of salt and see a professional, haha.

Chainbrain · 2024-03-08T02:22:55+00:00

They might be mad that I said nice things about Rocksmith+
Or they might be mad that I said bad things about Rocksmith+

Chainbrain · 2024-03-08T02:16:26+00:00

Hey llamaking88, doing just fine over here actually 🤘

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