The last 24 hours have been quite intense for many streamers who do their live through Twitch. And it is that, on the one hand, those who had special conditions in relation to the distribution of income will get worse. And on the other hand, the type of content that has gained some relevance on the platform for some time will be more limited than ever (and has been until now), unfortunately for those who dedicate their channels to the same.

Let’s start with revenue sharing. Although, as a general rule, Twitch does not talk about it, and even requires its partners to refrain from talking publicly about the percentages they receive As for the income they generate, it’s an open secret that regular streamers get 50% of the revenue generated by subscriptions to their channels, and that on the other hand, many of the most popular (and thus the ones that generate most of the income) have a different split where they get 70 % compared to the remaining 30% that goes to Twitch’s coffers.

It is not known which streamers have special conditions, i.e. with 70/30, just as the most successful ones are known to have special and personalized contracts. These differences are apparently why streamers are contractually obligated not to talk about their earnings. However, Twitch seems to want to put an end to that and increase its revenue account along the way.

In the text of Dan Clancy, president of Twitch, we read that those streamers who have received 70% of the revenue from the subscriptions of their channels so farfrom 1 June 2023 (will announce in time, that’s something to know) will lose this privilege starting at $100,000 a year. In other words, until the first $100,000 is earned in a year, the 70/30 split will be maintained, but from that point on, the rest of the net income generated will be split 50%.

Twitch hasn’t specified the number of streamers affected by the change, but it does mention it the change will not affect the income currently earned by approximately 90% of streamers which have standard contracts with the platform. And at the same time, they defend that they have recently worked on new features and improvements so that streamers can monetize their channels more and better.

However, it remains to be seenHow are affected streamers reacting so much? (remember, one in ten), like other platforms (especially YouTube and Facebook) that could try to take advantage of the situation and try to get some particularly relevant content creators, something more feasible than ever since Twitch announced a month ago that it would no longer require exclusivity from its partners. .

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And on the other hand, the platform takes time the pursuit of certain gambling-based content, more specifically slot machines (slot machine replicas), roulette wheels and dice games. In the past, it has already implemented some restrictions in this regard, such as banning the posting of links with affiliate codes and the like (which streamers are paid for if their users sign up and use the service), but in their own words, it seems that this was not enough.

As announced todayStarting October 18th, live streaming of slots, roulette and craps games from services not registered in the United States will be prohibited or in «other jurisdictions that provide adequate protection for consumers«. Twitch already mentions some of the services that will be banned from that date and says it will continue to analyze this market to add more in the future.