How much did top Twitch streamers make in 2020? NICKMERCS, xQc, more While 2020 has been an especially difficult year for just about everyone, Twitch streaming has become nothing short of a booming business, with quarantined viewers turning to their technology for entertainment \u2014 leading to some jaw-dropping revenue for broadcasters, in the process. While it\u2019s no secret that some of Twitch\u2019s top personalities are raking in obscene amounts of dough, there have been some major changes on the platform in the past year, with names like Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins and Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek returning to the site after signing to Mixer in 2019. Taking multi-million dollar buyouts each, it stands to reason that some longtime Twitch viewers would expect these two returning streamers to be at the top of 2020\u2019s highest-paid list \u2014 but that is not the case, with some other names taking the title of Twitch\u2019s top earners. A report from SavingSpot shows that the highest-earning streamers of 2020 are as follows: #1 \u2013 xQc, $1,984,000 It comes as little surprise that Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel, Overwatch pro and longtime Twitch star, ranks at the top of Twitch\u2019s highest-paid list. According to SavingSpot, Lengyel\u2019s nearly $2 million income this year can be attributed to his \u201chigh viewership numbers and ad revenue\u201d \u2014 and if his infamous \u201cAmong Us\u201d streams with other broadcasters are anything to go by, that\u2019s nothing to sniff at. #2 \u2013 NICKMERCS, $1,737,535 Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff is another huge name on Twitch, who came in at second place in SavingSpot\u2019s highest-paid list. Hailing from Grand Rapids, USA, NICKMERCS is a seriously popular broadcaster, best known for his Fortnite and Call of Duty gameplay. Considering he\u2019s got over 4.5 million followers on Twitch, it makes sense he\u2019d be one of the site\u2019s highest-paid streamers. #3 \u2013 Ibai, $1,373,605 Not all of Twitch\u2019s top earners are Americans; in fact, the site\u2019s third-highest paid streamer hails from Barcelona, Spain, and boasts well over 3.5 million followers for his gaming content. Raking in over $1.3 million, Ibai\u2019s earnings just go to show that Twitch allows talent from all over the world to shine and find an audience. Other top earners for the site include: #4 \u2013 Odablock, $1,298,619 #5 \u2013 TimTheTatman, $1,210,739 #6 \u2013 AuronPlay, $1,209,556 #7 \u2013 TheRealKnossi, $1,068,310 #8 \u2013 HasanAbi, $1,062,826 #9 \u2013 RonnieRadkeOfficial, $971,978 #10 \u2013 Castro_1021, $966,387 What do you think of SavingSpot\u2019s 2020 list? Were there any names that surprised you? Who do you think will come out on top next year? Let us know on Twitter @Dexerto and stay tuned to keep up with more Twitch news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How much did top Twitch streamers make in 2020? NICKMERCS, xQc, more While 2020 has been an especially difficult year for just about everyone, Twitch streaming has become nothing short of a booming business, with quarantined viewers turning to their technology for entertainment \u2014 leading to some jaw-dropping revenue for broadcasters, in the process. While […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}