Pokimane explains why she doesn\u2019t ask for subscribers on Twitch Popular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has explained why she no longer asks for subscriptions or donations while broadcasting on the platform. Streaming on Twitch offers a number of ways to monetize content, but one of the biggest avenues for creators to earn money is through the generosity of their audience, who can give a donation to support the platform, or subscribe to unlock special badges and emotes in the chat. For many, this is their main source of income, but Pokimane recently explained that she doesn\u2019t ask for subscriptions or donations anymore, instead preferring to offer content for free. During an episode of the OfflineTV podcast centered around money, the 23-year-old and Jeremy \u2018Disguised Toast\u2019 Yang discussed how sponsorships were now their main source of income, with Pokimane admitting that she prefers them to asking her viewers for help. \u201cYou guys don\u2019t have to pay us anything,\u201d Disguised Toast explained. \u201cHonestly, we love taking money from big organizations, you watching it makes us money. You don\u2019t have to give us money.\u201d Pokimane agreed, stating: \u201cI also feel very similarly, at this point, I don\u2019t care to ask for donations for stuff, or even subscriptions. I will always make more off of sponsorships, so I\u2019d rather do those when I can and give out as much free content as I can.\u201d Clip starts at 1:00:17 for mobile users. Of course, the fact that Disguised Toast isn\u2019t interested in subscriptions or donations will come as little surprise, with the newly-announced Facebook Gaming streamer turning off the ability to receive gifts from fans back in August, before imploring his viewers to subscribe to smaller streamers instead. For Pokimane, by actively choosing to not encourage subscriptions or donations she is likely losing a chunk of income that she could harness, but clearly feels that unless people are desperate to support her with cash, she can offer content without the need to ask for any money from her loyal fanbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane explains why she doesn\u2019t ask for subscribers on Twitch Popular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has explained why she no longer asks for subscriptions or donations while broadcasting on the platform. Streaming on Twitch offers a number of ways to monetize content, but one of the biggest avenues for creators to earn money is […]<\/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-57835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57835","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=57835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}