Twitch Money Calculator

Twitch income is made of four separate streams that each pay differently, and the gap between what your viewers spend and what you receive is large. A five dollar subscription is not five dollars of income. A hundred bits is not a dollar of income after Twitch takes its share of the purchase. This calculator applies the real splits so the total at the bottom is what would actually reach your payout.

It also handles the split most calculators get wrong. The standard Twitch revenue share on subscriptions is 50/50, but partners who negotiated the 70/30 arrangement, and those on the Partner Plus programme after hitting the qualifying sub threshold, receive a much better share on the first portion of their revenue. Choosing the right split changes the answer substantially.

How to use the Twitch Money Calculator

1. Enter how many Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 subscribers you have, including gifted subs.
2. Choose your revenue split. Most affiliates and newer partners are on 50/50.
3. Enter bits received in a typical month and any direct donations.
4. Add your average concurrent viewers and hours streamed so ad revenue can be estimated.

What each stream really pays

• Subscriptions. A Tier 1 sub is 4.99 dollars, Tier 2 is 9.99 and Tier 3 is 24.99. On a 50/50 split you keep half. Prime subs pay you the same as a Tier 1. Regional pricing means many international subs are worth noticeably less than the headline figure.
• Bits. One bit is one cent to you. Viewers pay more than that to buy them, and the difference is Twitch’s margin, not yours.
• Ads. Paid on a CPM basis that generally sits somewhere between three and ten dollars per thousand ad impressions, and impressions depend on how many viewers are watching when an ad runs rather than on your total views.
• Direct donations. Through a third-party tip service these avoid the Twitch cut entirely, so you keep almost all of it after payment processing. This is why so many streamers push people towards tips over bits.

Why the 50/50 and 70/30 split matters so much

Under the standard 50/50 arrangement a Tier 1 sub returns about 2.50 dollars. Under 70/30 the same sub returns about 3.49. At 500 subs that is a difference of roughly 500 dollars every month for exactly the same work.

Partner Plus introduced a middle path: hit and hold the qualifying paid-subscription threshold and the improved share applies to a capped portion of your subscription revenue, with the standard share resuming above it. If you are close to the threshold, the jump in income from crossing it is much larger than the jump in effort.

What this calculator deliberately leaves out

Sponsorships, affiliate codes, merchandise and YouTube repurposing are excluded, because none of them scale with your Twitch numbers in a predictable way. For most mid-sized streamers those four combined are larger than subs, bits and ads put together. Treat the figure here as your platform income floor and build the rest on top of it.

Frequently asked questions

How many bits make a dollar?

One hundred bits is one dollar to you. Your viewer pays more than that to buy them, because Twitch takes its margin at the point of purchase rather than at the point of cheering.

Do gifted subs pay me the same?

Yes. A gifted Tier 1 sub pays you exactly what a self-purchased Tier 1 sub pays. The difference is retention: gifted subs rarely renew on their own.

What about Prime subs?

A Prime sub pays you the same as a Tier 1 sub. The viewer pays nothing extra because it is bundled with their Amazon Prime membership, which is why they are the easiest sub to ask for.

Why is my ad revenue so much lower than the estimate?

Ad revenue depends on impressions, not viewers. If you run few ad breaks, or your audience is heavily ad-blocked or in low-CPM regions, real income lands well under the estimate. Twitch also weights ad revenue towards streams that run ads consistently.

Is the calculation private?

Yes. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is transmitted.

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