Only 1066 streamers will be able to join Twitch’s new Partner Plus program, according to calculations.
Despite Twitch changing the policy in response to its talent leaving for competing streaming services like Kick and Rumble that offer greater revenue splits, the program will still not be accessible to the vast majority of Twitch users that stream. The 70/30 revenue split that would take the place of the 50/50 split currently employed throughout the site will be the best feature of the Partner Plus program. This is still below Kick’s 95/5 offer, and less than 3% of the site will be eligible for the program as a whole. Twitch streamers must be able to sustain 350 recurring paid subscribers for three consecutive months, excluding gifting subs, in order to be eligible for the Partner Plus program.
Pages of statistics Only 1066 of the 42,000 partnered streamers on Twitch met the requirements to be eligible for the Partner Plus program, according to data crunched by Stream Charts. This indicates that only 2.5% of Twitch partners would have access to the program. Twitch explained the policy by saying: “Partners must maintain a sub count of at least 350 recurring paid subscriptions for three consecutive months. Once that happens, Partners will be automatically enrolled for the next 12 months, even if you dip below the subscription threshold during the 12-month period.”
The choice to only pay out the new income split once you achieve $100k in revenue has also drawn criticism from a number of Twitch streamers. It’s difficult to say if this will reassure anyone about Twitch’s management given the current momentum behind Kick.
