BurkeBlack
Other Interests
Family
BurkeBlack lives with his parents. He also has a sister.
Professional Gaming
Prior to streaming, BurkeBlack worked in a cafeteria. In his free time he would watch streamers and was inspired to try it out as a career himself. He opened his channel on June 29, 2013 and struggled to gain followers. In fact, he was only able to add a subscriber button to his channel on July 7, 2014. It was only on the night that he decided to stream early-access Stellaris in 2016, which lead to a sudden boost in viewership. He then went on to stream various Total War games in preparation for the next title War Hammer in order to build up hype for it. That game helped to boost his channel even further. He continued to stream various new and occasionally obscure titles and has been steadily growing his subscriber base ever since.
Since then he has managed to attract far more viewers and subscribers, leading to his dream coming true.
Income
BurkeBlackis estimated to have ~10,000 subscribers, with an average viewership of ~2,380. This should generate him monthly income of at least $35,000 USD, excluding additional revenue from tiered subscriptions, sponsorships, tips, Twitch cheer bit donations, merchandise sales and advertisements.
Streaming Hours
Monday – Saturday: 03:00 – 13:00 UTC.
Sunday: No streams.
Quotes
When I started streaming, I didn’t know what I was doing. I just jumped right in, and that was the worst thing that I could do. You really need to do your research [before you start streaming]… {Quality is important,} because every time somebody comes to your channel and you have [poor] quality, or you look like a generic stream like everybody else, you don’t look professional. Then, that viewer that you just gained is going to leave, because that’s what happened to me for six months. I had to learn streaming as a I went and that [really hurt my progress.] It was the worst idea I could have ever done.
Gaming Setup
Streaming Setup
