Twitch ‘Cheering’ raises $5.9M for streamers

Feb15

by Sindy Cator on February 15, 2017 at 8:47 pm

Thanks to Twitch’s new donation system, streamers earned millions of dollars in additional revenue last year. According to Twitch’s Year in Review mini-game, viewers donated 590 million “Bits” to streamers last year. Bits and “Cheering” are part of Twitch’s new integrated donation apparatus, which it has called “a new way for us to celebrate and support streamers together.” 590 million Bits is equal to almost $6 million going directly to Twitch’s streaming partners. To use the system, viewers type a “cheer” command, along with the amount of bits they want to donate. A small animated icon appears in chat, with the number…