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Add your subs, bits, and average viewers to estimate your monthly Twitch payout — subscriptions, cheers, and ads combined, plus your annual total. Free, no sign-up.
The short answer: Twitch pays you from three places, and the 2026 rates are public. A Tier 1 sub is worth $2.50 to you on the standard 50/50 split (about $3.50 on 70/30), every bit cheered is worth exactly $0.01, and ads pay roughly a $2–$5 CPM. Everything else is arithmetic.
So a streamer with 50 Tier 1 subs, 5,000 bits and 40 average viewers over 60 hours a month lands around $200/month — $125 in subs, $50 in bits, and about $25 in ads. Fill in your own numbers below to get the same breakdown for your channel, plus the annual total.
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Turn Your VODs Into Clips — Start for $1| Revenue source | Viewer pays | You keep (50/50) | You keep (70/30) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 subscription | $4.99 / mo | $2.50 | ~$3.50 |
| Tier 2 subscription | $9.99 / mo | $5.00 | ~$7.00 |
| Tier 3 subscription | $24.99 / mo | $12.50 | ~$17.50 |
| Prime sub (free w/ Prime) | $0 to viewer | $2.50 | ~$3.50 |
| 100 Bits (cheer) | ~$1.40 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Ad revenue | advertiser-paid | ~$2–$5 CPM | ~$2–$5 CPM |
These are this calculator's own output for five illustrative channel sizes — not survey data. Every input is listed so you can check the maths or reproduce it above. Ads assume ~3 mid-rolls per hour at a $3.50 CPM.
| Channel size | Inputs used | Subs | Bits | Ads | Est. monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Affiliate | 10 avg viewers · 15 T1 subs · 1,000 bits · 40 hrs · 50/50 | $37.50 | $10 | $4.20 | ~$52 |
| Growing Affiliate | 50 avg viewers · 60 T1 subs · 5,000 bits · 80 hrs · 50/50 | $150 | $50 | $42 | ~$242 |
| Part-time serious | 150 avg viewers · 200 T1 subs · 15,000 bits · 120 hrs · 50/50 | $500 | $150 | $189 | ~$839 |
| Partner Plus | 500 avg viewers · 700 T1 subs · 50,000 bits · 140 hrs · 70/30 | $2,450 | $500 | $735 | ~$3,685 |
| Top-tier streamer | 3,000 avg viewers · 5,000 T1 subs · 250,000 bits · 160 hrs · 70/30 | $17,500 | $2,500 | $5,040 | ~$25,040 |
Notice what the table shows: subscriptions are 60–75% of the total at every size, and ad revenue never overtakes them. Chasing hours streamed moves the ad line only. Chasing subs moves everything.
This tool adds up the three ways Twitch actually pays streamers — subscriptions, bits, and ad revenue — to estimate your monthly payout and annual total. For subscriptions, it multiplies each tier of subs by what you keep after Twitch's revenue split. For bits, it applies the fixed rate of $0.01 per bit. For ads, it estimates how many ad impressions your stream serves based on your average viewers and hours streamed, then applies a realistic CPM. The result is a source-by-source breakdown so you can see exactly where your money comes from and which lever to pull to grow it.
Subscriptions are the backbone of most Twitch income. There are three tiers: Tier 1 at $4.99, Tier 2 at $9.99, and Tier 3 at $24.99 per month. What you actually keep depends on your revenue split with Twitch. The standard rate for Affiliates and most Partners is 50/50, so a Tier 1 sub nets you about $2.50. A higher 70/30 rate — where you keep roughly $3.50 on Tier 1 — is available mainly through Twitch's Partner Plus program, which you reach by holding around 350 recurring paid subs for consecutive months, or through older negotiated Partner deals. Prime subs (the free monthly sub bundled with Amazon Prime) pay you the same as a Tier 1 sub, which is why they matter as much as paid ones.
Bits are Twitch's tipping currency. When a viewer cheers a bit, you receive exactly one cent — so 100 bits is $1.00 and 10,000 bits in a month is roughly $100. Viewers pay a little more than a penny per bit when they buy them, but that markup covers Twitch and payment processing; your rate never changes. Because the value is fixed, bits are the easiest income to forecast: track your monthly bits and the math is simple. Engaged communities with cheer incentives, bit badges, and hype moments during big plays tend to generate far more bits per viewer.
If you came here looking for a Twitch CPM or ad revenue calculator, this is the formula the tool runs. CPM means cost per mille — what an advertiser pays per 1,000 ad impressions — and your ad income is simply:
ad revenue = (average viewers × hours streamed × ads per hour) ÷ 1,000 × CPM
Worked example: 50 average concurrent viewers, 80 hours streamed in the month, and roughly 3 mid-rolls per hour gives 50 × 80 × 3 = 12,000 impressions. At a $3.50 CPM that is (12,000 ÷ 1,000) × $3.50 = $42. Swap in a $2.00 CPM and it is $24; a $5.00 CPM makes it $60. That spread is why nobody can quote you one honest Twitch CPM number — it moves with your audience's country, the advertising season (Q4 pays best, January worst), and whether you are in the ads incentive program.
Two things raise this line and only two: more concurrent viewers, or more ad breaks. Ad breaks have a hard ceiling before viewers leave, which leaves growing your audience as the real lever — see the stream clip potential calculator for how many shareable clips a stream of your length can realistically produce.
Twitch shares advertising revenue with monetized streamers, and Partners in the ads incentive program can earn a set CPM on top. This calculator estimates your ad impressions as your average concurrent viewers multiplied by hours streamed and about three ads per hour, then values those impressions at roughly a $3.50 CPM (per 1,000 impressions). Real Twitch ad CPMs commonly land anywhere from $2 to $5 and swing hard with your audience's region, the time of year, and your ads incentive tier. Running scheduled mid-roll ads through the Ads Manager raises your impression count and therefore this line. Treat the ad figure as a conservative ballpark, not a promise.
Payouts scale almost entirely with how many people are watching. A small Affiliate with 10–20 subs, a few thousand bits, and 20–40 hours a month usually earns somewhere between $30 and $120. A mid-size streamer averaging a few hundred concurrent viewers with a couple hundred subs can clear a few thousand dollars a month once bits and ads stack on top of subscriptions. The single biggest driver of every number here is average concurrent viewers, because it lifts subs, bits, and ad impressions simultaneously — which is exactly why growing reach off-platform matters so much. The cheapest version of that is cutting your existing VODs into vertical clips; our guide to turning Twitch VODs into TikToks walks through the workflow, and the Twitch clipping overview covers doing it on live streams as they happen.
Earning the money and receiving it are different events. Your balance has to clear Twitch's payout minimum — commonly $100 — before anything is sent, and payouts typically go out around 15 days after the end of the month the revenue was earned in. For a new Affiliate earning $30 or $40 a month, that means waiting several months for a single deposit while the balance accumulates. Everything this calculator shows is also gross: income tax, self-employment tax, and any payment-processor fees come out of it afterwards, so budget for a meaningful haircut on the annual figure.
The number this tool gives you is Twitch on-platform revenue only. Most established streamers earn more from brand deals and sponsorships, direct tips and donations that flow through PayPal or Streamlabs rather than bits, merch, YouTube ad revenue on their VOD and clips channel, and affiliate links. Use this estimate as your Twitch baseline, then stack those other streams on top to see your true creator income. If short-form is part of that stack, the TikTok money calculator and YouTube money calculator use the same honest, show-your-working approach for those platforms.
1,000 Tier 1 subs at $4.99 earn about $2,500 per month on the standard 50/50 split (you keep roughly $2.50 per sub). On a 70/30 split — available through Partner Plus and some legacy deals — the same 1,000 subs earn about $3,500 per month (roughly $3.50 per sub). Tier 2 and Tier 3 subs pay more each, so a mix of tiers pushes the total higher. This is subscription revenue only, before bits, ads, and taxes.
Each bit is worth $0.01 to the streamer when a viewer cheers it, so 100 bits equals $1.00 and 10,000 bits per month equals about $100. Viewers pay slightly more to buy bits (roughly $1.40 for 100), but the extra covers Twitch and payment fees — you still receive one cent per bit cheered. Bits are a steady, predictable line because the rate never changes.
The split is how subscription revenue is shared between you and Twitch. 50/50 is the default for Affiliates and most Partners — you keep half of the roughly $4.99 sub. 70/30 means you keep 70%. Twitch offers the 70/30 rate mainly through Partner Plus (hit around 350 recurring paid subs for consecutive months) or older negotiated Partner deals. The viewer always pays the same price; the split only changes your cut.
A small Affiliate with around 10–20 subs, a few thousand bits, and 20–40 hours streamed per month typically earns $30–$120 per month. The large majority of Twitch's millions of monthly streamers earn under $100 per month, because payouts scale directly with subs, bits, and ad impressions — all of which depend on concurrent viewers. Growing your average viewership is the biggest lever on every number here.
Yes. Twitch shares ad revenue with monetized streamers, and Partners on the ads incentive program can earn a fixed CPM on top. Real ad payouts land roughly in the $2–$5 CPM range (per 1,000 impressions) depending on region, season, and your ads incentive tier. Running scheduled mid-roll ads through the Ads Manager increases impressions. Ad income is the roughest line to estimate because CPMs swing widely, so this calculator keeps it conservative.
Plug 100 average viewers, 120 Tier 1 subs, 10,000 bits and 100 hours streamed into this calculator on the 50/50 split and it returns about $505 per month: $300 from subscriptions, $100 from bits, and roughly $105 from ads on about 30,000 ad impressions. Change any input and the total moves — the sub count is doing most of the work, which is why viewer-to-sub conversion matters more than raw viewer count.
Twitch ad revenue = (ad impressions ÷ 1,000) × CPM. Estimate impressions as average concurrent viewers × hours streamed × ads served per hour (this calculator assumes about 3 per hour). A streamer with 50 average viewers running 80 hours a month serves roughly 12,000 impressions; at a $3.50 CPM that is about $42. Twitch CPMs commonly land between $2 and $5 depending on your audience's region, the season, and your ads incentive tier, so treat the ad line as a range rather than a fixed number.
Your balance has to clear Twitch's payout minimum — commonly $100 — before anything is sent, and payouts typically go out around 15 days after the end of the month the revenue was earned in. That means a small Affiliate earning $30 a month waits several months for a single payment. The calculator shows what you earn, not when it lands, and everything shown is gross: taxes and any payment-processor fees come out afterwards.
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