Content creator Charles “MoistCr1TiKaL” White Jr. recently disabled the option for viewers to donate money to him. He has now commented on this again and publicly reveals his total earnings throughout his career.
How much has MoistCr1TiKaL earned? MoistCr1TiKaL discusses in his latest YouTube video “I’m Not Turning It Back On” (original title: “Ich schalte es nicht wieder ein”) about how much he has earned in his career as a content creator. He reveals the following earnings:
- From 2017 until now, MoistCr1TiKaL has earned over 5.4 million USD on Twitch.
- On YouTube, MoistCr1TiKaL has earned over 35 million USD since 2007.
In total, that amounts to over 40.4 million USD, which is about 34 million Euros. Additionally, there are earnings from sponsor deals, the amounts of which the streamer does not disclose. He emphasizes that most of his income primarily comes from ads.
MoistCr1TiKaL further states that he sees no reason to accept money from “normal people” in the form of donations given these sums. That wouldn’t feel right to him: “I should have stopped this a long time ago.” (Source: YouTube from minute 07:00).
The reason for this is relatively simple: MoistCr1TiKaL simply does not want his fans to send him money. Times are tough, and the streamer prefers that people save their money rather than give it to him.
What else does MoistCr1TiKaL say? The streamer also talks about the feedback he received from his action. Some fellow streamers have criticized MoistCr1TiKaL’s action, accusing him of putting pressure on others.
MoistCr1TiKaL clarifies: “I don’t want to lead a revolution here where all streamers turn it off. It’s their decision.” (Source: YouTube from minute 08:38). He also says that no top streamer needs donations from every single viewer to survive and continue streaming.
Finally, the streamer states: “I’ve always said from the beginning, I’ve just been incredibly lucky. I will never be able to describe how much luck I had with all of this. I am not special, I was lucky.” (Source: YouTube from minute 07:30).
That Twitch streamers or YouTubers can earn well is no secret. MontanaBlack also has high earnings from his activity, but most of it does not come from his own YouTube channels: Twitch streamer MontanaBlack earns at least 100,000 Euros a month, and that from channels that aren’t even his
He continues that no one should think they need to donate money to really be part of the community. That would feel very “parasocial” to him.
“I’m not special”
Why does MoistCr1TiKaL showcase his earnings? A few days ago, MoistCr1TiKaL announced that he would disable the option to send him donations. On YouTube, it is no longer possible to send him donations through Super Chat or to purchase channel memberships.
For Twitch, he has set the minimum limit for donations in Twitch’s Bits currency so high that he hopes no one can reach it. Unfortunately, there is no option to simply turn it off there. The only feature still available is the subscription function on Twitch.
The reason for this is relatively simple: MoistCr1TiKaL simply does not want his fans to send him money. Times are tough, and the streamer prefers that people save their money rather than give it to him.
What else does MoistCr1TiKaL say? The streamer also talks about the feedback he received from his action. Some fellow streamers have criticized MoistCr1TiKaL’s action, accusing him of putting pressure on others.
MoistCr1TiKaL clarifies: “I don’t want to lead a revolution here where all streamers turn it off. It’s their decision.” (Source: YouTube from minute 08:38). He also says that no top streamer needs donations from every single viewer to survive and continue streaming.
Finally, the streamer states: “I’ve always said from the beginning, I’ve just been incredibly lucky. I will never be able to describe how much luck I had with all of this. I am not special, I was lucky.” (Source: YouTube from minute 07:30).
That Twitch streamers or YouTubers can earn well is no secret. MontanaBlack also has high earnings from his activity, but most of it does not come from his own YouTube channels: Twitch streamer MontanaBlack earns at least 100,000 Euros a month, and that from channels that aren’t even his
