The streamer Félix “xQC” Lengyel is the big winner on Twitch in recent years. According to a leak, he earned over $648,000 from subs and donations alone in September. Now, it seems the industry has also discovered the favorite of the Twitch chat. The Canadian now tells his fans that he doesn’t need their money anymore; they should rather support smaller streamers.
This is xQc:
- The Franco-Canadian started his gaming career as an Overwatch pro but was such a hothead that he got kicked out of his team after repeatedly causing negative attention. As an excuse, he said: What should you expect – he was raised by the Twitch chat.
- On Twitch, he found his fortune: When stars shroud and Ninja left the streaming platform in 2019, xQc became the rising star of the platform with his new style of streaming: xQc streams an incredible number of hours, averaging 10 hours a day, without Sundays and holidays, completing marathon sessions of over 22 hours live, constantly chatting with the chat, keeping up with every trend, and playing all kinds of games.
- In doing so, he often plays the villain and has developed a rather unique way of speaking, in which “the juice” gushes from every sentence.
xQc is considered the big winner of the last 3 years on Twitch, having built a huge fanbase and earned a lot of money just from subscriptions. In the big Twitch leak, he was one of the top earners on the platform. But surprisingly, he now says: He doesn’t really need these subscriptions anymore.
Streamer says companies give him insane amounts of money
This is xQc’s surprising statement: In his unique way of speaking, the streamer said:
“Let’s get serious: I almost never talk about it, but: I want to give back more stuff to the people now; we’ll do more giveaways and small shows where the Twitch chat can win money. There was a time when all the money that came to me came from the viewers, like subs, donos, and bits. Today, it’s completely different. It’s not even close.
The money mainly comes, an insane amount, from companies and other groups that are not the Twitch chat. I appreciate that you’re subbing and all, but if you’re watching small streamers, please subscribe to them and give them your Amazon Prime sub.
xQc
This is how it is discussed: On reddit the announcement from xQc is being discussed, and people are somewhat surprised. Because xQc is actually considered such a favorite among fans that it was assumed he earned most of his money from the Twitch chat. The realization that even more money comes from elsewhere surprises many:
- “So his 90,000 subs are not even close to what he gets from company money. Lol. On the way to billionaire.”
- “People sub simply because otherwise, there are tons of ads.”
- One user refers to him as “Richie rich rich”
What’s behind it: xQc’s statement is an indication that the elite tier of streamers earns even more money than could be derived from the Twitch leak.
The list of the highest-earning streamers had xQc at the top with $648,000 in September.
If he now says: That’s just a fraction of what the industry pays him, he’s likely bringing in several million US dollars a month.
Being a Twitch superstar also brings some downsides, as xQc experienced in recent years:
27-year-old tells how much she and the biggest Twitch streamer in the world suffered
