The pay. They make more (especially on a donation model) because they get to keep more of what people donate to them. YouTube takes like 30%, and I think Twitch is lower (5%?).
I hear that the discoverability is terrible on Twitch but I’m not a streamer, so what do I know.
Where are you getting 5% from? For one, Twitch doesn’t have donations. They have subs and bits. Subs start at 50/501, and go to 70/30 if are a larger streamer2. Bits are harder to find info on, but supposedly 1 bit = 1 cent, but the purchase price is higher so if you look at the raw purchase price of 100 bits = $1.40USD then Twitch is taking a ~30% cut.
I used to see a lot of streamers go through third-party sites which have lower cuts, and presumably that is still a popular route. But these have little to do with Twitch and as far as I know you can do this on YouTube as well.
I don’t know why streamers still use Twitch. It’s got an absolutely toxic amount of ads. Unwatchable unless you’re paying a lot of money monthly.
The pay. They make more (especially on a donation model) because they get to keep more of what people donate to them. YouTube takes like 30%, and I think Twitch is lower (5%?).
I hear that the discoverability is terrible on Twitch but I’m not a streamer, so what do I know.
Where are you getting 5% from? For one, Twitch doesn’t have donations. They have subs and bits. Subs start at 50/501, and go to 70/30 if are a larger streamer2. Bits are harder to find info on, but supposedly 1 bit = 1 cent, but the purchase price is higher so if you look at the raw purchase price of 100 bits = $1.40USD then Twitch is taking a ~30% cut.
I used to see a lot of streamers go through third-party sites which have lower cuts, and presumably that is still a popular route. But these have little to do with Twitch and as far as I know you can do this on YouTube as well.
1 Twitch Earnings Article 2 Twitch Plus Program
You kinda answered your own question there. Never get why people watch streams on there though. (Except its some kind of planned event. )