BorasLegend Net Worth – $1 Million

 

BorasLegend is a popular gaming content creator on YouTube and a professional gamer whose real name is Ivan Lapanje. He has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He was born in Croatia but moved to Sweden as an infant. When he was 7, his family moved from the small village of Godestad to Boras where they lived ever since. This is part of the origin of his gamertag.

Ivan’s content is mainly composed of FIFA gaming videos showcasing his journey as he progresses through Ultimate Team mode. He also streams his gaming sessions on Twitch. Before YouTube, he was a competitive gamer and is currently ranked number one in Sweden. He won the Las Vegas World Challenge Series in 2013.

How Much Money Does BorasLegend Earn On YouTube?

The channel has over 600,000 subscribers and has accumulated over 160 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 150,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $1,200 per day ($440,000 a year) from the ads that appear on the videos.

YouTube content creators based in the US, UK, Canada and Australia generally get paid $2 – $12 per 1000 monetized views after YouTube takes its cut. Monetized views usually range from 40% – 80% of the total views. All these are influenced by several factors like the device played on, time of the year, the location of the viewer, ad inventory, how many ads there are on a video, how many people skip the ads, type of advertisement, ad engagement, type of content, etc.

The cost of an ad view is based on an auction between advertisers based on views. Advertisers have to bid a minimum of $0.01 per view.

There is also a program known as Google Preferred where deep-pocketed companies can target ads on the top 5% most popular content. The ad rates here are higher than normal.

Apart from ads, YouTubers also generate extra from YouTube Premium viewers who pay a monthly fee to view premium content on YouTube and watch videos without ads. Here they get paid based on watch time on their videos. The longer the viewers watch their videos, the more money they earn.

How Much Money Does BorisLegend Earn On Twitch?

The streamer has over 300,000 followers as of 2022 and has accumulated over 20 million views so far. He is able to get an average of 2,000 viewers per stream with the peak hitting 10,000 viewers.

Generally, streams make money through ads, subscribers, donations and bits. BorasLegend has an estimated 2,000 subscribers from who he makes a minimum of $2.5 from each for each month they are subscribed. This should add up to $5,000 per month ($60,000 a year).

Officially, Twitch Partners and Affiliates receive 50% of the total subscription fee, so for the $4.99 tier, the streamer would get around $2.50. Twitch has been known to increase this amount for popular streamers to encourage them to remain on the Twitch platform, with some being upgraded to anywhere from 60% to 100% of the monthly fee.

Streamers make money through the Cheering feature whenever a fan cheers with bits in the chat. A Cheer is an animated chat emote that uses bits. Typing “Cheer1” will generate a grey bouncing triangle, and cost you 1.4 cents. “Cheer100” brings up a dancing purple diamond, and costs you $1.4. You can Cheer any amount you please (including irregular figures, and the corresponding emotes get larger and larger, up to a “Cheer10000,” a $140 tip represented by a fractured red star. streamers will get 1 cent for every Bit pledged while Twitch will keep the 0.4 cents.

Fans can also donate directly to their favorite streamers through Paypal and also cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, litecoin or ethereum. There are a variety of third-party services which Twitch streamers can connect to their account to activate additional features such as donations and alerts. Some of the more-popular services are Gaming For Good, StreamTip, Muxy, Stream Elements, and StreamLabs. All of these services create a unique donation page for your channel hosted on their own server which you can direct your viewers to make a donation.

Other Sources Of Income

BorasLegend has been able to make extra income from sponsorship deals from different brands and competitive gaming.