Hiko Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes On Twitch
Hiko Net Worth – $2.1 Million
Hiko is a popular professional gamer from the United States whose real name is Spencer Martin. He has an estimated net worth of $2.1 million. He is currently a pro Valorant player for 100 Thieves and was an ex CSGO player for teams like Complexity, Cloud9 and Liquid. His content on Twitch is mainly streaming Valorant gameplay but has briefly tried out other games such as CSGO, Apex Legends and Overwatch.
How Much Money Does Hiko Earn On Twitch?
Hiko has over 1.8 million followers on Twitch and has accumulated over 80 million views so far. He is able to get an average of 16,000 viewers per stream and has hit a high of 42,000 viewers.
Streamers generally make money from ads, subscribers, donations and bits. Hiko has an estimated 3,000 subscribers from whom he makes a minimum of $2.5 from each for each month they are subscribed. This should add up to $7,500 per month ($90,000 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.
Inside Hiko’s Income Outside Twitch
Hiko sometimes posts his videos on YouTube where he earns income by getting a share of the ad revenue generated. He also gets to work with sponsors directly and has signed deals with brands like Cash App, AT&T, Chipotle, Grubhub, Dollar Shave Club, JBL, Dawn etc. In addition to these, he sells merchandise to his loyal fans.