Plaqueboymax Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes On YouTube & Twitch
Plaqueboymax Net Worth – $1 Million
Plaqueboymax is a popular YouTube content creator from the United States whose real name is Maxwell Dent. He has an estimated net worth of $1 million. His content is mainly composed of him reacting to different content on the internet while live on Twitch. He then posts highlights of his stream on YouTube.
Maxwell started streaming content on Twitch during his senior year of highschool back in 2021. He was mainly doing Fortnite and then changed his content to doing reaction videos and once in a while he also does in real-life basketball.
How Much Money Does Maxwell Earn On YouTube?
The channel has over 1 million subscribers as of 2024 and has accumulated over 150 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 250,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $2,00o per day ($730,000 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, YouTube content creators also generate extra income from other methods such as YouTube Premium, Superchats & Superstickers, Super Thanks, Channel Membership and Shopping.
YouTube Premium viewers pay a monthly fee to view premium content on YouTube and watch videos without ads. Here, content creators get paid based on watch time on their videos. The longer the viewers watch their videos, the more money they earn.
Super Chat and Super Sticker are used by fans to connect with creators during live streams and premiers. When one buys a Super Chat, their comment is highlighted within the live chat while the Super Stickers get an animated image that surfaces in live chat. Super Thanks lets creators earn revenue from viewers who want to show extra gratitude for their videos. Fans can buy a one-time animation and get to post a distinct, colorful, and customizable comment in the video’s comment section.
Shopping allows eligible creators to connect their stores to YouTube to feature their own products.
How Much Money Does PlaqueBoyMax Earn On Twitch?
The streamer has over 1 million followers on the platform and has accumulated over 600,000 views. He gets an average of 18,000 viewers per stream and has been able to hit a high of 45,000 viewers on a stream. Generally, streamers make money through ads, subscribers, donations and bits. Plaqueboymax has an estimated 20,000 subscribers from who he makes a minimum of $2.5 for each month they are subscribed. This should add up to $50,000 per month or $600,000 annually.
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.