Tarik Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes On YouTube & Twitch
Tarik Net Worth – $4.2 Million
Tarik is a Turkish-American ex-pro gamer and now content creator who is based in New York City in the United States. He has an estimated net worth of $4.2 million. His content is mainly composed of gaming videos of popular games such as Valorant, CSGO etc. In addition to that, he does reaction videos of the various pro gaming sessions where different teams go against each other.
Tarik was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and started his gaming career at an early age in middle school competing in various leagues such as CAL. While in high school he created a number of CSGO deathmatch servers called the FragShack which gained massive popularity thus growing his reputation in the Counter Strike community.
Tarik has competed in over four top-tier teams and brought North America its first major championship as IGL while being crowned tournament MVP.
How Much Money Does Tarik Earn On YouTube?
The channel has over 1 million subscribers as of 2024 and has accumulated over 450 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 400,000 views per day (approx 10% are from Shorts) from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $2,800 per day ($1 million 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.
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.
YouTube Shorts generate revenue in a different way as compared to traditional videos. The revenue from ads appearing between Shorts will be pooled together then a portion of the total revenue will be allocated to a Creator Pool. Each country has its own Creator Pool. Eligible creators will be paid based on their share of total views. Shorts that use music make less money due to licensing costs.
How Much Money Does Tarik Earn On Twitch?
The streamer has over 3 million followers and has accumulated over 115 million views so far on the platform. He is able to get an average of 24,000 viewers per stream with his highest hitting 187,000 viewers.
Streamers generally make money from subscribers, ads, donations and bits. Tarik has an estimated 5,000 subscribers from who he makes a minimum of $2.5 per month for each month they are subscribed. This should add up to $12,500 per month ($150,000 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.
Tarik is able to earn more money through sponsorship deals. He has promoted brands such as BitCasino, LG, Monster etc.