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Is being a live streamer as a job worth it? (lemmygrad.ml)

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I've occasionally been thinking of live streaming for awhile (Probably on owncast)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It’s a hobby first and foremost. Go into it for fun, and have absolutely zero expectation that you will make a dollar. If you get lucky enough to gain any sort of following and begin earning enough to support yourself, then you can consider becoming a full time streamer.

Please don’t forget that the people who qualify to be in that category are less then 1 in a million. It is pure luck, and even if you earn something, it will be meager and extremely limited at best.

It is a fun hobby. Do not go into it thinking you’ll make it big and start raking in big bucks. Getting over 10 concurrent viewers is an insanely difficult task, and you will not make enough to support yourself till you breach several thousand. Which is a horridly minuscule, and tiny percentage of streamers.

If you want to be a streamer and maximize your potential for making that your full time job. Attempt to gain a following on YouTube first, then transfer some fans over to help you kickstart your live steaming.