Twitch leak creator payouts

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A massive Twitch leak has revealed creator payouts and more in a massive 125GB info dump. The hack reveals exactly how much top Twitch streamers make — and could seriously alter future licensing negotiations.

A user posted a link to a 125GB torrent on 4chan early on this morning. The hacker says the leak is intended to "foster more disruption and contest in the online video streaming space," a goal that has certainly been attained. The hacker mentioned Twitch's problems with hate raids as a motivation for the leak, calling the customs a "disgusting toxic cesspool." The files are now publicly available for download — and Twitch has verified that the leak is existent.

"We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to sympathize the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is bachelor. Thank you for bearing with us," Twitch told its community before today.

What's in the Twitch leaked documents?

The 125 GB trove contains lots of information nigh Twitch. For one, information technology's the entirety of the Twitch source code with full commit history, dating back to the platform's beginnings every bit Justin.tv set. The leak also includes data for mobile, desktop, and console Twitch clients. Too contained in the leak are creator payout reports going dorsum to 2019, revealing just how much the most popular Twitch streamers accept fabricated in the final few years.

So how much do Twitch streamers make? Here are leaked details on top creator payouts.

The massive Twitch leak gives us an idea of how much the summit streamers are earning on the platform since August 2019. Twitter users have been combing through the data to highlight the elevation streamers.

The following represents Twitch's highest paid streamers based on total payout from August 2019 to October 2021. These numbers are for Twitch payouts alone and practise non include sponsorship deals, merchandise sales, donations, and other sources of revenue for streamers.

  1. Critical Role – $nine,626,712.16
  2. xQcOW – $8,454,427.17
  3. summit1g – $v,847,541.17
  4. Tfue – $5,295,582.44
  5. NICKMERCS – $5,096,642.12
  6. ludwig – $3,290,777.55
  7. TimTheTatman – $3,290,133.32
  8. Altoar – $3,053,839.94
  9. auronplay – $3,053,341.54
  10. LIRIK – $2,984,653.70

At this stage, we're unsure what is being paid to music publishing and recording catalog owners. That information may or may non surface over the coming days. Either way, a quick glance at Twitch'south payout details could force a renegotiation for some music IP owners. Or, at least 'inform discussions' between various parties — in beginning-stage negotiations or futurity renegotiations.

Just recently, Twitch inked a wide-reaching deal with Warner Music Group for creative person channels and other applications. And major music publishers as well reached a usage deal with Twitch after a long period of serious discord and aggressive DMCA takedowns.

The extent of the Twitch hack is unknown at this indicate.

Some users are reporting that encrypted passwords are included in the dump. If that's the case, it'south recommended that anyone who has a Twitch business relationship modify their password and enable two-factor authentication. Streamers should immediately reset their stream cardinal.

Cyber security experts are calling this leak the biggest they've seen. The bearding leaker who posted the data to 4chan also labeled this 'role one' but hasn't stated what the plans are for 'part ii.'