The highest earners on Amazon’s omnipresent streaming network have been disclosed thanks to a major Twitch data breach. 

According to the data extracted from the 128MB torrent file, CriticalRole has collected more than $9.6 million in contributions and subscriptions since 2019, with 81 of the top 100 earners getting more than a million dollars. 

We presume they’ve all disclosed their profits and paid the required amount to their local tax authorities. (In this way, Amazon is a law unto itself.)

Risky hot tub dweller Amouranth ($1.4m), Sonic the Hedgehog lookalike Ninja ($1.4m), Escape from Tarkov broadcaster DrLupo ($1.9m), and recent New World conversion shroud ($2.0m) are among the top 50. 

NICKMERCS, Tfue, summit1g, and xQcOW are the five Twitch streamers that have earned more than $5 million since 2019, with CriticalRole at the top of the earnings tree with almost $10 million. 

Dwarf Mamba is towards the bottom of the list of 10,000 streamers.

The list below obviously does not include all of a streamer’s revenue; it only includes what he or she has earned directly from Twitch.

Many broadcasters make considerably more money via sponsorship and merchandise partnerships than they do from donations and direct subs. 

Ninja, auronplay, and a slew of other companies would be much higher up if we had access to complete financial data.

Twitch Rich List

Amazon has failed to provide a formal response to the Twitch data breach, while acknowledging the magnitude and gravity of the information exposed by hackers. 

This page will be updated when additional information becomes available.

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An unidentified hacker has reportedly managed to tear the twitch.tv website, according to Video Game Chronicles (VGC).

He sent a torrent link containing 125GB of data, including information on creator payments, code for mobile, desktop, and console clients, Twitch SDKs, data on additional Twitch properties, and information on Vapor, an unannounced Steam rival under development at Amazon Game Studios.

The leak looks to be real, and Twitch was aware of it, according to sources within the Amazon-owned game streaming site.

https://t.co/7vTDeRA9vt got leaked. Like, the entire website; Source code with comments for the website and various console/phone versions, refrences to an unreleased steam competitor, payouts, encrypted passwords that kinda thing.
Might wana change your passwords.

— Sinoc (@Sinoc229) October 6, 2021

The torrent file was published to 4Chan and is now accessible for download to the general public. The hacker did so in order to “promote greater disruption and competition in the online video streaming sector,” and because he believes the Twitch community is “a nasty poisonous quagmire.”

So far, neither Amazon nor Twitch have confirmed the breach, but if you’re a Twitch user, it’s highly suggested that you change your passwords and use two-factor authentication just in case.

To do so, when signed in, click on your profile image in the upper right corner, then select settings.

Then, under the Security and Privacy page, you should be able to update your password and modify your two-factor authentication settings.

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