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[Fun Numbers Time!]
Assuming all things are equal with regards to currency, it costs $5 minimum to be a member. Over nine thousand people watching her right now.
Assume, conservatively, that 75% of her members are watching right now, and that 25% are unable to catch the stream. Assuming these (conservative estimate) numbers, we have a membership of 12,000 people.
This equates to $60,000 a month. Assume a year passes. Gura has passively earned $720,000 dollars.
Now take this information and realize that some people pay the $10 tier. You can bump it up by at least 3-5%. Now we're probably closer to $800,000 a year.
Now let's factor in the hardest cuts. Assume Youtube takes 30% of revenue off the top. We're left with $560,000. Assume Cover then splits the revenue with the talent, 50/50. We now have Gura's take-home pay per year. This comes to $280,000 dollars.
Now assume taxes. It'd be a lot of work to use current models, so I'll take my pre-built model of US taxes circa 2017, which has remained largely within the range of accuracy for the current scenario, give or take a bit. Assuming Gura takes the minimum possible deduction(which she would be foolish to do), no other credits, and is a single filer(which she is), Gura's Average Tax Rate would come to 26.93%, and a taxable income of $73,703.75, leaving her with a take-home pay of $206,296.25.
This is her bare minimum payment. If she is to do absolutely nothing for a full year, while maintaining her members(again, assuming an absolute MINIMUM of members) in the payment cycle, she will make $206,296.25. Before any superchats. Before any salary via Cover. Before any merchandise residuals. Before any sponsorships. Before anything else that makes millions. This is the bare minimum.
