>>6953161>because ads are what primarily pays the billsMaybe for regular streams but here is a CPM per country estimate
https://www.bannertag.com/youtube-video-cpm-rates-2020/When you look at how many views you would need from a certain demographics to make a thousand bucks
> Indonesia, for instance, 784 dollars for almost 4 million viewsyou realize the following
> Rushia makes at very least that much in gross revenue with 10k live viewers and SC aloneOf course I'm using the heaviest active hitter of the SC game but it is not different for the other girls.
They can bank on a 4 million spanish speaking south american non ad blocking audience to view their VOD to make 2000 bucks (taking Mexico 0.5 CPM as a baseline) or they can simply continue doing what they are doing and make the same with a much smaller audience no SC, merch and live shows.
It is a no brainer, really
