Hasan Piker, popularly known by his Twitch moniker HasanAbi, is one of the most prominent political commentators—comfortably topping the Just Chatting category on the streaming platform. This, undoubtedly, makes him Twitch’s cream of the crop, but how much money does Hasan make?
Hasan boasts 2.71 million followers on Twitch, making him the 115th most-followed channel on the platform. Despite many streamers opting to multistream after streaming platforms moved away from big, exclusive contracts, Hasan only streams on Twitch, which nets him thousands of subscribers every broadcast. With that in mind, if you’re interested in finding out how much money Hasan makes on Twitch, here’s everything you need to know.
How much money does HasanAbi make on Twitch? Subscriber count revenue
Hasan has 72,653 Twitch subscribers as of Sept. 22, which means he’s banking $217,959 USD monthly from the subs alone. Here, we’re assuming Hasan keeps three dollars for every sub he gets, as every Twitch streamer nets between $2.5 to $3.5 from anyone subbing to them. Each sub only gives a predetermined share to the streamer in question, as Twitch keeps the remaining share for their services.
There are different types of subscriptions on Twitch: Prime (one free monthly sub via Amazon Prime), Tier 1 ($7.99), Tier 2 ($9.99), and Tier 3 ($24.99). The Tier 1 sub price was recently increased from $4.99 as the platform has been trying to increase its profits for well over a year. Additionally, different regions across the globe have regional pricing for the subs, so a viewer subscribing from Indonesia, for example, would only need to pay $1.99—thereby netting the streamer in question considerably lower money (one dollar approximately) for one subscription.
HasanAbi Twitch ad revenue
Hasan most likely earns nearly half a million dollars from running ads during his Twitch streamers. While there’s no way of knowing the exact revenue figure, we can closely guess the number based on a relatively smaller Call of Duty creator, Parasite, accidentally showcasing their monthly earnings in July—with a whopping ad revenue of almost $20,000 for the previous month.
The CoD streamer averaged almost 1,000 viewers a few weeks before leaking his earnings and ran ads aggressively to get the most of his inflated viewership. Considering Hasan averages 25,000 viewers for every stream, we can multiply the CoD creator’s earnings by at least 20 to estimate Hasan’s Twitch ad revenue.
The political commentator had confirmed back in 2022 that his Twitch contract required him to run ads every four minutes—instead of his usual hourly breaks. Aside from this, Twitch’s ads are now integrated into the live streams and also pop up while watching VODs, ultimately leading to more money—at least from the ads—for streamers.
Every streamer, including Hasan, makes money through a few primary ways on Twitch:
- Subscribers
- Rolling out ads during a stream
- Donations from viewers
- Sponsored (disclosed by #ad or #sponsored in stream titles)
While we can estimate a streamer’s payout for subscriptions, there’s no way of knowing their exact revenue through Twitch ads, donations, or sponsored content—unless they show the earnings section on their Twitch creator dashboard.
Hasan’s total Twitch payout for 26 months (between August 2019 and October 2021) was also leaked in 2021 from a data breach on the streaming platform. At the time, Hasan was the 13th most-paid creator and had amassed a massive $2,810,480 through Twitch during this period—but the payout only included money from subs, bits, and running ads. This means Hasan made over a hundred thousand dollars monthly during the 26 months.
Hasan’s streaming career blew up after the global pandemic in 2020, and his viewership started peaking around June 2021. So, it’s safe to say the streamer banks significantly more in 2024 than his 2021 leaked payout—possibly four to five times more, judging by his sub-count and average viewer.
But that’s not all. Streamers with a massive following and viewership, like Hasan, get hundreds of thousands of dollars for just a few hours of sponsored content on their streams. While Hasan usually comments on the political happenings in the United States and geopolitics, he enjoys a game or two with his fellow streamer friends, especially when he’s sponsored to play it.
Despite accumulating what evidently is generational wealth for many, Hasan likes to assure his viewers he makes the same money as an experienced doctor or lawyer—which might be a way of coping for the socialist within him.
