Twitch streamers raised $17 million for charity this year

There is quite a bit of money to be made in streaming, but throughout the year plenty of Twitch streamers host charity events in order to raise money for good causes and this year, a substantial amount was raised, with the Twitch community generating over $17 million for charities.

Twitch revealed the figure in a new blog post, which noted that while the company itself managed to raise $42,000 through sales of its holiday shirt, the community at large managed to raise quite a bit more, with over $17.4 million made in donations for charities like Extra Life and St Jude.

“Up from 12 in 2014, there were 25 individual fundraisers that raised over $50,000 each, and more than 60 that raised over $1,000. Our top five events combined raised over $13 million of this year’s total”.

KitGuru Says: Twitch streamers definitely raised a lot of money this year. Do any of you regularly watch Twitch at all? 

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