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China's Top Gaming Streamers Earning Big Time - Caomei

How does an annual income of over $1.6 million (i.e. 10 million yuan) to stream video games sound? 

That's the reality that China's leading gaming streamers are living in.

Take Wei Handong (a.k.a. Caomei [Chinese for 'strawberry']) as an example. After having his run with the pro League of Legends eSports circuit, he retired soon after winning the 2012 World Championships and immediately started streaming.

Caomei now makes 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) a year from streaming and powerful support from his fans. Yet, Caomei is ninth in the list of highest earning video game streamers in China. The number one position is taken by Yu Jingxi (a.k.a. Ruo Feng), who rakes in a sweet 20 million yuan ($3.2 million) a year.

However, just writing it off by saying that they get all this money from playing video games can overshadow the disciplined, determined hard work that they put in. Streaming takes about 12 hours of their day and according to a Shanghai China Business News report, it accounts for about 10% of their total income. The other 90% comes from all kinds of product sales, commonly eSports apparel, snacks and equipment through the store Taobao, sponsorships and fan donations.

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