"I do make plenty of money already" - Asmongold explains why he stopped streaming on his primary Twitch channel

Zack “Asmongold” has been streaming consistently on his “zackrawrr” Twitch channel for some time, all but abandoning his original channel. In a recent Twitch stream, he opened up more about that, talking about why he doesn’t use his monetized channel instead. The streamer and OTK co-founder has already built a massive following, with 2.43M on YouTube and 1.7M on his alternate channel on Twitch.

He uploaded the discussion to his YouTube channel under the title Why I’m Unmonetized, and it’s an interesting watch for any Asmongold fan. In a very candid conversation, he opened up about why he switched and how it’s made streaming more enjoyable for him:

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In Asmongold’s March 6, 2024 stream, he stumbled upon a clip where xQc was shocked the OTK co-founder doesn’t monetize all of his content on Twitch. The streamer said he probably would monetize the zackrawrr channel in the future, and that he doesn’t really care about giving fans an ad-free experience. Zack is clearly not concerned about the financials:

Asmongold stated that he doesn’t care what people think of him; whether he’s called a parasite or greedy. It won’t change how he does things just because someone has something mean to say about him on the internet, such as his relationship with Twitch streamer Kaise.

While discussing the topic, he would read a few responses to the xQc clip, such as one viewer stating Asmongold had burnout on his main channel, since he felt psychologically forced to stream and give value to people who were paying for him to create content. After reading the comment, he’d reply on that subject:

The Twitch streamer clarifies that he doesn’t think it’s bad to monetize content, either. Ultimately, it was something that was stressing