MoistCr1TiKaL put his YouTube and Twitch revenue dashboards on screen during a recent stream and showed viewers the lifetime totals. The numbers: roughly $35m from YouTube and $5m from Twitch.
Charlie then explained why he was sharing the figures. He wanted viewers to understand he doesn’t need their money anymore.
The YouTuber has disabled channel memberships, Super Chats, Super Thanks, and Super Stickers on his YouTube channel. On Twitch, he raised the minimum bits threshold as high as the platform allows and asked viewers to stop subscribing or gifting subs. He said Twitch doesn’t let partners fully disable these features.
The dashboards showed his YouTube channel has generated over 12.2 billion views since launching in 2007. He explained that before turning off memberships and Super Chats, those features alone brought in about $1m in a single year.
Charlie emphasized the $40m combined total is gross platform revenue. Federal taxes take a significant cut. He pays employees who help produce content. He runs business expenses. The actual amount he keeps is much lower.
He also clarified these numbers only include direct platform payouts. Sponsorships, merchandise sales, and his business ventures are not part of the disclosed figures.
To illustrate how YouTube ad revenue works at scale, Charlie showed a single Starfield stream VOD that generated roughly $84,000. He said this is why he doesn’t need viewer donations when individual videos can earn that much from ads alone.
Charlie has run his main YouTube channel for nearly 18 years. He posts multiple videos most days and streams regularly. His subscriber count sits in the mid-to-high teens of millions.
The creator is known for a dry, deadpan commentary style covering gaming, internet drama, and various news topics. He co-hosts The Official Podcast and has built a reputation for minimal ad interruptions compared to other large creators.
Beyond content creation, Charlie co-owns Moist Esports, a competitive gaming organization he’s described as a passion project that requires significant funding. He’s also involved with Starforge Systems, a custom PC company, and has backed creative projects including comics and animation.
His career includes a history of charitable donations. In earlier years, he publicly discussed giving large portions of his earnings to various causes.
The 2021 Twitch data breach revealed payout rankings for that period. Charlie wasn’t at the very top of the list, which aligns with his statement that his peak Twitch earnings came during the Among Us streaming era.
Few creators at his level show actual revenue dashboards on stream. Most keep earnings private or speak about them only in vague terms. Charlie lives in Florida, which has no state income tax. He still pays federal income tax and business-related taxes.
His decision to turn off direct viewer payments goes against standard practice in streaming. Most large creators actively encourage subscriptions, memberships, and donations as core revenue streams.
