Streamer Contract Tracker: The Biggest Streaming Deals, Sourced

What this tracker is

The Streamer Contract Tracker is a dated, sourced record of the biggest contracts between streamers and streaming platforms. Every row in the main table has a real source for its value, and the source is linked. Where a figure is a reported range, an estimate, or a buyout rather than a contract value, the table says so.

This page is deliberately strict. Most streamer deals are never priced in public, and the internet is full of invented numbers for them. Deals with no credible public value are listed separately below the main table, with the reason given, instead of being dressed up with a guessed figure.

Last updated November 13, 2026.

The tracker: sourced streamer contracts

Streamer	Platform	Contract value	Date signed/reported	Term	Exclusivity	Source
xQc	Kick	$70M base, up to ~$100M with incentives	June 16, 2023	2 years	Non-exclusive	The New York Times, via TheGamer
Ninja (Tyler Blevins)	Mixer	$20-30M (reported range)	August 1, 2019	Multi-year	Exclusive	CNN, via GamesIndustry.biz
Shroud (Michael Grzesiek)	Mixer	~$10M (reported buyout; full deal value unconfirmed)	October 2019	Multi-year	Exclusive	Dexerto, citing Rod Breslau
Amouranth (Kaitlyn Siragusa)	Kick	$30-40M (reported range)	June 2023	~2 years	Disputed (see note)	Tubefilter
Nickmercs (Nick Kolcheff)	Kick	~$10M (estimated)	October 2023	1 year	Non-exclusive	Forbes, via Esports.gg

How to read this tracker

Base pay is not the headline. The xQc deal is the clearest example. The guaranteed base was about $70 million over two years, or $35 million per year. The $100 million figure that most headlines used is the ceiling with incentives included, not the guaranteed amount. The figures came from xQc’s agent, Ryan Morrison, speaking to The New York Times. Kick never confirmed the terms in a filing.

A buyout is not a contract value. When Microsoft shut Mixer down in June 2020, it paid out the remaining value of its streamers’ contracts. The ~$30 million reported for Ninja and ~$10 million for Shroud are the amounts they took home from the whole Mixer episode, per esports journalist Rod Breslau, not the original contract values. For Ninja, the original deal was reported separately at $20-30 million. For Shroud, no solid figure for the original deal was ever published, which is why his row carries the buyout figure with a flag.

Reported is not confirmed. Almost no streamer contract is ever published. The figures here come from named reporters and outlets with sourcing (The New York Times, CNN, Forbes, Bloomberg), from the streamers’ own agents, or from the streamers themselves. A figure that only appears on net-worth aggregators or fan accounts does not make the main table.

Exclusivity is the real price driver. Exclusive deals pay more because the streamer gives up every other platform. Kick changed the market in 2023 by paying near-exclusive money for non-exclusive deals, which is why xQc and Nickmercs could keep streaming on Twitch while being paid by Kick.

Deal value is not earnings and not net worth. A $70 million contract paid over two years is not $70 million in the bank on day one, and it says nothing about taxes, management fees, or what the streamer kept. Do not read any row here as a net-worth figure.

Notes on the major deals

xQc and Kick: the deal that reset the market

Announced June 16, 2023, xQc’s two-year Kick contract was reported by The New York Times at roughly $70 million, with incentives that could push the total to about $100 million. His agent, Ryan Morrison, called it one of the highest deals in entertainment. The Times compared it to LeBron James’s two-year, $97.1 million Lakers extension. The deal was non-exclusive, so xQc could still appear on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok, with Kick as his primary platform. The two-year term ran to about June 2025, and as of this update no renewal has been confirmed publicly.

Ninja and Mixer: the first streamer bidding war

On August 1, 2019, Ninja left Twitch, where he had nearly 15 million followers, for an exclusive deal with Microsoft’s Mixer. CNN reported in January 2020, citing Ader CEO Justin Warden, who said he had direct knowledge of the deal, that it was worth $20-30 million over multiple years. Neither Microsoft nor Ninja’s agency, Loaded, confirmed the number. Bloomberg had reported in December 2019 that the biggest streamers were earning as much as $40 million over three to five years, which framed the Ninja figure as the going rate for the very top of the market. Mixer shut down in June 2020, about ten months into the deal, and Ninja was paid out. Breslau reported he made about $30 million from Mixer in total. He and Shroud both turned down Facebook Gaming offers reported at nearly double their Mixer contracts, choosing the buyout and free agency instead.

Shroud and Mixer: the buyout is the only solid number

Shroud followed Ninja to Mixer in October 2019 on an exclusive deal. The full value of that deal was never credibly reported. Figures of $10 million to $30 million circulate, but they trace back to weak sources, and the top of that range appears to describe the full multi-year value of a deal that never ran its course. The solid number is the exit: Breslau reported Shroud made about $10 million from Mixer, the buyout of his remaining contract when the platform closed in June 2020. That is the figure in the table, flagged as a buyout.

Amouranth and Kick: the reported range, and her own later number

Amouranth signed with Kick in June 2023, days after xQc. Tubefilter reported at the time that her deal was worth $30-40 million. Two years later, announcing her return to Twitch in June 2025, she posted a video ending with a “$38 million later” title card referencing her Kick tenure, which Dexerto reported as implying roughly $19 million per year. The $38 million figure is self-disclosed, not independently verified, but it lands inside the original reported range, which strengthens the range rather than replacing it. One open question is exclusivity: her deal was widely described as non-exclusive at signing, but some later accounts describe a two-year exclusive run. The tracker flags it as disputed until a primary source settles it.

Nickmercs and Kick: a clean one-year deal

Forbes reported in October 2023 that Nickmercs signed a one-year, non-exclusive Kick contract worth an estimated $10 million, per a source familiar with the deal. He streamed primarily on Kick while keeping his Twitch channel live. The deal was not renewed: he announced in November 2024 that the contract had ended and he was returning to streaming primarily on Twitch. A separate arrangement with Stake, Kick’s gambling-industry backer, accompanied the Kick contract, but its value was never disclosed and is not part of the $10 million figure.

Kai Cenat: the biggest streamer with no public contract value

Kai Cenat has no publicly reported platform contract value, which is why he does not appear in the main table. His Twitch terms are private, and no credible outlet has published a dollar figure for them. What is on the record:

• Forbes earnings, not a contract. Forbes ranked Cenat No. 24 on its 2024 Top Creators list with $8.5 million in earnings for the year. That is one year of income across all sources, not a contract value and not a net worth.
• Mafiathon 2 (November 2024). He reached nearly 727,700 subscribers, a Twitch record at the time. CNBC, citing a Twitch spokesperson, estimated about $3.6 million in gross subscription revenue for the month, before Twitch’s cut.
• Mafiathon 3 (September 2025). He became the first streamer ever to pass 1 million active subscribers, ending the month at 1,095,265, a Guinness World Record. Estimates of the month’s revenue run from about $5 million to $8 million after Twitch’s share, but neither Cenat nor Twitch has confirmed a figure.
• Declined Kick offers. Cenat has said Kick offered him $60 million to stream his first subathon there; Kick co-owner Trainwreck countered that the offer was $22 million for a year. Adin Ross said in 2023 that Kick offered $40 million each to Cenat and IShowSpeed. In July 2025, Ross described a $140 million first-year offer from Kick CEO Ed Craven split three ways between himself, Cenat, and IShowSpeed. These were offers, not signed deals, and the parties disagree on the numbers, so none of them belongs in the main table.
• Rumble. Cenat and IShowSpeed signed a multi-year deal with Rumble for The Kai ‘n Speed Show, announced in late 2024. Forbes described it as a multi-million-dollar contract. The terms are private, and the only specific figure in circulation, $20 million-plus shared between the two, comes from a net-worth aggregator, not from reporting. It is unverified and is not in the main table.

Read the full profile: Kai Cenat net worth.

Confirmed deals with no public value

These deals are real and confirmed, but no credible source has published a dollar value for them. Any specific number you see attached to them online is speculation.

Streamer	Platform	Date	Term	Exclusivity	Status of the value
Ludwig (Ludwig Ahgren)	YouTube	November 29, 2021	Multi-year	Exclusive	Never disclosed. Contract ended and he returned to Twitch in 2024.
Valkyrae (Rachell Hofstetter)	YouTube	January 13, 2020	3 contracts over 5 years	Exclusive	Never disclosed. Forbes described Google’s streamer deals as multimillion-dollar. She returned to Twitch in January 2025.
TimTheTatman (Tim Betar)	YouTube	September 1, 2021	Multi-year	Exclusive	Not disclosed at signing. A ~$30M figure circulates only on weak aggregators and is unverified.
Sykkuno (Thomas Hu)	YouTube	May 2022	Not disclosed	Exclusive	Never disclosed.
DrLupo (Ben Lupo)	YouTube	August 30, 2021	Not disclosed	Exclusive	Never disclosed.
Dr Disrespect (Guy Beahm)	Twitch	March 2020	Multi-year	Exclusive	No specific figure. ESPN, citing Rod Breslau, described it as worth millions of dollars per year. Banned June 2020; dispute settled March 2022, and Beahm says Twitch paid the contract out in full.
Dr Disrespect (Guy Beahm)	Rumble	November 25, 2024	Not disclosed	Non-exclusive (also streams on YouTube)	No dollar figure. Rumble said equity tied to milestones made up the majority of his compensation.
Hikaru Nakamura	Kick	March 29, 2023	Not disclosed	Non-exclusive	Never disclosed.
Adin Ross	Kick	February 2023	Multi-year	Non-exclusive	Unverified. Published figures conflict wildly ($10M, $15-20M, $30M, $47M, $100M+). A viral $180M figure came from a fan account and was debunked at the time.

On Dr Disrespect and YouTube: he moved to YouTube in August 2020 after his Twitch ban, but he never had an exclusive YouTube contract. YouTube’s former global head of gaming partnerships, Ryan Wyatt, confirmed to Rolling Stone in June 2024 that Beahm was not offered a contract because of internal discussions about the circumstances of his Twitch ban.

FAQ

What is the biggest streamer contract ever signed?

xQc’s June 2023 deal with Kick: a two-year contract reported by The New York Times at roughly $70 million in base pay, with incentives that could take the total to about $100 million. It is the largest streamer platform contract ever reported with sourcing behind it.

How much did Ninja make from Mixer?

Two numbers, and they measure different things. His exclusive Mixer deal, signed August 2019, was reported by CNN at $20-30 million over multiple years. When Microsoft shut Mixer down in June 2020, he was paid out, and esports journalist Rod Breslau reported he made about $30 million from Mixer in total.

How much did Shroud make from Mixer?

About $10 million, per Rod Breslau, as the buyout of his contract when Mixer closed in June 2020. The full value of his original October 2019 deal was never credibly reported, so the buyout is the only solid figure.

How much is xQc’s Kick deal worth?

About $70 million guaranteed over two years, with up to about $100 million including incentives, per The New York Times and xQc’s agent, Ryan Morrison. The $100 million figure is the ceiling, not the guaranteed amount.

Did Kai Cenat sign a deal with Kick?

No. He turned down Kick’s offers and stayed on Twitch. He has said Kick offered him $60 million; Kick co-owner Trainwreck said the offer was $22 million for a year. He later signed a multi-year show deal with Rumble alongside IShowSpeed, with terms private.

Why do so many YouTube deals have no dollar value listed?

Because YouTube and the streamers never disclosed the terms. Ludwig, Valkyrae, TimTheTatman, Sykkuno, and DrLupo all signed exclusive YouTube deals between 2020 and 2022, and in every case the financial terms stayed private. Forbes described Google’s deals with major streamers as multimillion-dollar, which is the most authoritative framing available. Any specific number attached to these deals online is speculation.

What happened to streamer contracts when Mixer shut down?

Microsoft bought the contracts out. Ninja and Shroud declined offers to move to Facebook Gaming, which had partnered with Microsoft to absorb Mixer’s community, and instead took payouts reported at about $30 million and $10 million respectively. Both returned to Twitch within months on new multi-year deals whose terms were not disclosed.

How often is this tracker updated?

Monthly, and whenever a new streamer contract is reported with a credible source. The last update was November 13, 2026.

Sources

Strongest source per row. All figures were verified against live sources at the time of writing, November 13, 2026.

• xQc, Kick: The New York Times, June 16, 2023, “Twitch Star xQc Signs $100 Million Deal With Kick, a Rival Platform” (figures from his agent, Ryan Morrison), as relayed by TheGamer.
• Ninja, Mixer: CNN Business, January 2020 (Ader CEO Justin Warden, via GamesIndustry.biz); buyout figure from Rod Breslau, via Dexerto.
• Shroud, Mixer: Rod Breslau, June 2020, via Dexerto; Bloomberg, December 2019, on top streamer contract ranges, via Dexerto.
• Amouranth, Kick: Tubefilter, June 2023 (reported $30-40M); $38 million self-disclosure reported by Dexerto, June 2025.
• Nickmercs, Kick: Forbes, October 2023 (“Kick Signs Nickmercs To $10 Million Deal”, Matt Craig), via Esports.gg.
• Ludwig, YouTube: Tubefilter, December 2021 (terms not disclosed).
• Valkyrae, YouTube: YouTube official blog, January 2020 (deal announced, terms not disclosed).
• TimTheTatman, YouTube: Polygon, September 2021 (terms not disclosed).
• Sykkuno, YouTube: Polygon, May 2022 (terms not disclosed).
• DrLupo, YouTube: GamesIndustry.biz, August 2021 (terms not disclosed).
• Dr Disrespect, Twitch and Rumble: Wikipedia (deal dates, settlement, Rumble equity structure); Rolling Stone, June 2024, on YouTube not offering a contract.
• Hikaru Nakamura, Kick: Wikipedia (non-exclusive deal, March 29, 2023); Dexerto, March 2023 (value not revealed).
• Kai Cenat, Twitch economics and declined offers: Forbes 2024 Top Creators list ($8.5M earnings), via AfroTech; CNBC on Mafiathon 2 (~727,700 subscribers, ~$3.6M gross estimate); Guinness World Records on Mafiathon 3 (1,095,265 subscribers); Dexerto on the declined Kick offers and the Rumble signing; GameRant on the $140M three-way offer described by Adin Ross.

Changelog

• November 13, 2026: First edition. Five sourced rows (xQc, Ninja, Shroud, Amouranth, Nickmercs). Nine confirmed deals listed with values undisclosed or unverified.