So this whole thing started when I was scrolling through some YouTube comments last Thursday. People were arguing like crazy about how much money Fanum actually makes. Some dude claimed he’s broke, another swore he’s a millionaire. Got me thinking – what the hell is his actual net worth? I’m kinda nosy, so I decided to dig.
Where I Started (Total Mess)
First, I hit up Social Blade. Ugh. Their estimates for streamers? Usually way off. For Fanum, it showed like $2k-$30k per month just from YouTube ads. That’s… vague. Pointless. Then I checked SubscriberCounter sites for his Twitch – dude has over 1.3 million followers. Okay, warm body count. But how many actually sub? How many donate? Zero clue.
The Real Hunt Began
I had to actually watch his stuff. Spent a stupid amount of time going through his recent Twitch VODs and YouTube highlights. Noticed a few things:
- His sub count always hovers around 7k-8k on Twitch – that’s visible sometimes.
- Tons of gifted subs flying around during streams.
- Big donations popping off constantly – $50, $100, even $500 bits flashing on screen.
- And the superchats? Man, YouTube streams get flooded.
Paused every time money popped up. Took notes like a madman.
The Spreadsheet Nightmare
Opened Google Sheets. Made columns: Platform, Income Source, Estimated Monthly, Estimated Yearly. Filled it out based on what I saw:
- Twitch Subs: Figured roughly 7k paid subs at $5 average (after Twitch cut). Plus gifts? Another couple thousand subs monthly. Called it $40k/month conservatively. $480k/year.
- Twitch Donations/Bits: This was guesswork. Saw probably $2k-$4k per stream in bits/donos sometimes. Lowballed an average of $1.5k per stream, 15 streams a month? $22.5k/month. $270k/year.
- YouTube Ad Revenue: Used Social Blade’s high end ($30k/month) since his content’s high-engagement. $360k/year.
- YouTube Memberships/Superchats: Saw easily $1k+ per membership stream. Maybe 8 streams/month? $8k/month. $96k/year.
Added merch sales? Fanum’s got AMP stuff always promoted. Wild guess? Maybe another $200k/year profit if lucky. Brand deals? He’s constantly doing sponsor reads on streams. At least a couple deals per month. Another guestimate – $300k/year?
Adding It All Up (My Head Hurts)
Time to crunch the numbers I pulled outta thin air:
- Twitch Subs: $480k
- Twitch Donos/Bits: $270k
- YouTube Ads: $360k
- YouTube Members/Superchat: $96k
- Merch: $200k
- Sponsors: $300k
Total? Roughly $1,706,000. Then I screamed. That can’t be right.
Reality Check Time
Okay, deep breaths. This math is shaky as hell:
- Twitch takes 50% on subs? Yep, forgot that initially.
- Taxes? Man’s gotta be losing 40%+ easy.
- Agent fees? Management? Team cuts?
- Expenses? Those crazy IRL streams cost money!
Slapped on a 30% agent/tax cut on everything except merch (maybe handled differently). Knocked it down to about $1.2 million pre-expenses. Minus life in LA and team costs? Probably clears $700k-$900k cash after burning piles of money? So net worth? If he reinvested some? Easily multi-million now.
Honestly? My spreadsheet crashed twice, my eyes are fried, and I still don’t know the exact number. But based on all that? Fanum ain’t broke. Not even close. Dude’s banking hard in 2023. Makes me wanna start streaming… or finally download that budgeting app I keep ignoring.
