Patreon vs Twitch: Live Streaming
Patreon
Patreon
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 23.3M installs
VS
Twitch: Live Streaming
Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
$1.95M/mo
~$23.36M/yr · 352.0M installs
Revenue winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+194701900% vs other
Installs winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+1413% vs other
MAU winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+561% vs other
Rating winner
Patreon wins
+19% vs other
Why Twitch: Live Streaming is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Twitch: Live Streaming earns roughly 1947019× more per month than Patreon - $1.95M vs $0.
- Bigger install base. Twitch: Live Streaming has ~352.0M lifetime installs vs Patreon's ~23.3M - 15.1× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Patreon
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$1.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$23.36M
Lifetime installs (est.)
23.3M
▶
352.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
▶
13.4M
App Store rating
4.75★
◀
3.97★
Total ratings
269K
▶
5.7M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 22, 2015
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 126.19.0.14
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 20, 2015
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Patreon trajectory
Twitch: Live Streaming trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Patreon or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $1.95M per month, while Patreon earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.95M more per month for Twitch: Live Streaming). Annual revenue: Patreon ≈ $0/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $23.36M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Patreon or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming leads with about 352.0M estimated downloads vs 23.3M for Patreon - a 15.1× gap. Patreon reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Twitch: Live Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Patreon and Twitch: Live Streaming in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Patreon and Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
Patreon: no IAP detected on the public listing. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range $0.99 - $1,598.00 per item. Patreon runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Twitch: Live Streaming runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Patreon or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Patreon edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Patreon 22K ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 244K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Patreon vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Patreon and $1.95M for Twitch: Live Streaming are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Patreon or Twitch: Live Streaming to a different Google Play app? v
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