Twitch Partner vs Affiliate: Earnings & the 50/60/70 Split

Affiliate vs Partner: requirements and what each unlocks

Affiliate is the entry tier and is granted automatically once you hit the milestones. As of the May 2026 update, the requirements were lowered to 25 followers plus, within a rolling 30-day window, 4 total hours streamed across 4 unique broadcast days while averaging 3 concurrent viewers. That is down from the old bar of 50 followers, roughly 8 hours, and 7 broadcast days, so reaching Affiliate is now faster than ever.

Partner is a much higher bar and is granted by manual review rather than automatically. The rough targets are around 75 average concurrent viewers, 25 hours streamed, and 12 broadcast days over 30 days, plus a following in the thousands, and Twitch also weighs content quality, consistency, and brand fit. In exchange, Partners get better ad terms, up to 50 emote slots (versus around 5 for Affiliates), longer VOD storage, and priority support.

The Plus Program 50/60/70 split (how Plus Points work)

Every streamer, Affiliate or Partner, starts on a 50/50 sub split. The Plus Program raises that split based on Plus Points, which you earn from renewing paid subscriptions: 1 point for a Tier 1 sub, 2 for Tier 2, and 6 for Tier 3. Hold 100 points for three consecutive months and you move to a 60/40 split; hold 300 points and you reach the full 70/30. The catch most guides get wrong: gifted and Prime subs earn zero Plus Points, so your split is driven entirely by your base of recurring self-subscribers. Only a small share of partners (around 2.5%) ever sustain the 70/30 tier.

Per-sub payout at each split

Here is what a Tier 1 subscription actually pays you at each split level, based on the current $5.99 price. Most sites still show $2.50 per sub, which is the old 50% of the discontinued $4.99 price.

How much more Partners earn at the same audience size

The split is a raise on every paid sub you already have, with no extra viewers required. Moving from 50% to 70% is a 40% increase in sub income. Here is the same sub base at each split level so you can see the gap.

The path from Affiliate to a 70/30 split

The journey has two separate ladders that people often confuse. First, you climb the status ladder: hit the Affiliate milestones automatically, then grow to roughly 75 average viewers and apply for Partner. Second, you climb the split ladder through the Plus Program: accumulate and hold 100 Plus Points for the 60% split, then 300 points for 70%. You can be a Partner and still sit at 50% if your recurring sub base is small, and the fastest way to raise your split is not more viewers but more loyal, self-renewing subscribers, especially at higher tiers that earn more points each.