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Millie still does volunteering but I don't think she has another income besides Niji..
She must be clearing out the food banks in her area.
 

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Enna used to work retail in Canada and worked at some kind of daycare for kids in Japan if am not wrong. Nina used to be a left-leaning fleshtuber. Neither were doing other jobs while they were employed at Niji.
Oh yeah that creepy clip of Enna and her “favorite child”.
 

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I remember Aia saying her day job is desk duty at some company, base on a recent stream I watched. As for Scarle, she bounce around jobs from small stints as a model, an extra, and some sort of part time school counselor type. Last time I remember, she's still in school, working to get her masters in communication.
 

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Had this in my tabs for a while because I wanted to wait to see if someone would add some clips or something. Forgot about it, so here it is half a week later.
Someone on /r/kurosanji said that Ver and especially Ryoma talked about their Niji Income in members streams. I can't confirm what was claimed since I am not a member of either, but I don't think it's unbelievable.
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I don't remember what the definitive source of the 2% figure was. I don't think it was a joke like this guy claims, but I do also don't think it's as concrete as people like to believe, and the actual cut could be much higher and likely varies by merch type. What I never really understood with the 2% claim was if it is 2% of revenue or 2% of profits, because 2% of revenue for a lower margin item might not be too bad in the end.
The only thing the leaked contract says for merch is that the percentage is determined in a separate discussion between the liver and Nijisanji, which, like I said, will probably vary depending on merch type, with digital merch like voice packs skewing higher while physical merch skews lower, maybe even approaching the 2% mark.

As for the superchats, that is explicitly stated in the contract. 50% of whatever YouTube sends to Anycolor goes to the liver, which usually would be 35%, but I could see Anycolor having a special deal with YouTube that would make the cut of the Livers 40%.

The most interesting thing is that Ryoma seems to get more from merch than superchats and (presumably) members, by some margin as well apparently. Now granted, that is not a high bar to clear in Ryoma's case, but I would think that the split between merch and YouTube revenue scales at least to some point for the bigger talents.
For example, I don't think Scarle is making more from merch than she does from supas, but I could believe people like Vox, Elira, Rosemi, Finana, etc. making more from merch than whatever YouTube revenue they get.
Its important to keep in mind that Niji is primarily a merch company probably earns 3/4 of their income from it. And that Ryoma makes very little from donations and memberships.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NijiStatistics/new/ You can just browse here if you want to check exact numbers, but in 2024 he earned a total of around $6000 plus around 2000 memberships ($10k?) before all the cuts. If the 40% is true, he would only need to make more than $6400 from merch and voice packs to compete with stream related income. Also important to keep in mind, that in the last few months he's been getting less than $200 in donations and 200 memberships each month. So he's had pretty big falloff after the debut died down and could completely change the amount of income he's talking about.

I think its been pretty consistently said that voice packs are the thing that gives them the biggest cut, so if you low ball it and say they get 60% he would only need to sell $11k worth of voice packs to pass it without even counting merch. The % could easily be way higher, considering this type of merch is basically free besides the art and could be Niji's way of appearing generous when compared to the merch cut.

https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/137289/00.pdf And then just look at their merch revenue (using the report that still listed EN separately for this). EN earned a rounded 4500 million yen ($31 mill in USD) in 2023 from merch. That's an absolute minimum of $310,000 a year that went to the livers if the 1% is true. Assuming they all earned evenly, you could estimate they get $12k each out of it. Very unlikely Ryoma gets that many merch sales, but again he's only earning about $6000 yearly, so if that number is even close the voice packs and merch can easily out earn his streams.

On the other side of it, Mysta was part of Luxiem and all of them likely earned at least a million just from stream revenue. His perspective of a reasonable merch cut and merch earnings is completely different from Ryoma. To him, getting $12k a year from merch is basically nothing against the million from streams and could explain why he was so pissed about it.

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Mysta was answering why he don't shill merch and he said "i get like 1 or 2 percent from it" with negligent intonation. Which would mean real sum was likely less than one stream superchat cut.
So the rrat of 2% was always the generous one.
 

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ESL, him or you, so I can't understand or trust anything here. Which means the only real info comes second hand from fucking reddit.

:depressedtako: It has to be bullshit, you're essentially working at a loss if that 1% shit was true. Might as well pay Nijisanji to stream for them.
Isn't he from the UK? I know Kuro married into an Indian family, but that's way after his stint as Mysta. I don't think explaining himself was ever a problem. English is his first language. His problem was being a woman.

What loss? Nijisanji's reasoning is that those merches are desinged by Nijisanji and they fronted the cost. So Niji livers didn't lose any money for that. Mogu/Twisty might be at a loss because they don't stream and had to pay the debut debt. But I believe they made more than enough to cover that.
I know most of the time he acts like a woman but i am pretty sure Mysta Rias is a man
Or do you write these posts with IA Translations?
You answered your own question. But yes I was taking a piss at him having a woman moment
Its important to keep in mind that Niji is primarily a merch company probably earns 3/4 of their income from it. And that Ryoma makes very little from donations and memberships.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NijiStatistics/new/ You can just browse here if you want to check exact numbers, but in 2024 he earned a total of around $6000 plus around 2000 memberships ($10k?) before all the cuts. If the 40% is true, he would only need to make more than $6400 from merch and voice packs to compete with stream related income.

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Slight correction. "40% after cuts", why do people not read.
(6000+10000-youtube 30% cut) x 40% = 4480 not 6400. The rest I agree though.
 

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Had this in my tabs for a while because I wanted to wait to see if someone would add some clips or something. Forgot about it, so here it is half a week later.
Someone on /r/kurosanji said that Ver and especially Ryoma talked about their Niji Income in members streams. I can't confirm what was claimed since I am not a member of either, but I don't think it's unbelievable.
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I don't remember what the definitive source of the 2% figure was. I don't think it was a joke like this guy claims, but I do also don't think it's as concrete as people like to believe, and the actual cut could be much higher and likely varies by merch type. What I never really understood with the 2% claim was if it is 2% of revenue or 2% of profits, because 2% of revenue for a lower margin item might not be too bad in the end.
The only thing the leaked contract says for merch is that the percentage is determined in a separate discussion between the liver and Nijisanji, which, like I said, will probably vary depending on merch type, with digital merch like voice packs skewing higher while physical merch skews lower, maybe even approaching the 2% mark.

As for the superchats, that is explicitly stated in the contract. 50% of whatever YouTube sends to Anycolor goes to the liver, which usually would be 35%, but I could see Anycolor having a special deal with YouTube that would make the cut of the Livers 40%.

The most interesting thing is that Ryoma seems to get more from merch than superchats and (presumably) members, by some margin as well apparently. Now granted, that is not a high bar to clear in Ryoma's case, but I would think that the split between merch and YouTube revenue scales at least to some point for the bigger talents.
For example, I don't think Scarle is making more from merch than she does from supas, but I could believe people like Vox, Elira, Rosemi, Finana, etc. making more from merch than whatever YouTube revenue they get.

I believe it first came from the purplefag, claiming he has inside sources and it's consistent across multiple people he interviewed, it's "1-3% depending on merch types and 2% on average". Then Kson weighed in, making his claim seemed more legit (though we do not know if she was just talking shit) and then she dropped the 50% numbers on Hololive.
Then Mysta Rias had a crash out live where she said she earned jack all from merches, went on a rant for 5 minutes and ended up revealing she earned 1% from them. I believe this is what the redditor mean by "it was a joke", Mysta Rias even carefully added the "I wish I was joking" to support the redditor theory.
Actually now that I reviewed the evidences, the actual figure is 1% and not 2% lmao. Multiple livers had already came out publicly and said buying voicepack is the best way to support your oshi.
Note that the 1% figure is old number from when Mysta Rias was still active, it could have changed by now.

The redditor said "40% AFTER all cuts" even under his claims. Youtube don't offer special deals. They take 30%, if the redditor claims is true, then Nijisanji takes 42% and the liver takes 28%. I will assume the redditor included apple playstore cut when he said "all cuts".
Someone like Scarle should also be negotiating for a better SC cut, seeing how much she made from it. If she hasn't then she's a dumbass.

If the "40% after youtube cut" figure is true, Rosemi earned $18,304 x 28% = $5,000 pretax in superchat in 2024.
Yes I do believe Rosemi earned more than $5,000 in merch a year. You are correct on this one. But the 1-2% figure was always about Nijisanji ripping off their talents and never about poor shaming the livers. We know Selen burnt $200k a year and Mysta made off like a million dollar or st. They both wasted them all but that's completely on them.

The really worrying bit is if Ryoma said that Ad Revenue is "irrelevant". While he might not be making a lot, it's not a trivial amount of revenue. Which probably means the streamer is seeing almost none of it. That just causes more questions.

As for the merch cut, I'm guessing that the numbers were got were correct but the context and escalators matter. Anycolor is exactly the type of company that you don't make anything from the merch until you're the biggest seller. Think 5% through 5k units then 25-30% over 5k. That type of structure, which, of course, really encourages members to either go all-in on trying to sell merch or just not bother.

We're eventually going to get information on the penthouses and expenses Riku and his top buddies are putting on the company accounts while the streamers had been fighting over the scraps.
 

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One of the two lawyers here can clarify, but I think you have to do some amount of practical work before becoming a licensed lawyer, which is probably the job he is starting soon.
I can only speak for US jurisdiction; I don't know where he's located. In the US, you need to pass the bar exam. In most (but not all) states, you need to have gone to law school before taking the bar exam. If you pass, you can apply for bar membership, pass a background check (and possibly a character & fitness board review if there are issues), pay your dues and obtain insurance, and then you can hold yourself out as an attorney. You can work for an attorney without having passed the bar, and firms may give job offers contingent on later passing the bar. "Finishing schooling" could mean that he's doing bar review stuff, it's around the right time of year for that.
 

Smelliest007

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I can only speak for US jurisdiction; I don't know where he's located. In the US, you need to pass the bar exam. In most (but not all) states, you need to have gone to law school before taking the bar exam. If you pass, you can apply for bar membership, pass a background check (and possibly a character & fitness board review if there are issues), pay your dues and obtain insurance, and then you can hold yourself out as an attorney. You can work for an attorney without having passed the bar, and firms may give job offers contingent on later passing the bar. "Finishing schooling" could mean that he's doing bar review stuff, it's around the right time of year for that.
What states do you need not pass law school?
 

Thomas Talus

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What states do you need not pass law school?
CA is the one I can think of offhand; it's part of why their bar passage rate is unusually low.
 

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The really worrying bit is if Ryoma said that Ad Revenue is "irrelevant". While he might not be making a lot, it's not a trivial amount of revenue. Which probably means the streamer is seeing almost none of it. That just causes more questions.
Depends how you define trivial, pulling a number out of my ass but he could be averaging just $10 a day from ad revenue (and Anycolor probably takes 50% of that, I'm assuming it's a similar cut to superchats). On the other hand I think Millie has said she earns decent money from ads - you have to consider factors like channel performance, audience location, watching habits, content type (eg. gaming vs. ASMR), etc.
 

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Niji released a 4th anniversary clip compilation on the official channel. Aster and Twisty are both featured in the thumbnail and have clips in the video.

Ike, Kotoka and Fulgur are also in, but apart from that, there are no graduated livers included.

Aster and Twisty were included in the 4th anniversary clip compilation posted by Niji.
 
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