It's an average, so the skew doesn't matter for this.
Average = sum / count. Multiply both sides by count. Sum = count * average.
Average = sum / count. Multiply both sides by count. Sum = count * average.
You're obviously right mathematically.
Both of the claims in my original comment are correct as stated:
* Roughly 20K active creators (VAL_A).
* An average monthly payout to creators of $5K (VAL_B).
HOWEVER, that does not mean that VAL_A * VAL_B = total monthly payout. The below details are relevant:
1. Not all active creators made money.
2. There was a payout minimum (well, a free payout minimum, which the majority of users waited to reach).
Cool trick anyway, thanks for clearing it up!
- The average streamer makes $x
- Streamers make an average of $y
-avg streamer makes $x. Total = $x * # streamers
-streamers make an average of $y. Total = $y * # streamers
Average is always sum/n?
The average income of all streamers (including super popular streamers and streamers with 1 follower) makes is $y. Because the streamers in the top 1% make several orders of magnitude more money, $y is skewed higher than $x.