It's the heart of the difference between the two statements:
- The average streamer makes $x
- Streamers make an average of $y
- 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.