I've observed many promising streamers stream daily and for too long, burn out, then unable to stick to even a reduced streaming schedule, thereby losing a substantial fraction of their viewers in the process. Then they became more demotivated, got sucked into a negative feedback cycle, and eventually quit streaming altogether. :-/
[*] Of course all else being equal, more time streaming ~ more income, but it's not sustainable, unless you're Amaranth & has an abusive spouse as her task master.
At risk of sounding cold, why would anyone think YouTube/Twitch is a job?
Honestly confused. Is there money there? Like, for an average person, aside from the platform celebrities?
Several years ago, I watched a gaming streamer, even smaller. She lived in Croatia, and just the subs and irregular donations were enough to pay for most of her daily expenses.
You can do well even as one of the smaller streamers if your community and other monetization is strong. I've never really gotten why people donate, especially to the bigger streamers since it's clear they already have money. But it's a big part of it. You can easily watch hundreds of dollars in an hour get donated to even to a smaller or mid level streamer.
Out of curiosity, as someone who never used Twitch, what is the discovery process here? As in how did you find this specific streamer in the first place? My (likely biased) impression was that the platform is mostly for gaming streams.
Outside sometimes watching a new RPG, I stay away from gaming sections as the community tends to be toxic and turnbased RPGs are a smaller niche anyway.
[0]: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Food%20%26%20Drink
Youtube recently introduced a membership function, I don't know how exactly it works but should be something along those lines