Elias “EliasN97” Nerlich is one of the biggest German streamers on Twitch. In addition, he runs several YouTube channels and is active as an entrepreneur. It pays off: In a question and answer session, the Berliner revealed his income from 2022.
Who is EliasN97? After an injury ended Nerlich’s career as a footballer, he discovered e-sports for himself and launched FIFA 17 on YouTube in 2018. In 2020, he began streaming on Twitch as well, quickly becoming the platform’s largest and most viewed content creator.
From e-sportsman for Berlin to German Twitch millionaire – the story of eliasn97
Where does the name come from? Elias Nerlich was born in Berlin in 1997. His Twitch name is also composed of this information. The streamer is also on YouTube as Eligella, a combination of his own first name and a modification of the magician Uri Geller’s last name.
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Where does the information come from? In a Q&A, which the streamer calls his “most honest video,” he reveals his earnings for 2022 and answers questions from his fans. It should also be about private issues such as money and love.
The fans are particularly interested in EliasN97’s finances, which he can understand. That used to make him very curious about other influencers. However, he kept a low profile because he didn’t want to come across as arrogant.
The fact that he is now disclosing the income is therefore “no flex”, he just wants to be open to his fans.
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How much does EliasN97 earn? In addition to his work as a content creator, EliasN97 has built up several other bases. Among other things, he has a streetwear brand, sells vitamin water and his trademark, the neck pillow.
Before showing his earnings, EliasN97 clarifies that these are gross amounts before any deductions. On YouTuber alone, he earned €74,000 last month. That’s a bit more than usual, mostly between €50,000 and €80,000.
In 2022, the content creator earned a total of €736,796 with his main channel EliasN97, and €261,741 on the side channel Eligella. Since creating his channels, he has earned around €1.6 million from YouTube.
However, Elias could not be as transparent with all earnings as on YouTube. After all, he was not allowed to pass on any internal company secrets. However, he gave guidelines. The income for the year looked like this:
How is the income to be understood? This is slightly different for each income. EliasN97 earns money from advertising on Twitch, YouTube and his podcast, and also from the subs on Twitch.
It is different with his companies: EliasN97 pays a (managing director) salary, the amount of which he can determine himself. However, it is important to him that the companies are doing well, which is why he does not pay too much.
FOKUS is a multi-million euro company in which he also has shares. Things are different with his vitamin water VitaVate: there is a big payout once a year instead of a fixed salary.
You can watch the whole round of questions here:
What is he doing with all the money? As EliasN97 announced in a similar question and answer session in early December, he immediately puts most of the money back into his company. At that time, there were 52,000 euros in his private account, and 1.2 million euros in his business account.
Twitch colleague Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler also attaches great importance to transparency and recently showed his annual income from YouTube and Twitch. However, some viewers were rather unimpressed by the total, which completely upset the streamer.
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