Sleep streams: How Kai Cenat and others make money filming themselves sleep – BBC

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kai Cenat is one of the top earners while asleepBy Tom GerkenTechnology reporterMost people twitch in their sleep – but a few have found a way to turn that into profit.Video platforms YouTube, TikTok and Twitch are filled with so-called “sleep streamers”, who broadcast live footage of themselves under the covers.Estimates suggest he made tens of thousands of dollars sleeping during a non-stop month-long stream in March.Amouranth, one of the world’s best-known streamers, claimed on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast in June that she can make up to $15,000 from a sleep stream. For the viewers, sleep streams can provide them with a sense of community – someone to fall asleep with – as well as a source of entertainment.The idea might sound bizarre, but it isn’t entirely new – in the early 2000s, reality show Big Brother became one of the world’s most-watched shows, and often broadcast people fast asleep.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Amouranth, who has won awards for her content, is the third most popular woman on TwitchYou snooze, you winOther forms of sleep streams have started to emerge. Rather than paying streamers to sleep, viewers pay to keep streamers awake. By
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