How Hasan Piker became the most successful (& hated) political streamer

00:00 Who is Hasan Piker? 01:43 Streaming for 8 hours a day 03:13 Does consistency matter? 04:50 How does he write his segments? 06:26 Are you a journalist or an entertainer? 08:05 What makes a good stream? 09:27 Jon Stewart 11:22 Balancing truth and satire 15:02 How chat changes the dynamic 16:30 Do you feel responsible for getting the facts right? 19:28 Do you attempt to find a middle ground? 21:53 What makes you comfortable making controversial content? 26:15 Media biases - where does empathy come into play? 30:28 How creators approach journalism vs corporations 31:30 Media literacy today 33:06 Hasan’s thoughts on the New York Times 34:14 The business of streaming political commentary 37:55 The business of being credible with your audience 40:08 Do his Twitch subs increasing during election season? 40:43 Appearing on traditional media like CNN 42:08 Media literacy - people believe anything that looks professional 49:04 Making money but having no time to spend it 51:11 Hasan’s family and relationship with money growing up 56:38 Do you see any injustices in the creator economy today? 1:01:04 Election year 1:03:37 How accessible should politicians be? 1:04:50 Do you crave anonymity outside? 1:09:02 What he’s learned about the people who disagree with him 1:13:16 Copyrighting clips 1:16:48 Sensationalism wins in an ad-based economy 1:21:42 The overall health of the streaming economy 1:23:13 Twitch contracts - MGs, KPIs, etc. 1:25:35 Would you sign a deal with YouTube? 1:30:31 What does a healthy content diet look like? 1:35:05 Organizing his company as a co-op 1:37:47 Where does Hasan want to go from here? 1:41:35 The MrBeast-ification of IRL streaming Dubbed by ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/colin_samir COLIN AND SAMIR’S NEWSLETTER 📫 110,000+ read our free newsletter that breaks down the business of creators. Sign up: https://bit.ly/publish-press ASK US A QUESTION ❔ We answer questions from creators every Sunday in our newsletter. Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/publish-creator-support LISTEN TO THE SHOW iTunes: https://apple.co/2K1pYhu Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OnTmBC GET IN TOUCH 🌍 Our website: www.colinandsamir.com 🌍 Work with us: [email protected] JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📡 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/colinandsamir 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/colinandsamir 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColinandSamir 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colinandsamir ABOUT US We’re Colin and Samir, creators based out of Los Angeles California. We make videos about the creator economy, and the lessons we’ve learned over 10 years of being on YouTube. We also interview creators and try to get to the bottom of what’s working on YouTube and where the creator economy is headed.