While there has been a fevered debate over the content produced by female streamers on Twitch and how it is policed, there is no denying that women are grossly undervalued in the world of esports when compared to their male counterparts, and that is a much bigger, and more important topic.
Thanks to the British online Marketplace, who referenced data from EsportsEarnings, you can see the wide gap between the men and women, and it is troubling to say the least.
This isn’t just a pay gap, it’s like men and women are galaxies apart in terms of earnings.
In comparison, the top male earner is Dota 2 player Johan Sundstein, who has won $6,889,591.79 from tournaments, according to VG247. Additionally, and even more indicative of how wide the pay gap is, no women make the top 300 earners in esports.
There are a lot of things that need to be ironed out in eports, clearly, and in the streaming industry as well.
