DDG claims he made over $12 million through Twitch streams in one month, netizens believe it "can't be real"

On June 6, rapper and Twitch Partner Darryl "PontiacMadeDDG" showcased his creator analytics on the platform, displaying a whopping $12,345,987 earned in May 2025, which happened to be one of the streamer's most controversial months. For context, in early May, Darryl's former partner, actress Halle Bailey, released a series of allegations against him detailing instances of abuse.

The allegations were accompanied by a restraining order, and Bailey was granted temporary sole legal and physical custody of their 17-month-old son, Halo. That being said, DDG has streamed live almost every day since the allegations came out, and now, after he revealed his analytics dashboard, users, like @ClipHubz, seemed to be in disbelief:

"This can’t be real."

Others, like @apexAnteater, continued to claim the streamer was bluffing:

"Cap, he only made around 25k."

@ourt_destiny referenced Kai Cenat, who is currently on top of the Twitch active subscribers table, with over 116,000 paid members. Darryl, on the other hand, has about 39,000 active subscribers as of this writing:

"Kai gotta be making at least 30+ Mill a month from Twitch."

More reactions to DDG's reported earnings, many find the figure "crazy" or "insane" (Images via @PontiacMadeDDG/X))

@K3yToTheCity drew a stark comparison between their earnings and the streamer's reported Twitch payout for May:

"Holy sh*t... I just paid some of my federal income taxes for the month, $2,000 worth. Me and my wife were complaining about nickels and dimes, struggling, how taxes are killing us, and then I see this post. Good God. Must be nice. Keep up the good work. AND FREE HALO."

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Looking at DDG's May Twitch performance

Since the Halle Bailey controversy, DDG's statistics have only looked up (Image via TwitchTracker.com)

DDG went live every day throughout May 2025, totalling up to 289 on-stream hours, and averaged about 24,280 viewers per stream. In terms of followers, the rapper gained almost 1.6 million from May alone.

During the month, when he snuck out of Streamer University to host a party live, his viewership reached an all-time high. Darryl had over 205,000 people watching him throw a party in Akron, Ohio.

Just as the allegations against him came out, the streamer let the internet know that he was "chilling" and would continue streaming:

"i’m chillin btw.. i have no worries. streaming later on, no days off!"

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In other news, FaZe Clan invited Darryl to join the organization, and he accepted, becoming "FaZe Moo" for 24 hours.