Marcel “MontanaBlack88” Thomas Andreas Eris is a YouTuber/German Variety streamer who plays various video games such as Fortnite, PUBG, COD and the FIFA series. He became the biggest German streamer in 2018 and currently has almost 4 million followers on Twitch. MontanaBlack has gained a large part of his overall following over the last two years and has 2 YouTube accounts currently. The “MontanaBlack” YouTube channel has 2.89 million subscribers currently while the “SpontanaBlack” channel currently has 2.51 million subscribers. While most of his content on both YouTube and Twitch is related to gaming, MontanaBlack also posts various lifestyle related and other general content as well.
| Real Name | Marcel Thomas Andreas Eris |
| DOB | March 2, 1988 (age 33) |
| Height | 5 ft 9 inches |
| Weight | 78 kg |
| Address | Germany |
| Marital Status/ Partner | Unknown |
| Source of Wealth | Content Creator, Online streamer, YouTuber |
| Net Worth | $58000 |
How much is MontanaBlack’s total net worth?
As of 2022, MontanaBlack is estimated to have a net worth of around $ 58000 dollars. The streamer has around 10.6k subscribers on Twitch currently and has registered an all-time subscriber high of around 44.1k in September 2019. MontanaBlack has been regularly streaming since November 2016 and is vastly recognized as the biggest German content creator on the platform. A majority of his earnings are expected to accrue from Twitch despite the fact that MontanaBlack has more than 5 million subscribers in total on YouTube on his two accounts. That is because he is able to generate only around a million views despite the following on YouTube every month but regardless, his net worth is currently expected to be around $ 1.5 million.
On what platform does MontanaBlack stream?
At the moment, MontanaBlack only live streams on Twitch despite being very active on YouTube. He has a large active community on Twitch and has not been overtly active on YouTube in recent months. He only posts around 1-2 videos on YouTube and similarly, has not been very active on Twitch but hosts around 2 live streams a week on the platform.
How much does MontanaBlack earn?
Considering his partner status with Twitch, MontanaBlack is expected to accrue a large amount via his sponsorships/brand deals. Due to his lack of regular content in recent months, he only has around 10k subscribers on Twitch, a number that keeps on fluctuating. Regardless, he is expected to earn $15-22k on Twitch every month. Additionally, due to his lack of regular YouTube videos, he is estimated to have garnered around a million views on YouTube in the past 30 days. This should result in a further $5-10k in earnings every month, although his
earnings on both platforms should increase when he starts posting content regularly
again.
Overall, MontanaBlack’s yearly earnings are estimated to be between $500k to 1 million every year. This includes his earnings from the various social media platforms he is active on, along with other sponsorships/brand deals that he has signed.
MontanaBlack’s Twitch career
Despite being active on Twitch since 2013, MontanaBlack started posting content regularly on the platform around November 2016. He quickly gained a large German following on the platform and by the end of the year was recognized as one of the biggest German content
creators of all time. MontanaBlack has since maintained a consistent growth on Twitch and crossed the 1 million follower mark on the platform in November 2016.
He is known to have an intense personality and regularly rages during his video game streams. MontanaBlack enjoyed the best year of his career on Twitch back in 2019 and registered an all-time subscriber high of 44,177 in 2019. For a brief period, he was the #1 streamer in the world on Twitch and had surpassed bonafide legends in the form of Tfue and Shroud.
Around December 2018, MontanaBlack was suspended for 30 days on Twitch after he was found making “racist comments.” The streamer later stated that he did not have a “racist intent.” Since then, he has been suspended on Twitch twice, once in October 2019 and then finally in September 2020.
MontanaBlack’s YouTube career
Like on Twitch, most of MontanaBlack’s YouTube content revolves around gaming. He has been active on YouTube since 2013 and initially used the “MontanaBlack” channel to share past experiences. MontanaBlack had a rough upbringing in Germany and is known to have had drug and alcohol related problems as well as being involved in thefts and vandalism. He was thrown out by his grandparents’ house where he stayed after his mother had moved to a village in Germany. The streamer was left homeless and initially used his YouTube channel to talk about his experiences and life-stories.
Eventually, he began posting content related to gaming and saw a rise in popularity on YouTube as well after his Twitch account blew up around the beginning of 2018. MontanaBlack has not enjoyed a lot of growth in the past year, and had around 2.5 million subscribers on his main channel until around June 2020. As of today, that number has risen to 2.89 million.
Earnings as a Twitch streamer
As mentioned above, MontanaBlack had his best years on Twitch between 2018-2020, and currently has only around 10k subscribers on the platform. His earnings when he was maintaining around 30-40k subscribers would have been around $50-80k. However, currently, MontanaBlack is expected to rake in around $15-22k on the platform every month. This translates to earnings of around $250-350k every year.
Earnings as a YouTuber
MontanaBlack has been earning vastly more from Twitch than YouTube since around 2016, when he first started streaming regularly on the platform. That is true as of right now as well, as
MontanaBlack is estimated to accrue around 1 million views on YouTube every month. This should translate to no more than $5-10k of earnings every month, which in turn adds up to around $100k-150k per year. Of course, as mentioned above, his comparatively low earnings have got a lot to do with the lack of regular content over the past few months.
Other sponsorship deals
As is often true about top content creators nowadays, not a lot of information is currently available about the kind of sponsorships/brand deals that MontanaBlack has signed. However, he is expected to have a range of sponsors considering his status. MontanaBlack previously used to stream gambling on Twitch as well under the Slots category, and should have received gambling sponsors in the past as well. Regardless, not a lot of information is currently available about his overall sponsors.
Expenditure
MontanaBlack is expected to live a lavish lifestyle and regularly live streams from luxurious looking places and vacation spots. He also posted a house-tour in April 2020 in which he showed off multiple luxury cars as well. Regardless, while no information is available about the kind of regular expenditure that the German streamer incurs, he lives a lavish lifestyle.
In the news
On September 1st 2019, MontanaBlack became the highest subscribed Twitch content creator with over 34k subscribers, becoming the first ever German streamer to achieve the status. MontanaBlack also achieved a career-high subscriber count of more than 44k the same month. In early 2021, he revealed during a live stream that he had earned over $3 million from Twitch alone in 2019, making it his most successful year until now.
MontanaBlack has till date released two biographies. The first one titled “MontanaBlack” was published in March 2019 and was the number one bestseller in the non-fiction category. His second biography, a continuation of the first one, was released in February 2021 and is titled “MontanaBlack II: From YouTuber to Millionaire.”
Due to his frank and open personality, MontanaBlack has a large close-knit Twitch community despite being a highly controversial streamer overall. In December 2018, MontanaBlack uttered multiple racist statements on stream which saw his Twitch account suspended for 30 days. The streamer later claimed that he did not act with racist intent.
In October 2019, he went on an abusive rant on a friend’s live stream that saw his account suspended for a period of seven days. Finally, in September 2020, during a vacation in Malta, MontanaBlack was seen taking pictures of a hotel visitor from his room balcony during a live stream. Later during another stream, he was seen walking on the streets of Malta while filming women and making inappropriate comments. As a result, MontanaBlack’s Twitch account was banned for 33 days.
FAQ
Q. Does MontanaBlack have a girlfriend?
Multiple websites have reported that MontanaBlack is currently single, although the streamer has not confirmed his relationship status himself. He is known to have had at least one girlfriend in the past but never revealed her name.
Q. Where does MontanaBlack stream?
Despite being active on both YouTube and Twitch, MontanaBlack only live streams on Twitch at the moment.
Q. Where was MontanaBlack born?
MontanaBlack was born in Buxtehude, Germany, to a mother of Turkish origin and a German father. He spent a majority of his childhood at his grandparents’ home while his mother lived in a German village.
