AfreecaTV Star Balloons Achieve New Record: An Incredible Milestone

In a recent Excel Broadcast event on the platform, which promotes competitive giving among guest broadcasters by showcasing real-time donation figures, a remarkable milestone was achieved: the largest donation in history.

On October 6, members of the online community Fomos shared images from the Excel Broadcast that featured a message stating, “Thank you for 1.17 million Star Balloons, OOO.”

Viewers expressed their admiration for this record-breaking moment, with many observing that it was “the highest record ever” and that they had “never witnessed anything like it in eight years of broadcasting.”

The screenshots indicated that the broadcast achieved three significant records.

△ The largest single donation of Star Balloons (1.17 million)
△ The quickest time to reach 10 million Star Balloons
△ The most Star Balloons collected in a single day (21 million within 18 hours).

These 21 million Star Balloons represent approximately 2.1 billion KRW, showcasing the immense revenue generated by this broadcast in just one day.

Throughout the Excel Broadcast, the hosts expressed deep gratitude towards the donors, bowing and thanking them sincerely.

This broadcast features real-time ranking of donations, displayed in a layout reminiscent of an Excel spreadsheet, which encourages fans to compete in their contributions.

Typically, the show highlights female broadcasters who attract viewership through their appearance and often engage in charismatic interactions to increase their donations.

Star Balloons are AfreecaTV’s premium donation option, each priced at 110 KRW. Regular broadcasters can redeem 60 KRW per Star Balloon, Best broadcasters can redeem 70 KRW, and Partner broadcasters can redeem 80 KRW.

The leading AfreecaTV broadcasters can earn tens of billions of KRW annually through Star Balloons.

Data submitted by AfreecaTV to lawmaker Park Choong-kwon of the People Power Party reveals that the top-earning BJ, Commander Zico, has received around 20 billion KRW, with other leading BJs earning close to 10 billion KRW each.

Of the top ten BJs who have received the most Star Balloons on AfreecaTV, nine participate in the Excel Broadcast.

Source: Wikitree

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