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In 2020, Roblox paid $250 million to its mostly young-adult developers. The company made the announcement at RDC, its sixth annual developer conference, which was a virtual event in 2020. It was great to see a substantial increase from the $110 million paid out in 2019.

But how much can the developer community expect in payouts in 2021?

Let’s start by looking at the forecast published by Roblox in https://ir.roblox.com/news/news-details/2021/Roblox-Expects-Approximately-1.5-Billion-of-Revenue-2.1-Billion-in-Non-GAAP-Bookings-For-Year-Ending-December-31-2021/default.aspx

According to their own forecast, Roblox expects the following for 2021: Net cash provided by Operating Activities: $320 million to $340 million, including $51 million of one-time expenses related to the Company’s direct listing.

Daily Active Users, or DAUs: 34.6 million to 36.4 million, representing year-over-year growth of 6% to 12%.

Hours engaged: 29,800 million to 31,400 million, representing year-over-year growth of -3% to 3%.

Revenue: $1,440 million to $1,515 million, representing year-over-year growth of 56% to 64%.

Non-GAAP Bookings: $2,000 million to $2,125 million, representing year-over-year growth of 6% to 13%.

Net cash provided by Operating Activities: $320 million to $340 million, including $51 million of one-time expenses related to the Company’s direct listing.

If we are focusing on the revenue side of things, we can see that Roblox is expecting to grow its revenue between 56% to 64%. If their forecast will hold (and based on the beginning of the year trends we expect them to hold), we can see an increase in developer payouts between 56% to 64% in 2021 as the cut will remain constant.

LOWER LIMIT =$250 million * 156% = 399,36

UPPER LIMIT = $250 million * 164% = 419,84

Having a minimum of $400 million in developer payouts in 2021 would be such a big success story that would empower even more developers to reach financial independence. We hope that all these forecasts will hold.

Good luck to all developers out there!