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[[File:Venus Berlin 2019 700.jpg|thumb|This [[Venus Berlin]] event in 2019 shows the camera and laptop setup used by a webcam model.]]
As of 2016, the money generated by camming sites was upwards of US $2 billion annually. The pornography business as a whole is estimated to be about $5 billion.<ref name=Rabouin/> According to the [[web traffic]] analysis service [[Compete.com]], [[LiveJasmin]] generates more than 9 million unique viewers a month. Similar webcam model hosting sites such as [[Chaturbate]], [[CAM4]], and [[MyFreeCams]] boast 4.1 million, 3.7 million and 2 million unique monthly visitors, respectively.<ref name=Rabouin/> Certain hosting sites such as the aforementioned Chaturbate, LiveJasmin, [[ManyVids]], and many other providers also offer payment in cryptocurrency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=intimate.io|date=2018-11-01|title=How to get paid in crypto|url=https://medium.com/@intimate/how-to-get-paid-in-crypto-81b8fcd9c0ad|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Medium|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331155630/https://medium.com/@intimate/how-to-get-paid-in-crypto-81b8fcd9c0ad|url-status=live}}</ref>
The decentralized business model of camming has upended the pornography industry in multiple ways. Camming revenue has been severely cutting into the profits of the pornographic movie business, which has also been eroded for several years by piracy and the distribution of free sexual content on the Internet.<ref name=Richtel/> The pornographic film industry used to be male-dominated, except for the performers. Since camming requires only a video camera, broadband service, and a computer, there has now been a power reversal, and female webcam performers are driving the industry.<ref name=Rachel/><ref name=Hess>{{cite news |last1=Hess |first1=Amanda |date=5 May 2018 |title=Who Gets to Be Sexy? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/style/porn-women-nonbinary-queer.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=7 May 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112095631/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/style/porn-women-nonbinary-queer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Todd Blatt, a former pornographic movie producer, has said, "If you're the middle guy who has been eating off this industry for 20 years, it's a big change. The girls don't need anybody."<ref name=Richtel/>
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