What people will orbit and paypig for is mindblowing. Take Aaron Imholte of the Balldoverse for instance. He's a former local radio host who does internet now because he got fired. Not only does he make enough to afford a middle class home and 3 part time kids, but he has multiple orbiters and alogs who I believe, I'm not a cumianigger so I may be wrong, do it full time. Not only can he sustain himself off of paypigs, but the orbiters can too. These are people who don't even make the z-list.
All you need is the reach to ensure you can fill some psychological nich for a few hundred broke brains and be willing to milk the ones who will pay the most for all they're worth.