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Side Hustle Close Up showed one recipe video earning $605 on Facebook, $453 on TikTok and 27 cents on YouTube Shorts. This week was about where the money is moving: YouTube is raising its entry bar for new applicants, while Instagram and TikTok are paying for longer video.
Ten minutes of reading in a few short sections, with a link to the source for every point. Here is what Creator Economy, Summed Up covers.
New features, payouts and policy shifts on YouTube, Shorts and Instagram, from the people announcing or testing them.
What creators actually did and measured: hooks, retention fixes, posting experiments, with their numbers.
Brand deal pricing, RPMs, affiliate and shopping changes, and how creators turn audiences into businesses.
New tools and AI workflows creators are using to save hours on editing, setup and research.
Every Creator Economy issue is built from new videos on these 21 channels. Nothing is made up: if it's in the issue, someone said it on camera.
Creator Insider · TubeBuddy · Roberto Blake · YouTube Creators Hub Podcast · Creator News Live
Chiamaka Okoli · Romayroh · Nick Nimmin · Think Media · Jade Beason · 1of10 YouTube Strategy
Grow with Alex · Robert Benjamin
Justin Moore (Creator Wizard) · JoinBrands for Creators · Colin and Samir · Vanessa Lau · Sunny Lenarduzzi · Dan Koe · Ali Abdaal
Justin Brown (Primal Video)
Sum up any video, creator or playlist yourself: notes with timestamps, the transcript, and answers to your questions.
One video, summed up with timestamps.
OpenEvery video they've posted, as one library.
OpenA course or a series, in order, as notes.
OpenSpoken TikToks, read instead of watched.
OpenReels and posts, as notes you can search.
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Every week we read the transcripts of new videos from the channels listed on this page. AI pulls out the useful parts, every quote is checked word for word against what was said, and a person edits the issue before it goes out. Each point links to the exact moment in the video.
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