Hisham Sarwar
A research paper by Recreate talks about the growth of America’s new creative economy. The company estimates that around 17 million people in the U.S. made money while posting content online in 2017. In contrast, there were only 12 million manufacturing workers in the same year.
Driven by constant innovation and desire for entrepreneurship, the internet expands its outreach by empowering more people online.
The data is compiled for these 7 websites
- Youtube
- Etsy
- WordPress
- Amazon Publishing
- Tumblr
- Twitch
The content creators earned the most from YouTube, making around 4 billion in 2017 in the U.S alone. Next big is Instagram, The money that content creators earned on Instagram grew by 50 percent year-over-year.
Here is the chart compiled by Re: Create Coalition.
Are you using any of these websites to publish your content and making money?.
