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What is the best social media platform for niche content creators? I'm thinking of starting a small project for one of my hobbies but I'd hope to make at least enough to pay for my setup (mic, camera, etc.). Is that unrealistic?
If youre doing niche hobby stuff why are you even talking about monetization? This is for people who dont have a real job and trying to make it in youtubes version of hollywood.
I wouldn't count on it, my wife has been trying to the best of her abilities and at the limit of our financial reach...it's been 10 years so far, 20k on insta and recently picked up YouTube which was now getting close to getting paid pennies...but not anymore it seems.
You either have to get lucky or have the funds and means to keep pushing yourself into the system until you trip over success.
My wife had a single sponsor which paid her €20 per month but being sponsored by them led to her followers expecting her to behave like customer support 24/7.
She now has this co-op with a printer resin company where she gets a percentage of each sale...she made zero in the past 10 months of pushing the product.
At least she's happy for being able to share her interest and hobby with a fuckload of other people.
Maybe peertube?