Elon Musk’s X has paid $20m to creators

Linda Yaccarino says the company paid $20 million to creators for ad revenue they generated from their posts


Tech Desk September 30, 2023
Twitter's official page with an "X" on the profile image is seen on July 23, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a social media website. PHOTO: REUTERS

Formerly known as Twitter, X, has paid nearly $20 million to creators according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino.

Z began paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in replies from to posts. Eligible creators had to have subscribed to X Premium and have more than 500 followers with more than 5 million tweet impressions for the last three months.

The first payments accumulated to $5 million, Elon Musk said, from February onwards.

Creators are also now incentivized to get users to reply to their tweets, as more are driven to subscribe to premium and win a share of the ad revenue from the company.

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