Who Is Actually Making Money in the Creator Economy?

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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COME TO PRESS PUBLISH LA: http://presspublish.la/ The creator economy is projected to reach $43 billion in ad spend this year. But a recent survey found that nearly half of creators make less than $10,000 a year. So where is all the money actually going? In this episode, Colin and Samir break down the economics behind the creator economy — and why so much of the money is concentrating at the top. As major brands shift billions of dollars toward creators, they’re increasingly partnering with a small number of highly organized creators who can deliver large, multi-platform campaigns. We explore: Why the creator economy is becoming winner-take-most How Fortune 500 brands are reshaping creator partnerships Why creators with teams and infrastructure are landing the biggest deals What smaller creators need to do to compete for brand dollars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've all heard about how fast the creator economy is growing. There's more creators than ever.
0:04.1	There's more ad dollars than ever. And to put some specifics to that, the creator economy is projected
0:08.9	to reach $43 billion in ad spend this year. So it's a good time to be a creator. But a recent
0:15.8	report came out that surveyed a thousand creators and showed that nearly half of those creators
0:19.5	make less than $10,000 a year.
0:22.9	So where is this money going in the creator economy? That's something we're going to dive into
0:28.0	on today's episode of the Colin and Samir show. We're also going to talk about our next big
0:32.9	press publish event, the Hollywood Creator Summit coming to Los Angeles, May 28th. And lastly, we're
0:40.6	joined by our writer, Sid Cohen. Hi, Sid. Hi. I'm scared. Hi. He has a gun.
0:50.0	Sid, what are you doing? Don't say that. It's crazy. No, it's true. He does. No, stop.
0:55.9	Cid is our writer and Gen Z correspondent. How old are you said?
1:00.2	I'm 25. I turned 26 in three weeks.
1:02.8	Ooh. Yeah, I'm off the insurance soon.
1:06.5	So, Sid is here on the show because we are bringing a new segment to this episode. If you guys like this, we'll bring it back. It's called age gap. Sid is here on the show because we are bringing a new segment to this episode.
1:11.7	If you guys like this, we'll bring it back.
1:13.3	It's called Age Gap.
1:14.7	Sid is going to throw out a Gen Z term to us.
1:17.0	We have to get to the point where we understand it and can explain it back to her.
1:21.5	That is coming up on the show.
1:24.2	All right.
1:25.2	Sid, bring us into this episode.
1:28.9	What if I supposed to say? Okay, no, that's good. That's good. Is that going in?
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