September 30, 2023

Twitter formally launched its Creator Adverts Income Sharing program yesterday. Elon Musk beforehand introduced again in February that Twitter had began sharing advert income with creators for advertisements that seem of their reply threads, however we lastly have extra particulars about how it will works.

Video-based platforms like YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok have already got revenue-sharing packages with creators. Twitter additionally beforehand launched Creator subscriptions, which permit customers with over 500 lively followers to receives a commission for unique tweets and stay subscriber-only conversations.

With this new Creator Adverts Income Sharing program, the corporate hopes that it may possibly “assist folks earn a residing straight on Twitter.” Nonetheless, based on the Washington Put up, the most important supporters (and beneficiaries) of this new program to this point seem like far-right influencers.

To be eligible for Twitter’s new advert revenue-sharing program, customers might want to have a Twitter Blue subscription and at the least 5 million impressions on their tweets in every of the final 3 months. They’ll additionally must have an entire profile with an genuine id and be in good standing with Twitter.

Twitter has teamed up with Stripe for payouts, which is similar supplier the corporate has been utilizing for its Subscriptions program. Twitter is first rolling out its advert revenue-sharing program to customers who’ve already signed up for Creator subscriptions, and the corporate will quickly open registrations to all eligible customers.