The Author’s Guild reported that the average U.S. full-time author “earned a median annual income from writing-related activities of $23,329 in 2022, of which an average of $12,000 was from their books.” (The median American worker brings home an estimated $54,132 a year.)
Now if that doesn’t scare you off, I don’t know what could.
The unspoken truth about "the creator economy”
Most creators don’t make any money at all (and want to)
- 43k Spotify artists are pulling in 90% of the royalties
- The average non-“top tier” Spotify artist earns $144/year
- The top 1% of OnlyFans accounts make 33% of all the $$