Claims / C-2XB210AG5W

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Creator media generated close to $250 billion in revenue in the year before early 2025, roughly 15% of the global media and entertainment market, and accounted for almost half of global M&E growth over the preceding four years.

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    Based on a bottoms-up analysis of the largest creator media outlets, I estimate that the creator media economy generated close to \$250 billion in revenue last year, roughly 15% of the global M&E market. It is growing far faster and over the last four years accounted for almost half of global M&E growth. Conservatively, I estimate it will exceed \$600 billion and 25% of global M&E revenue by 2030. There are very powerful techn

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    A bottoms-up estimate by a former Wall Street media analyst, reasoned from the largest creator outlets. Weakest point: it is his own estimate, not a measured series, and the boundary between creator and corporate media is his definition, which flatters the number by counting anything monetised by anyone.