u/Character-Donkey1583

She is 21. Creating content every single day since the pandemic. After her 9 to 5. Weekends. Never stops.

500,000 real followers. No bots. Active comments. Collabs with big creators.

Last month she asked our family for help with bills.

I did some research and here is what I found.

TikTok creator fund pays 2 to 4 cents per 1000 views. A video with 1 million views earns around $40.

To make $1,000 a month you need 25 million views every single month.

She has no product. No course. No niche. Just content.

She is not failing at being an influencer.

She is working a second full time job for a platform that is making millions off her while paying her almost nothing.

And she cannot quit now because 500,000 followers feels like she is almost there.

Almost where though?

Nobody can answer that.

Does anyone here actually make real money on TikTok or is the whole thing just a dream that pays in views and not in rent?