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  "id": "12-percent-full-time-creators-earn-over-50k-linktree",
  "slug": "12-percent-full-time-creators-earn-over-50k-linktree",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/12-percent-full-time-creators-earn-over-50k-linktree/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/12-percent-full-time-creators-earn-over-50k-linktree.json",
  "claim": "Only 12% of full-time creators make more than $50,000 a year (Linktree)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most full-time creators earn less than $50K\"",
  "verdict": "outdated",
  "verdict_definition": "Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 3,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Linktree",
    "title": "2022 Creator Report (Linktree Creator Survey, 2021)",
    "year": "2022 (2021 survey)"
  },
  "quote": "12 % of full-time creators make greater than $50k 46 % of full-time creators make less than $1K",
  "method": "Linktree Creator Survey (2021) of 9,576 Linktree users; self-selected and self-reported income.",
  "drift": [
    "Sample: Linktree's own users, not all creators",
    "Date: 2021 data"
  ],
  "interest": "Linktree sells link-in-bio tools to creators.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In Linktree's 2021 survey of 9,576 of its users, 12% of full-time creators reported earning more than $50,000 a year and 46% less than $1,000.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Linktree — 2022 Creator Report",
      "url": "https://linktr.ee/creator-report/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey 2021; report 2022",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}