Anastasiia Kyriienko
Creative Economy Consultant
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Anastasiia Kyriienko
Creative Economy Consultant
Anastasia, a specialist in investment and content monetization, analyzes valuable data, uncovers unique insights, and shares them with creators, so they can grow smarter, faster, and stronger.
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24 Jun 2026
The Real Money Flow in 2026: YouTube vs Patreon vs Substack Explained
A creator with 80,000 YouTube subscribers can make less per month than a writer with 2,000 paying readers on Substack. That sounds backwards, until you look at how each platform pays.
22 Jun 2026
The Dark Side of Virality: When Millions of Views Reduce Future Revenue
A million views feels like the jackpot. Then the AdSense report lands, and the payout is smaller than your last regular upload. That gap is one of the strangest YouTube virality effects, and it catches small creators off guard every week.
19 Jun 2026
Does YouTube Premium Pay Creators More Or Less?
Short answer first: yes, Premium usually pays you more per view than a traditional ad revenue, but rarely on a steady schedule, and not without trade-offs.