How much does someone with 75k followers make?

And how do they make money?

Today, you’ll read about:
My creator business finances
Mistakes to learn from
How to learn more + templates
How much I made in Q1 2025
All numbers in USD.
Revenue
Q1 2024: $14k
In 2024, I made $6,420.01 in March and $14,297.54 in Q1 2024 (Jan - Mar).
58% of revenue ($8,306.32) was from sponsors or agency services (B2B, or business-to-business).

Q1 2025: $16.5k
In March 2025, I was travelling full time.
I made $4,096.79 in March and $16,539.22 in Q1 2025.
That’s a 15.6% increase from last year…which isn’t great imo.
It’s also a 14% decrease from last quarter (Q4 2024).
But now, 81% of my revenue ($13,391.00) came from my courses (B2C).

Revenue streams
Q1 2024: B2B
Most of my revenue came from B2B (agency, sponsors).

Q1 2025: B2C
Most of my revenue came from B2C (courses and live programs).

Expenses
Q1 2024: $615
I was paying for my email newsletter service and that was about it.
Total expenses for Q1 2024: $615.64
Q1 2025: $6.6k
I paid for a lot more (YouTube editor, software)…so my margins were worse.
Total expenses for Q1 2025: $6,673.79
Did I make more in 2024 or 2025?
So when I do a rough calculation (revenue - expenses), I actually made more last year ($13,681.90 in 2024 vs $9,865.43 in 2025).
ROI on time
I calculate hourly rate by taking revenue divided by hours spent.
Q1 2024: higher hourly rate
I spent max 112 hours on my business (since I was still working full time).

Q1 2025: lower hourly rate
I spent more hours on average, so my hourly rate decreased.

My mistakes
I know people who have millions of followers who make less than $2k a month.
And people who have less than 5k followers making $20k+ a month (with high ticket coaching/consulting).
I feel somewhere in between. This is where I lost out on a lot of revenue:
No clear offer - my funnel was a mess (rip shiny object syndrome)
Didn’t like B2B (I don’t do sponsor outreach or agency services anymore, so I can’t charge thousands per month)
Didn’t focus on high ROI tasks (spent too much time answering DMs and emails)
Travelled a lot - felt scattered and unfocused with no business
Tbh I wish I hired a coach that understood my exact problems (ADHD vibes) who could ask me good questions + give me deadlines so I can finally have clarity on what to do.
How to learn more + templates
If you’re struggling with something similar, reply with your biggest problem rn and I’ll see if I can dig up some of my old documentation to help!
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