Influencers onInstagram earn money in many ways.- From sponsored content to getting tipped on IG Live, creators balance several streams of income.
Instagram and influencers go hand-in-hand.
The Meta-owned social-media platform has become a primary stage for influencers launching their careers.
Those careers can take off quickly. For example, the 26-year-old influencer Achieng Agutu, who had about 488,000 Instagram followers when Insider interviewed her, $4 as a full-time creator.
Influencers don't need tons of followers to start earning money on Instagram. As more brands $4 to smaller creators like "$4" or "$4" influencers with under 100,000 followers, establishing a full-time $4 is no longer a pipe dream.
Typically, influencers rely on sponsored content to make money. From posting a picture to the main feed with #ad to sharing swipe-up links in a series of stories, sponsored content takes on many different shapes.
Rates for these types of brand deals $4.
For instance, Nate White, a comedy creator who had 340,000 Instagram followers $4, has a base rate of $3,000. Meanwhile, Jour'dan Haynes, a nano influencer, $4
To land on these rates, $4 influencers rely on formulas like charging brands $100 for every 10,000 followers. But not everyone agrees on one formula.
Each deal has to also account for an influencer's following, $4, and niche, as well as deal terms like exclusivity, $4, and timing.
But if influencers negotiate well, brand deals can lead to big paychecks. For instance, one influencer with 275,000 followers told Insider she had booked $4 in six months. And two micro influencers told Insider they earned $4 as full-time creators.
Sponsored content, however, isn't the only income generator for these influencers — although it is generally the most lucrative.
Influencers on Instagram can also earn commissions on $4, profits from $4, and proceeds from $4 Meta has introduced. One influencer who spoke with Insider made an average of $4 through affiliate links alone.
Instagram is even $4 that would let creators earn money for high-performing reels on the app.
Other platforms, like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, have introduced similar programs for short-form video formats. YouTube also shares ad revenue with creators for longer-form videos through its $4
Insider has spoken with dozens of Instagram influencers about how much money they charge brands for sponsored content and how else they make a living using the app.
Here's a comprehensive breakdown of Insider's cover on How much money Instagram influencers make:
How much money Instagram influencers make from brand deals
Many influencers earn money on Instagram by working with brands on sponsored content.
In 2022, Instagram launched a test of its Creator Marketplace, which connects brands and influencers directly on the app. Although the feature has received $4 from creators in its first year of testing, Meta introduced more features and $4.
40 Instagram influencers told us how much they charge for and have earned from sponsored content. Here's a full breakdown of our coverage, in order of follower count at the time of interviews:
"Macro" and "Mega" influencers
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Nano influencers>$4
How Instagram influencers earn money beyond brand deals
From earning a commission through $4 to getting tipped by followers on an Instagram Live, there's a host of supplementary sources of income for creators on Instagram.
How much money do influencers make by promoting links or selling their own products?
Affiliate marketing
Influencers use $4 like LTK and ShopStyle to generate affiliate links or discount codes provided by brands to earn a percentage of sales. ($4.)
Adding these links just got easier, too. In 2021, Instagram released the ability to $4 in Stories to all users — regardless of the follower count or verification status. Instagram now lets users $4 in their bios, too.
The platform also began $4 native-to-Instagram affiliate marketing tools for influencers in 2021, but later $4 during the summer of 2022.
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Using Instagram's suite of monetization tools
Since 2020, Instagram has announced several $4 for creators. Although the platform's ad-revenue share program for ads played on IGTV (which rebranded to "Instagram Video") came to an end in 2022, creators have turned to reels as a way to earn money.
In May, Meta announced that it would begin testing a new $4 with a select group of creators. Instagram announced it was $4 its "$4" program for reels a few months prior.
Creators can also make money on Instagram by receiving "$4" or "$4" (tipping features for Live and Reels, respectively), launching Instagram Subscriptions, and selling their own merchandise or products in-app.
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Selling courses, direct-to-consumer products, and merch
Influencers can sell their own products and merchandise directly through $4, or leverage their audience to promote their own brands, $4, $4, or $4.
Some influencers, like $4, go on to found brands that are worth millions — or even billions — of dollars.
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Reselling clothing
Resale apps like Poshmark, Depop, and Etsy have become lucrative small businesses for many Instagram creators.
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