Are you an X creator looking for a way to cash your creativity fully? Fortunately, Elon Musk introduces the Twitter Ad revenue share program to empower the creators on the platform. So, without further delay, let’s find out what is included in this program and how you can jump on this bandwagon!
What is Twitter Ad Revenue Share
In June 2023, the platform introduced an X ads revenue sharing program for creators to earn money with their creative skills. It is a great opportunity for creators to monetize their X account. Creators receive an X ad revenue based on the verified users’ organic impressions of ads displayed in the replies on their posts. The payments come every week.
This X ads revenue sharing will be available worldwide to creators who meet the eligibility requirements. However, the exact method for calculating compensates and the amount kept by X is not completely clear.
Eligibility Requirements
- Your X’s Account has at least 500 followers.
- You have to subscribe to Twitter Premium (A.K.A Twitter Blue) or verified organizations.
- Your account has at least 5 million organic impressions on your posts within the last 3 months.
How to Monetize Your Account with the Twitter Ad Revenue Share Program?
If your account meets the eligibility requirements, then you can be ready to monetize your X account and make money on Twitter with an X ads revenue sharing program. Below we mentioned the steps to monetize your X account.
For Desktop Users
- Login to your X account on the Twitter website on your preferred browser.
- On the left sidebar menu, click on Menu and then tap on Monetization.
- Click on Ads revenue sharing and then tap on the Join and Setup Payouts button.
- The page will be redirected to the Stripe sign-up page to create an account for receiving ad revenue share.
- Your Stripe account works as a third party to transfer funds to your local bank account.
- Once you are all set, you will get regular payments, provided you have obtained more than $10.
For Mobile Users
- Launch the X app on your mobile device and click on your profile icon.
- Scroll down and click Monetization, then select Ads revenue sharing.
- Tap on the Join and Set Payouts button.
- You will be redirected to Stripe to create an account for getting your revenue share.
- Your stripe account works as a bridge for transferring payments to your external bank account.
- Once the setup has been done, you will receive regular payments, provided you have generated more than $10.
The Benefits and Drawbacks of the X Ads Revenue Sharing Program
The Twitter Ad Revenue share scheme is the newly launched tactic of Elon Musk to make money from Twitter and pay creators to engage them on the platform. While every program has its brighter and darker side also. Let’s discuss them.
- It encourages creators to do whatever their niche is and get paid because of their valuable content.
- Your payment comes every week whenever your ad revenue hits $10.
- The more impressions and engagement your accounts get, the more amounts your content generates via the ads revenue share program.
- It boosts Twitter creators income who already make money on Twitter by selling products, affiliate marketing, sponsored tweets, ghostwriting, etc.
- Premium subscription provides higher Twitter reach and engagement and prioritizes your rankings in comments.
Remember these things while subscribing to Twitter Premium to get X ads revenue sharing:
- Twitter creator only gets ad revenue if the ad is watched by Premium (A.K.A Twitter Blue) users.
- Advertisers are not paying much amount that the creators expect.
- The tweet did not get a lot of replies.
- Most content is not suitable for ads.
- You must get Twitter Blue rebranded as Twitter Premium.
- It is hard to hit 5 million impressions in 3 months.
How Much Can You Earn From Twitter Ad Revenue Share?
Famous creators started posting their earnings after X announced its revenue-sharing program. Shibetoshi Nakamoto shared the post that he earned $37,050 from the X Ads revenue sharing scheme. This amount included payouts from February to July 2023, when the first release of payouts began. Moreover, he has 2.1 million followers, and his every post gets hundreds of thousands of impressions.
The journalist Ashley St. Clair posted more realistic calculations, and she said that she earned $7,153 for 840 million impressions from February to July 2023. However, these impressions include both verified and non-verified users. The accurate earning rate would depend on how many verified users are viewing ads in your post replies. But officially, X did not declare the exact amount per impression that they pay to creators.
FAQs
Q. How many impressions do I need to be paid on Twitter?
To start Monetization on Twitter, you need 5 million impressions on your posts in the last 3 months.
Q. In which countries is Twitter Ad Revenue share available?
The Ad revenue sharing scheme is available worldwide, but the X payment system currently supports some selected countries for payouts.
Final Thoughts
Twitter Ad Revenue Share program is great for creators to earn money from Twitter. It will be around for a while as it is mutually beneficial for both the creators of X and the platform.
