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US Creator Economy 2025

How Creator Pay Transparency Benefits Brands

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Most conversations around pay transparency center on equitable and predictable income for creators. While creators deserve to be paid fairly and on time for their work, more visibility into creator pay rates has tangible benefits for brands, too.
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Pay transparency isn’t only about ensuring equitable and predictable income for creators. It’s a business benefit for brands, too.

Key Question: How can more visibility into creator pay rates help brands improve their influencer marketing strategies and optimize budgets?

Key Stat: Marketers face a host of challenges when determining creator compensation, including internal budget constraints (23%), a lack of standardized pricing benchmarks (21%), and inflexible or high rates from creators (20%), per February 2025 data from Traackr.

This report can help you:

  • Develop media strategy and allocate budgets for campaigns (brands and agencies)

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Jasmine Enberg

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Senior Forecasting Analyst
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VP, Content
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Senior Copy Editor and Manager of Content Operations

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