Basically everyone had summer jobs. But how many kids in a class of 30 will have a profile with 20k followers? I'd guess one at best, likely less. (average) I

Basically everyone had summer jobs. But how many kids in a class of 30 will have a profile with 20k followers? I'd guess one at best, likely less. (average) I know a ton of teachers and am friends with a bunch of people with monetised channels like these, but it's really not like a summer job. Virtually everyone had a summer job at some point, but in a class of 30 you'd be hard pressed to find a kid with a profile of 10-20k users. Usually it's like 5-10 kids in a school of 500-1000 who've got some instagram side hustle going on. Otherwise nice article though, things have definitely changed and as long as parents keep an eye out I think it's a pretty cool development. On the other hand, I'd question the extent to which kids will say no to crappy brands that offer money, whereas in my experience most serious channels by young adults will often not recommend bad products they don't believe in. If you look at all the insta feeds they're all basically clones of each other anyway, kind of low-quality reviews and just all about advertising, promotions, chances to win something etc. Seems like a pure money-grab, whereas young adults tend to build more of an experience, mention products they don't profit from, offer more varied content. I'm honestly a bit surprised at the amount of followers they got, but then you can wonder how much is real. Honestly can't blame them, when I was a kid I always had some silly side hustle too. I just wanted to buy games, candy, fireworks and a football haha, quality wasn't the nr 1 priority.