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The luxury product, materialistic worship influencer segment is only a tiny percent of the influencer economy. For every one influencer posing with a sports ca
by marcuskane2 2y ago
The luxury product, materialistic worship influencer segment is only a tiny percent of the influencer economy.
For every one influencer posing with a sports car in Dubai, there are a thousand other influencers whose content can be produced at very low cost. Video games, parenting, fitness, beauty/make-up/skincare, cooking, woodworking, gardening, backpacking, dancing, DIY, personal finance, etc all have tons of content creators working from home (or the gym, park, shop, whatever).
I know a woman who started posting videos that were just her holding her cell phone recording a selfie video talking about being a mom. She now has brands paying her tens of thousands of dollars to promote their products, and her videos are still just phone selfies sitting on her couch.
- throwup238 2y agoMy observation isn't limited to that segment (I've never actually seen any content from them). Attention is finite and eventually each niche becomes a zero-sum game of competing over limited eyeballs. Once it becomes competitive, spending money becomes the best lever available to the content creators. I don't think this necessarily applies to all influencers like those with loyal followings, but it's a general pattern I've observed.