The complete list
Twenty-eight pieces, four sections, one page
Every rate, figure and named action reported on this site, laid out in full. Each entry opens the piece it belongs to.
What the platforms publish
10 pieces · open the section
Fifty-Five Per Cent, and What the Rest Covers
Three Tenths of a Cent Is an Average, Not a Rate
Apple's Commission Has One Headline Number. Everything Interesting About It Is a Footnote.
Ten Per Cent on One Side, Eight to Twelve on the Other
Listing, Transaction, Offsite — Etsy's Fee Stack in Its Own Words
Twitch's Split Was Fifty-Fifty Until It Wasn't
The Fee Schedule Amazon Publishes and the One It Changed Without Notice
TikTok's Creator Rewards Programme, in TikTok's Own Terms
Upwork Simplified Its Fee in 2023. Here Is What the Old One Was.
Programmatic's Middle — What the Ad-Tech Layer Keeps Before the Publisher Sees Anything
What people actually earn
6 pieces · open the section
What the Federal Reserve's Survey Found When It Asked About Side Income
The Bureau of Labour Statistics Counts Multiple Jobholders. The Number Is Smaller Than the Pitch.
Substack Names Its Top Earners. The Rest of the Distribution Is Quieter.
Patreon's Own Data on What Creators Earn
Who Commissioned the Creator Economy Survey, and What That Changes
The Distribution Nobody Quotes When They Quote the Average
The enforcement record
9 pieces · open the section
Seven Days, and a Document, Before Any Money Moves
A Blessing Loom in Arkansas, and the Order That Ended It
What a Coaching Pitch Has to Prove Before It Can Quote a Figure
Ganadores, Stopped Before the Marketing Changed
$125 Million In, by the Commission's Count, Before the Receiver Arrived
Eleven Hundred Letters Telling Companies What the Law Already Said
The 2024 Rule on Reviews the FTC Said Were Never Real
Two Disclosure Rules, and What Each One Asks For
Before the Federal Complaint, and After the Consent Order
