Analysis

The mid-tier creator who out-earned a celebrity
A shift in how brands measure trust handed an 80,000-follower account the bigger check — and quietly rewrote the math of the whole campaign budget.
Every story tagged The Business — the campaigns, platform shifts, and research that touch it.

A shift in how brands measure trust handed an 80,000-follower account the bigger check — and quietly rewrote the math of the whole campaign budget.

Talent is being bought like ad inventory. We mapped who's acquiring, and the multiples they're paying.

An entire supply chain exists to inflate the one number brands still pay for.