
After TikTok, heartland creators face a tougher second act
₹25,000 a month. More established creators are receiving 6-7 brand campaigns regularly, translating into upwards of ₹50,000 in monthly earnings,” he added.Some creators chose to ditch short-form content and started creating long-form YouTube videos to skip the cut-throat competition.
“When TikTok got banned, most creators were looking for an easy transition into a similar short-form apps like MX Takatak and Moj. Even YouTube and Instagram introduced the short-format feature soon after.
However, we decided to get into long-format content on YouTube,” said Jaipur-based creator Suraj Pal Singh, who posts vlogs with his partner Yashi Tank on a joint account @suyashvlogs that has 73.5 lakh subscribers.“The transition wasn’t easy because it was a more time-consuming process, especially when it came to editing. In the first six months, we only managed to put out one video per week," Singh said.
"But after a few of them started going viral and we got the hang of it, we started posting daily and even advertisement revenues kicked in by then.”YouTube pays creators ad revenue based on ads viewed during video watch-time across users and devices—a key supplement to the brand promotion income they heavily rely on. Singh noted that brands initially prioritized Instagram promotions before expanding to YouTube, forcing creators into a balancing act: producing YouTube content while also staying active on Instagram with short-form to avoid missing revenue opportunities.Amid this intense competition, some known names from the Tiktok era simply vanished.
Karnal-based men’s lifestyle creator Karanjeet Singh Kaler, who once raked in millions of views on Tiktok and has over 3.5 lakhfollowers on Instagram, is one of them. Though he initially got
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