How much does TikTok pay?

Before growing a TikTok account, you might want to know how much you can expect to earn on the platform. Here are some of today’s highest earners on TikTok: Addison Rae reportedly earned $8.5 million from TikTok in 2021 alone. You might remember the early days, when Addison was best known for her dancing videos. Now, she flaunts a fat contract with Netflix, her own skincare line, brand deals, music and more. Charli D'Amelio can add Broadway and Dancing with the Stars to her resume. She ended 2024 with $23.5 million across all of her ventures, according to Forbes—with an estimated 30-50% of those total earnings coming from TikTok. Zach King is known for his YouTube and Vine videos, but the internet personality capitalized on TikTok’s video format and now earns around $53,000 from TikTok. His most popular TikTok, which earned 2 billion views, is estimated to have totaled $14,000. Zach's slick video editing skills have landed him deals with companies like PlayStation and Credit Karma, plus television appearances. Plenty of other creators earn a living from TikTok, but don’t expect to pocket millions right away. Your financial success on the platform depends on your monetization strategy, as well as your posts and following (check out our guide to learn the best time to post on TikTok). Before being replaced by the Creator Rewards Program (which allegedly pays a higher rate), the Creator Fund paid between $0.02 and $0.04 for every 1,000 views, according to Exploding Topics. The same report found that influencers with 500,000-1,000,000 followers earned between $150-$3,500 for sponsored posts.