• 2020: 15% of cable subscribers planned to cancel their service
• 2021: 27% of cable subscribers planned to cancel their service
"Streaming consumption now accounts for 68 percent of TV viewing versus 28 percent for traditional TV viewing."
Linear is dying
Some more interesting stats:
"Only 30 percent of U.S. consumers cite live sports as a reason for maintaining a cable TV subscription – significantly down from the 60 percent that cited live programming, including sports, just nine months previously."
"Fifty-one percent of U.S. consumers are unwilling to spend more than $20 in total per month on streaming subscriptions, according to the survey."
"Furthermore, U.S. TV viewers are more than five times more likely to prefer free or low-cost streaming TV with ads, over streaming services with higher monthly subscription fees with no ads (72 percent versus 14 percent)."
.@JoshRichards is one of the world's most famous TikTok stars. He has 23.9M fans on the platform.
His goal? Be the first influencer billionaire.
The crazy part? He's 18, but already on his way to accomplishing it.
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2) Josh started his social media career on Musically at age 14. His goal was to have 10,000 followers before he entered high school. He spent up to 5 hours a day creating videos
He ended the summer with 26,000 followers.
3) ByteDance purchased Musically and all his followers transferred over to TikTok.
He started making money on TikTok and by the age of 17 had signed brand deals with Reebok, CashApp and Crocs.
Today, I published the 50th episode of my podcast. I started it in March of 2020. The podcast has 4.9K downloads. The YouTube channel has 4,700 views.
Here's what I learned.
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Starting the Podcast
• I started my podcast as an excuse to talk to people
• It was originally launched as a live-stream
• My logic was that I could collect email addresses and use that for a future newsletter
My First Guest
• My first guest was @petermartindc
• We live-streamed it via Zoom and 14 people showed up
• Live-streaming video is F**king hard
• You have to worry about people showing up and technical problems. Don't start with this.
• Everyone needs to work, but not everyone is passionate about it
• Are people working because they are passionate or because they need to?
• Some people have lost faith in the system or can't find a job
How the Creator Economy Evolved
• The first collab house was started in 2009
• People developed content as a means of self-expression and/or creativity
• Influencer wasn't considered a "normal" job or a way to make money
• Now it's changed