Do You Need a Specific Amount of TikTok Followers to Get Paid? Yes and No

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PUBLISHED Apr. 11 2021, 2:15 p.m. ET

UPDATED Jun. 30 2022, 1:04 p.m. ET

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There are several ways to make money on TikTok: Try your hand in influencer marketing, create sponsored content for brands, create and sell your own merch, use TikTok to market your other endeavors (for example, your album or YouTube channel), or become a TikTok consultant and guide others on how to grow their following and monetize off of it (the latter is assuming you already nailed that part yourself).

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You can also make money growing accounts and then selling them. Additionally, you can also run paid ads on TikTok (similar to Facebook, Twitter, and Google ads).

But do you need a certain amount of followers to get paid? Do likes play a factor in boosting your bank account? Yes and no.

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How many followers do you need on TikTok to get paid?

There's technically no minimum number of followers you need on TikTok to start getting paid, but the higher the following, and the higher amount of views, the more money you're likely going to make (assuming you didn't buy all your followers).

Plus, TikTok started the TikTok Creator Fund, which rewards the creator and influencer community with more of a monetary incentive to make videos. To be qualified for the Creator Fund, you need 10,000 followers.

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According to TikTok, the platform created the Creator Fund because "We want to show our appreciation to our brilliant creator community by rewarding them for their incredible TikTok videos and creativity. We want all creators to have the opportunity to earn money doing what they love and turn their passion into a livelihood."

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Here's how funds are calculated: "The funds that each creator can earn are worked out by a combination of factors; including the number of views and the authenticity of those views, the level of engagement on the content, as well as making sure content is in line with our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service."

How many likes on TikTok do you need to get paid?

Sorry to burst your bubble friends, but bringing in hundreds, thousands, or even millions of likes on TikTok is only a piece of the pie when it comes to getting paid and joining the TikTok Creator Fund. There's no denying that bringing in tons of likes provides your account with major visibility across the TikTok platform, but as we mentioned above, there are multiple factors that play a role in securing coins.

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Aside from your content being in line with TikTok's guidelines, your follower count, and your view count, TikTok Newsroom shares that creators have to be at "least 18 years old and reside in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, or Spain."

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You can still make some coins if you have less than 10,000 followers.

If you're not quite in the 10,000 follower-count territory, not all hope is lost for earning money. It just really depends on how you want to leverage TikTok. You can use this TikTok payment calculator (it's not actually created by TikTok, so take it with a grain of salt) to figure out how much money you should be making. It's been estimated that you can make 2-3 cents per 1,000 views.

TikTok earnings
Source: Influencer Marketing Hub
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Most influencers make money on TikTok by developing direct partnerships with other brands and creating branded content (i.e. an #ad).

How exactly does one get to create a branded video? Either the brand will reach out to the creator, or vice versa.

Brands look at a number of things before going into a partnership with an influencer, but the main numbers they look at have to do with engagement (how many followers are commenting, and what is the nature of their feedback? Brands typically don't want to get involved with an influencer who creates negative or inappropriate material), video views, and yes, followers (because they want to reach the largest number of people possible).

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Brands also pay close attention to that influencer's "brand" and what their message to their followers is. Do they have a unique audience? For example, a vegan influencer who posts vegan recipes may catch the eye of a company like Beyond Meat or So Delicious.

So, if you're trying to earn some cash through TikTok, know that you totally can, even if you're not Addison Rae.

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