New Kolsquare Report Exposes Gender Pay Gap, Trolling and Racism in the Creator Economy - Business in the News

Consolidation is here: The first half of 2025 saw 52 M&A deals in the creator economy - Tubefilter

Once upon a time, the internet was a wild west landscape where anyone with a novel idea and a web browser could strike it rich, but the deal activity of 2025 is telling a different story. Consolidation has come for the creator economy, with a higher number of mergers and acquisitions compared to previous years. Information about M&A activity in the creator economy comes from Quartermast Advisors, a boutique M&A advisory firm that recently publis…

New Kolsquare report exposes gender pay gap, trolling and racism in the creator economy - Business in the News

The creator economy across Europe is booming, but a new report from leading influencer marketing platform Kolsquare reveals that there’s a gender pay gap, trolling is a problem, plus racist insults are terrifyingly common (30% of UK creators have received them).  The Voices of the Creator Economy 2025 report, which surveyed over 780 creators in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Nordics, found that 38% of female creators earn less th…

New Kolsquare report exposes gender pay gap, trolling and racism in the creator economy

The creator economy across Europe is booming, but a new report from leading influencer marketing platform Kolsquare reveals that there’s a gender pay gap, trolling is a problem, plus racist insults are terrifyingly common (30% of UK creators have received them).  The Voices of the Creator Economy 2025 report, which surveyed over 780 creators in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Nordics, found that 38% of female creators earn less th…