Here is a summary of a study created by the ReCreate Coalition that was published in February 2019.The study’s principal findings are: • In 2017, nearly 17 million Americans earned income posting their personal creations onthese nine platforms, an increase of more than 2.4 million U.S. creators, or 16.6 percent, inone year. The numbers of income-earning creators grew most rapidly in percentage terms onYouTube, Twitch, and Instagram. • All told, these American internet creators earned a baseline of $6.8 billion on the nineplatforms in 2017, a one-year increase of nearly $1 billion, or 17 percent. Those earningsincreased most rapidly for the creators on Instagram, Twitch, Tumblr and YouTube.