According to a survey of digital content creators conducted in 2021, approximately 36 percent of content creators spent between one and five hours weekly creating and editing content to post online. Around 27 percent of the surveyed content creators spent between five and 10 hours every week on content creation, while less than one in 10 creators spent between 20 and 40 hours per week on content creation.
Weekly time spent creating digital content by social media creators worldwide in 2021
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