According to a survey con content creators conducted in May 2022 in nine global markets, the majority of content creators were employed full-time. Around seven in 10 content creators in South Korea were full-time employees, while less than two in 10 percent were students, pensioners, homemakers, or unemployed. In comparison, roughly 60 percent of content creators in the United States were full-time employees, while 25 percent were either students or homemakers, retired or unemployed. In Australia, 20 percent of respondents were employed part-time, while in Brazile around 16 percent of creators were self-employed full-time.
Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status
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Employed full time
Employed part time
Self-employed full time
Self-employed part time
Other (Student, retired, homemaker, unemployed)
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Adobe. (August 25, 2022). Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/
Adobe. "Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status." Chart. August 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/
Adobe. (2022). Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/
Adobe. "Number of Digital Content Creators Worldwide as of May 2022, by Occupational Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/
Adobe, Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/ (last visited July 05, 2024)
Number of digital content creators worldwide as of May 2022, by occupational status [Graph], Adobe, August 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356967/digital-content-creators-by-occupation/