{"id":6631,"date":"2022-01-27T06:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?p=6631"},"modified":"2022-01-27T06:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:07:57","slug":"shock-stat-1600-second-life-community-creators-make-10000-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/shock-stat-1600-second-life-community-creators-make-10000-per-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock Stat: 1600 Second Life Community Creators Make $10,000+ Per Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shock Stat: 1600 Second Life Community Creators Make $10,000+ Per Year from their Virtual Content — Despite Working on a Much Larger Platform, Far Fewer Creators on ROBLOX Make That Rate<\/h3>\n
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From ROBLOX’s 2020 IPO stock filing<\/em><\/p>\n

This passage from my podcast with Philip Rosedale last week<\/a> seriously deserves its own post — where Philip is talking about ROBLOX’s S1 stock filing, and a passage there (above) stating that 1,050 community developers earned over $10,000 USD a year from their ROBLOX content.<\/p>\n

By comparison, Philip notes this (at around minute 31:30):<\/p>\n

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I asked the team at Second Life to [research] exactly the same number — how many people in Second Life are making over $10,000 a year year [in 2021] — and the answer was 1600 people<\/strong>. So more than ROBLOX by a good bit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More than 500 people<\/em>. Which is notable in itself. It’s even more notable when you compare the active user bases of each platform:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n