The Creator Map that ends vanity metrics
Finally, a framework for creators who care about real growth, not follower counts.
Streaming Made Easy is funded by direct subscriptions from readers like you. If you’d like the full experience, consider becoming a Premium member 🫶
“Ultimately, even though Khabane has more followers, way more followers, more humans actually activate when Billie Eilish publishes something to her fan base.”
Forget follower counts. The Creator Ecosphere replaces hype with a new metric: EQ, or engagement quality. That’s what separates fans from followers, Billie Eilish from Khabane Lame, Taylor Swift from The Rock. On paper, the follower numbers look impressive but once you see EQ (the percentage of people who actually interact, comment, share, or act) you realise how hollow many of those “massive audiences” really are.
And that’s the point of this brand new map by Evan Shapiro in partnership with What’s trending and FilmHub. For the first time we can see how the creator economy really stacks up, who drives action, who just accumulates ghosts. The map is not just about creators, it also shows where platforms truly stand and which companies power creators in the background.
Followers are easy. Fans are earned and once you see your EQ, you’ll never read those vanity metrics the same way again.
Grab the map here and come share your own read of it (in the comment section or just hit reply).
LISTEN and/or WATCH in full here: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE
If you have time for one podcast only, let’s make it The Media Odyssey Podcast, produced with love from Amsterdam & NY.
That’s it for today but before you go:
This is super interesting. What are the metrics used to measure the EQ?