Twitter monetisation? The introduction of Super Follows
Twitter has opened up its new ‘Super Follow’ option to all users on iOS, which will provide more monetisation potential for creators, expanding the capacity for them to draw direct income from their biggest fans.
Originally opened for public applications back in June, then launched in limited beta in September, Super Follows enables Twitter users with more than 10k followers to set a monthly subscription fee (up to $9.99) to monetise additional, exclusive content for their most engaged followers in the app.
Once activated, creators are provided with a new ‘Super Followers’ audience selection option for their tweets, which limits the reach of their content to their paying subscribers only.
That provides another means to build a paying audience via your tweet content, which is part of Twitter’s broader push to provide more incentive for creators to keep tweeting more often, boosting engagement and interaction in the app.
Super Follows is one of several new creator monetisation projects in the works, with Twitter also currently testing:
On profile tipping – Which is now available to all users over the age of 18 (on iOS only)
Ticketed Spaces - Now available to US-based users with more than 1,000 followers that have hosted at least 3 Spaces in the last 30 days
Spaces funding – Twitter introduced its Spark Spaces funding initiative last week, which will provide chosen participants with $2500 per month to help develop their audio social content
Revue newsletter links – Not direct monetisation, as such, but Twitter also now enables Revue newsletter creators to promote their subscription-based offerings direct on their profile and in tweets