Elon Musk halted a planned overhaul to X’s Creator Revenue Sharing program after international creators warned the changes would penalize legitimate English-language accounts.
X Head of Product Nikita Bier had announced the update would take effect on Thursday, weighing impressions from a creator’s home region more heavily to discourage foreign accounts from targeting US and Japanese audiences.
Why Creators Pushed Back
The backlash was swift, with European, African, and small-country creators warning that English-first global content would take the biggest hit.
Starting Thursday, we’ll be updating our revenue sharing incentives to better reward the content we want on X:
We will be giving more weight to impressions from your home region—to encourage content that resonates with people in your country, in neighboring countries and people…
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) March 25, 2026
France-based creator Déborah, who says 43% of her audience is American, asked X (Twitter) to reconsider.
“You’re also penalizing a number of accounts that use the international language without any ill intent,” wrote Déborah.
43% US audience from a French creator posting in English. Source: Deborah on X
A Portugal-based user noted that some countries barely have enough local users for meaningful revenue. Bier responded that X welcomes local content but would not send money overseas for American political commentary.
There are barely any users in some countries.
I don’t think people should be punished for having a wide reach beyond their country.
(Respectfully. Please don’t ban me)
— 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 (@Antunes1) March 25, 2026
What the Pause Preserves for Crypto
Crypto content on X (Twitter) runs almost entirely in English for a global audience. Analysis of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) does not follow national borders.
X currently pays creators based on verified Premium impressions regardless of geography, averaging roughly $8.50 per million impressions. The platform doubled its revenue-sharing pool for 2026.
Had the weighting gone live, creators in countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Portugal, or other smaller ad markets would have seen earnings drop despite large US audiences. Musk’s one-line reversal keeps the existing structure intact.
We will pause moving forward with this until further consideration
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2026
X still aims to curb spam and coordinated engagement farming. A more targeted version of the policy may return, separating bad actors from legitimate global creators.
In the meantime, crypto content incentives on X remain unchanged, with no market or pricing effects expected from the pause.
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