X scraps revenue sharing, unveils new creator rewards programme

X has announced plans to discontinue its Revenue Sharing programme and introduce a new Original Content Rewards programme to reward creators for producing original content on the platform.

The social media company announced the changes on Friday in a post on its X Creators handle, saying the new programme would reward creators who contribute original content.

“Today, we’re introducing the Original Content Rewards Program, a new way to reward creators who bring original ideas, expertise, reporting, creativity, and commentary to X,” the company said.

X said it would stop accepting new enrolments into the Revenue Sharing programme from Friday, while existing participants would continue earning until September 7, 2026.

Starting today, we’re no longer accepting new enrollments into Revenue Sharing,” it said.

According to the company, existing Revenue Sharing participants will receive three final payouts, with two scheduled for August 14 and August 28, while the final payment for earnings accrued through September 7 is expected around September 11.

X said existing Revenue Sharing participants would begin getting access to apply for the new programme from September 8, subject to meeting its eligibility requirements

The first payout under the Original Content Rewards programme will be made on August 28, 2026, while existing Revenue Sharing creators who enrol in the new programme from September 8 will receive their first payment on September 25.

Under the new programme, eligible creators will earn from qualified impressions generated by their original content, with payments made every two weeks.

X defined qualified impressions as unique impressions from Premium users on the Home Timeline feed, where at least 50 per cent of a post is visible.

On the other hand, “The following are excluded from qualified impressions: impressions from the same account counted more than once per post; paid, promoted, or artificially generated impressions; and fraudulent impressions,” it said.

To qualify, creators must be at least 18 years old, live in a country where the programme is available, maintain an account in good standing and have either a personal or vusiness account.

They must also subscribe to X Premium, Premium+ or Premium Business, have at least 500 verified followers and record at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users within the previous 90 days.

X said creators must also regularly post original content to remain eligible.

We want to recognize creators who break news, share expertise, tell stories, create entertainment, and contribute meaningful perspectives to the conversation,” the company said.

The platform said original content could include threads, videos, memes, graphics, illustrations, reporting, analysis, commentary and reactions that add meaningful value to existing conversations.

It said creators who use content produced by others would need to add meaningful commentary, context, analysis, humour or creative transformation for such posts to qualify.

“Building on existing conversations is a core part of X, but simply reposting someone else’s content is not enough,” it said.

X said minor edits such as cropping, filters, borders, watermarks, speed adjustments or simple text overlays would generally not qualify as meaningful transformation on their own.

It also warned that content copied or substantially reproduced from another creator, content downloaded and re-uploaded from X or another platform without being the original author’s, automated content, disinformation and misleading content would be ineligible.

The company said accounts that violate the programme’s requirements could be temporarily or permanently removed from it, depending on the severity of the violation.

It added that creators would be responsible for ensuring they had the necessary rights, permissions or licences to use content created by others.

“Original content is content you personally create that reflects your own voice, perspective, expertise, or creativity,” X said.

The company said the new programme was intended to reward creators who make the platform more valuable by bringing original ideas and perspectives to its conversations.

“The Original Content Rewards Program is designed to reward the creators who start them, shape them, and move them forward,” it said.