# State of Clipping, October 2026 In October 2026, 1,838 clipping campaigns on 5 clipping platforms offered $7,603,054, at a median $1.10 per 1,000 views. Budgets lasted a median 9.3 days. Checked 00:30 UTC As of 00:30 UTC on 1 Nov 2026. Page: https://clippingalpha.com/state-of-clipping/2026-10 - **CAMPAIGNS**: 1838 campaigns - **PLATFORMS**: 5 clipping platforms - **BUDGET OFFERED**: $7,603,054 budget offered - **MEDIAN CPM**: Median $1.10 per 1,000 views ## Market this month - **Campaigns**: 1,838 public campaigns ran, 1,012 of them new this month. - **Budget offered**: $7,603,054 across 1,789 campaigns, on clipping platforms that show budgets. - **New budget**: $3,657,234 on campaigns that went live this month. - **Clipping platforms**: 5 clipping platforms with a public campaign. ## ClipCPM Index USD per 1,000 views of live campaigns at the close, 1 Nov 2026, by campaign type and app. | Type | App | Campaigns | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Middle half | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | All types | All apps | 852 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $2.00 | | | All types | TikTok | 779 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $2.00 | | | All types | Instagram | 673 | $1.00 | $1.10 | $2.00 | | | All types | YouTube | 483 | $1.00 | $1.25 | $2.00 | | | All types | X | 131 | $1.00 | $1.10 | $2.00 | | | All types | Facebook | 5 | $1.00 | $1.50 | $2.00 | | | Clipping | All apps | 571 | $1.00 | $1.10 | $2.00 | | | Clipping | TikTok | 513 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $2.00 | | | Clipping | Instagram | 499 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $2.00 | | | Clipping | YouTube | 373 | $1.00 | $1.10 | $2.00 | | | Clipping | X | 97 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.50 | | | Clipping | Facebook | 4 | $0.93 | $1.25 | $1.63 | | | UGC | All apps | 146 | $1.00 | $2.00 | $3.00 | | | UGC | TikTok | 139 | $1.00 | $2.00 | $3.00 | | | UGC | Instagram | 113 | $1.00 | $2.00 | $3.00 | | | UGC | YouTube | 78 | $1.02 | $2.00 | $3.88 | | | UGC | X | 27 | $1.50 | $3.00 | $4.50 | | | Logo | All apps | 25 | $0.14 | $0.35 | $1.00 | | | Logo | TikTok | 19 | $0.13 | $0.30 | $0.75 | | | Logo | Instagram | 25 | $0.14 | $0.35 | $1.00 | | | Logo | YouTube | 16 | $0.13 | $0.23 | $0.35 | | | Music | All apps | 110 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.25 | | | Music | TikTok | 108 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.25 | | | Music | Instagram | 36 | $0.40 | $1.00 | $1.06 | | | Music | YouTube | 16 | $0.11 | $1.00 | $1.06 | | | Music | X | 5 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.50 | | ## Realized pay On 698 clipping campaigns, budget spent per 1,000 tracked views had a median of $1.08, against a $1.27 median advertised rate. The median campaign realized 90% of its own advertised rate. Realized pay is budget spent per 1,000 tracked views on clipping campaigns, live or ended in the last 30 days, with over $100 spent and over 10K tracked views. Spent is not paid out. Clipping platforms report spend as views are credited, and payout comes later. ## How budgets lasted Budgets used up in October 2026 lasted a median 9.3 days from launch, over 732 campaigns. ## Top clips by app 9,592 top clips on 1,085 Content Rewards campaigns, the clipping platform that shows them. - TikTok 41% - Instagram 38% - YouTube 19% - X 2% - Facebook 0% ## Hidden rules 27 of 1,838 campaigns, 1%, keep their rules hidden until you sign in to the clipping platform. ## Platform by platform | Platform | Campaigns | In the index | Median | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Content Rewards](https://clippingalpha.com/boards/content-rewards) | 1,315 | 1,282 | $1.25 | | [Clipster](https://clippingalpha.com/boards/clipster) | 402 | 402 | $1.00 | | [Promote.fun](https://clippingalpha.com/boards/promote-fun) | 67 | 67 | $2.00 | | [Vyro](https://clippingalpha.com/boards/vyro) | 35 | 35 | $1.50 | | [Clipstake](https://clippingalpha.com/boards/clipstake) | 19 | 19 | $1.00 | ## Method and samples - **Method**: The index takes one rate per live public campaign in USD per 1,000 views, from the listing that stands for it, and gives the median and quartiles of every app and campaign type with 3 or more campaigns. The full method is on the ClipCPM Index. - **Coverage**: Our crawl read the clipping platforms on 31 of the month's 31 days. A month is published with 90% or more. - **Corrections**: None since the close on 1 Nov 2026. [ClipCPM Index](https://clippingalpha.com/index/cpm) [Open data](https://clippingalpha.com/data) ## Download the data - [Index, October 2026](https://clippingalpha.com/data/cpm-index-2026-10.csv) - [Clipping platforms, October 2026](https://clippingalpha.com/data/boards-2026-10.csv) - [Campaigns, October 2026](https://clippingalpha.com/data/campaigns-2026-10.csv) [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Free to reuse ## Common questions ### How many clipping campaigns ran in October 2026? 1,838 public campaigns on 5 clipping platforms ran in October 2026, 1,012 of them new. ### What did clipping pay per 1,000 views in October 2026? The median live clipping campaign paid $1.10 per 1,000 views and $1.00 on TikTok, read at 00:30 UTC on 1 Nov 2026. ### How long did budgets last? Budgets used up in October 2026 lasted a median 9.3 days, over 732 campaigns. ### Which clipping platform had the most campaigns in October 2026? Content Rewards, with 1,315 public campaigns at a median $1.25 per 1,000 views. ### How much new budget came in? $3,657,234 on 1,012 new campaigns, on platforms that show budgets.