Creator sponsorship intelligence

Rates move. Definitions matter.

RateSignal turns current creator-pricing datasets into short, source-linked briefs—with the caveats kept visible.

Three operating cycles

The benchmark archive.

Every issue separates the source's actual measurement from what a creator can responsibly infer.

Issue 003 · 2026-07-18

$44B is moving toward creators. The measurement layer is still weak.

The market is growing, but the most valuable negotiation advantage may be proving outcomes—not adding another zero to reach.

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Issue 002 · 2026-07-18

The category changed the rate more than the follower count

Q1 campaign applications show pricing power moving sharply between creator categories—even within three months.

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Issue 001 · 2026-07-18

What 100,000 creator asking prices actually tell you

A useful starting range—if you keep asking price, accepted price, format, and rights from collapsing into one number.

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Source-linked

Every number returns to the public dataset that produced it.

Definition-aware

Asking price, application price, final compensation, CPM, and ROI are not treated as synonyms.

Decision-sized

Each issue ends with the part you can use in the next proposal or negotiation.