The Reality Leaderboard

Gross income is a vanity metric. We audit public earnings reports to find the share of gross they keep—the actual profit left after 145+ platform fee structures and taxes.

Real Public Benchmarks
Rank #1

Dev_Nomad_99

Upwork + Stripe Direct

Gross Revenue

$18,500

Take-home share

91%

Platform Leakage

Low
Rank #2

Ghostwriter_X

Substack + Stripe

Gross Revenue

$6,200

Take-home share

87%

Platform Leakage

Low
Rank #3

Consultant_NG

Toptal + Deel

Gross Revenue

$8,900

Take-home share

82%

Platform Leakage

Medium
Rank #4

Content_Pro_88

OnlyFans + Fanvue

Gross Revenue

$11,200

Take-home share

78%

Platform Leakage

Medium
Rank #5

SaaS_Founder_Blue

App Store + LemonSqueezy

Gross Revenue

$12,500

Take-home share

74%

Platform Leakage

Medium
Rank #6

London_Uber_Pro

Uber + Bolt

Gross Revenue

$5,800

Take-home share

58%

Platform Leakage

High
Rank #7

Digital_Artist_UK

Etsy + Printify

Gross Revenue

$9,400

Take-home share

52%

Platform Leakage

High
Rank #8

Creator_Insights

YouTube AdSense

Gross Revenue

$42,000

Take-home share

48%

Platform Leakage

Critical
Rank #9

Stream_King

Twitch + TikTok Gifts

Gross Revenue

$15,600

Take-home share

46%

Platform Leakage

Critical
Rank #10

E-com_Queen

Etsy + Shopify

Gross Revenue

$28,000

Take-home share

41%

Platform Leakage

Medium
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Audit Insight: Public income reports frequently hide "Silent Leakage"—the 15-45% cut platforms take before the money hits your bank. We use the PTH Analysis Logic to uncover the real take-home pay hidden in those claims.