I read every public faceless-TikTok earnings disclosure for 2025 — here's what each follower band actually pays

Built a 60-page playbook on running a faceless AI TikTok from 0 to revenue in 2026. Wrote it because I couldn't find a single resource that had the actual 2026 numbers — Creator Rewards rates, sponsor CPMs by follower band, TikTok Shop tier bonuses — fact-checked from primary sources.

Three things that surprised me while writing it:

1. The 10K → 100K micro band pays $400–$2,500/mo, not the $5K-15K everyone quotes on Twitter. Most "I made $X on TikTok" threads are from accounts already past 100K. The real micro-band economics are tighter than the discourse implies.

2. Niche choice in the first 60 days matters more than total post count. The case studies converge on this: pick 1 niche, do 30 videos in that niche, see what the algorithm picks up. Hedging across niches kills the recommendation signal before it can form.

3. The opening 30-video batch is what separates accounts that cross 100K from accounts that plateau at 8K. Not posting frequency. Not editing quality. The opening signal.

What's in the playbook:

• 30-video opening batch templates (5 niches, 6 video formats each)
• 2026 monetization stack (Creator Rewards, Shop, sponsors, lead gen)
• 13-question FAQ from real creators
• Case study chapter: 250K AI/finance archetype, Nick Buzz, 100K micro-influencer band

$29 on Gumroad. Free sample chapter (the niche-selection one): https://andersalknes.gumroad.com/l/faceless-tiktok-playbook?utm_source=indiehackers&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=s041-validate&utm_content=2026-05-09-launch

Genuinely curious what indie operators here would want me to add for v2 — what's the question I should answer that the playbook currently doesn't?