Clouted: how its clipping program works, what it pays, and who it suits

Clouted at a glance

Posted rates

Not published

Clouted does not publish a rate per 1,000 views on makeclout.com or clouted.com. Its clipper page gives only a monthly earnings claim ($1,000 to $5,000 for 10 to 15 hours a week), which is Clouted's own marketing figure and not a rate. Check the rate in each campaign before you clip.

Operator

Clout Kitchen Holdings Inc., doing business as Clouted; CEO and co-founder Justin Banusing

Launched

Came out of stealth in May 2026; went through a16z Speedrun in 2024; says views tracked since October 2025

Backed by

$7M seed led by Slow Ventures, with Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, LINE-Yahoo's Z VC, Gondor Capital, Iterative, AppWorks, Peak XV's Surge and a16z Speedrun

Pay model

Per campaign brief; public pages do not state whether each campaign pays per view or per clip

Posted rates

Not published

Minimum payout

Not published

Payout methods

PayPal, GCash, direct deposit

Fees

Not published for clippers

Social platforms

TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X

Follower minimum

None stated; no portfolio or experience required

Apps

Web app (app.clouted.com); Discord community for support

Website

makeclout.com

How Clouted works

1. Create a free account at app.clouted.com. Clouted says you need no portfolio or experience.
2. Join the Clouted Discord community for tips, support and campaign announcements.
3. Browse live campaigns from brands and creators and pick one that fits your style.
4. Edit 30 to 90 second short-form clips that follow the campaign brief. Clouted suggests free tools such as CapCut or DaVinci Resolve.
5. Post or submit the clips as the brief tells you.
6. Get paid weekly or bi-weekly by PayPal, GCash or direct deposit.

What Clouted is

Clouted sells distribution to brands. It calls its product a Virality Engine: AI agents plan campaigns, and a network of freelance creators cuts and posts the clips. Its services include clipping, UGC, fan pages, influencer seeding and paid amplification, according to clouted.com.

For brands, Clouted says it has content live within 24 to 48 hours of a brief, and that it has generated more than 1 billion views since October 2025 on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X, according to its clipping page. These are company figures.

For clippers, the entry point is a separate site, makeclout.com, titled the Clouted Clipping Program. It sends you to app.clouted.com to sign up.

Who is behind Clouted

Clouted is the trading name of Clout Kitchen Holdings Inc., per the footer of clouted.com. CEO Justin Banusing first built the system to promote &Friends, a Manila music festival he co-founded, TechCrunch reported on May 20, 2026.

On May 20, 2026, Clouted announced a $7M seed round led by Slow Ventures (Clouted announcement). In August 2026 Clouted said Forbes Asia had named it to its 100 to Watch list, and that it works from offices in Manila and Los Angeles (Clouted blog). Named clients include the music label Liquid State (for the artist Illenium) and Corgi Insurance.

What Clouted publishes and what it does not

Clouted is better documented as a company than as a clipper program. Before you invest hours, know which facts you can check in advance and which you only see after you sign up.

GCash is a Philippine e-wallet. Its presence fits Clouted's Manila base and suggests the network recruits heavily in the Philippines. That is an inference from the payout list, not a stated policy.

What clippers report

Public clipper feedback is thin. As of September 28, 2026, the Trustpilot page for makeclout.com shows two reviews, both one star (Trustpilot). One reviewer reports submitting about 70 clips to a Discord-run Clouted campaign without payment or feedback, and describes unclear campaign rules and slow staff replies. Two reviews are too few to show a pattern, but they point to the same gap as the public pages: the rules live inside Discord and the app, not on the website.

To protect yourself, screenshot each campaign's rules and rate when you join. Keep a log of every submission link and date. Submit a few clips and wait for the first payout before you scale up.

Worked example (assumptions labeled)

Clouted does not publish rates, so this example uses an assumed rate to show how to check a campaign. Assume a campaign pays $1 per 1,000 views with a 10,000-view minimum per clip. You post 20 clips in two weeks. Five clips pass 10,000 views and reach 150,000 views in total. The other 15 stay under the minimum.

Under those assumptions you earn $150 for the five qualifying clips and nothing for the other 15. That is $7.50 per clip on average, not $1 per 1,000 views on everything you posted. Always ask whether a campaign has a per-clip minimum before you batch-produce clips for it.

Pros and cons

Best for

Clippers who want brand and music campaigns from a funded company and are comfortable working through Discord.

Not ideal for

Clippers who need published rates, caps and fees before they start work.

Clouted questions

Sources

We checked these facts on September 28, 2026 from Clouted’s own pages first, then press and reviews. Rates and terms change; confirm on Clouted before you rely on them. Found an error? Tell us and we will fix it.

1. Clouted Clipping Program (makeclout.com)
2. Clouted: Getting started for clippers
3. Clouted: Clipper FAQs
4. Clouted: Clipping campaigns
5. Clouted: Clouted raises $7M (May 2026)
6. Clouted: Named to Forbes Asia 100 to Watch (August 2026)
7. TechCrunch: Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral (May 20, 2026)
8. Trustpilot: Makeclout reviews

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