I blog mainly in the music communities of HIVE and do tend to notice that some of the most active people are from Venezuela or Nigeria, where I think the rewards can be the difference between survival and not...

I've been on HIVE 11 months and average about 160 dollars a month from blogging, which I am mostly staking as HP.

I think to make a lot you've got to get big enough to get significant curation rewards, or to be able to trade between Hive and HBD based on the price fluctuations of HIVE. Both strategies will need you to save what you make rather than cash out and spend, unfortunately. So I think for quite a few years it should be a side hustle not your main career... If you can afford it!