I've made a fair bit of money on Hive and bugger all elsewhere online. I did make a little from my music on Bandcamp and pennies on the streaming platforms, but then I don't really promote it. I reckon my overall hourly rate is not great.
There are so many people trying to build an online presence, but you have to compete with all the others for attention. Only a very few make the big bucks, but there must be a 'long tail'. I think Hive ought to be attractive to those who struggle to make much as we don't have any thresholds. You still have to put the work in here.
Would be a lot better if good posts could earn past 7 days
I know, but we're stuck with that for now. If you have newer posts then people can vote on those and there have been things to incentivise that. Hive is imperfect, but has potential.