I've been here for 10 months, but took a 5 month break. I had a really successful introductory post, but after that it took me a full month of posting to build enough of a following for it to be worthwhile.
If you look through my blog, you'll see that most of my early posts didn't cross a dollar. Even though I'm no "superstar" on Steemit, I would consider my blog something of a success story. I came here with no following and no fame, and I've made quite a bit of money.