2025 Prediction #3: The Collapse of the Influencer/Creator Economy (and The Rise of the Curator Economy)

From Infinite Feeds to Finite Focus

Here’s a twist: after two decades of Web 2.0 algorithms and the creator gold rush dismantling traditional editorial roles, human curators are stepping back into the spotlight. What the attention economy disassembled—the art of knowing what matters and filtering the rest—the algorithm-driven content overload has accidentally revived. In 2025, professiona…