- The development of technology in the modern era is utilized by digital content activists as a promising source of work. If pursued seriously, the income earned can reach extraordinary figures with the capital of electronic devices, the internet and knowledge about digital creators and digital marketing.
- The legal provisions of zakat for digital creators have been stipulated by the Indonesian Ulema Council in the Decree of the Ijtima' Ulama of the Indonesian Fatwa Commission VIII Number 04/Ijtima' Ulama/VIII/2024 concerning Zakat for Youtubers, Celebgrams and Other Digital Creative Economy Actors.
- The total potential zakat for digital activists reaches IDR 2,025,899,715,053, this potential consists of the potential zakat from Instagram celebrities of IDR 1,288,735,706,700, which covers around 63% of the total potential zakat. On the other hand, TikTok celebrities show a potential zakat of IDR 381,603,795,300, which is around 18% of the total potential zakat.
- E-commerce affiliates and YouTubers have lower zakat potential compared to the two previous platforms. E-commerce affiliates show a zakat potential of IDR 55,088,775,000 or only 2.7%, while YouTubers show a zakat potential of IDR 300,471,438,053 or 14.83%. So, The potential figure is the zakat potential of digital actors who are optimistic to be achieved or realized, because according to the latest report from Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company entitled e-Conomy SEA 2023, the gross transaction value (GMV) of Indonesia's digital economy is estimated to reach US$ 82 billion in 2023 (Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company, 2023) or equivalent to 1.3 quadrillion rupiah. This means that the zakat potential of these digital actors is only around 0.15% of the digital economy in Indonesia.
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