If you are consistent and keep at it, it is possible. I just used my numbers after writing more seriously on Hive for less than a year. I normally write around 8 high quality posts a month, with maybe 4 more of medium quality posts per month. But I am not even in the top 100 Hive rewarded authors in May. Take a look at this: @dalz/top-hive-earners-by-category-or-authors-curators-witnesses-dao-hbd-interest-or-may-2025

Here are the bottom 10 from the top 100 all earned more than $200 in author rewards:

And the top 10 most rewarded authors are obviously aspirational, not sure many can make these kinds of rewards:

And you yourself earned over $300 in author rewards in the last 30 days :)