YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M

Post by Tade0 » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 10:06 AM UTC

porjo wrote: post #135

I was interested to see that the top 10 earners are all male.[1] I wonder if this is merely a reflection of greater male patronage of Youtube generally but the topics that these top earners are focusing on are not all stereotypically male interests. The 7 year old kid reviews toys which seems quite gender neutral and then there's the makeup artist which, presumably, would be of more interest to a female audience. Wha…

Post by SmellyGeekBoy » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 10:10 AM UTC

anonymous5133 wrote: post #115

peterlk wrote: post #46

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Yes, but there is a bright side too. Mr. Rogers developed a personal relationship with many of his viewers in the way that you are talking about, and I think he did a great service to the world

Mr. Rogers was different because he was using his influence for social good and to teach positive characteristics/skills/traits etc. The other personalities, do not specifically cater to this. They're more interested in creating a following and creating something that keeps people coming back for more.

Post by rv-de » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 10:12 AM UTC

alan_wade wrote: post #119

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My GF is an elementary school teacher and she says the amount of kids who are developing anti-social behaviors is increasing pretty rapidly. Kids these days have computers and are basically simply "escaping" to the internet to live in a fantasy world that is disconnected from reality. Some even display active addictions to computer games, like minecraft, while others say they only have friends online in the games or…

Computers, internet, youtube, games - these things are a part of a real world. I mean, they aren't a hallucination, they don't exist on a separate plane of reality. Experiences are real, joy they bring is real, and for many people, it's far better than what the "real" world around them has to offer. If people are tempted to escape into a virtual world, it might be because the real world around them sucks.

Post by WalterBright » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 10:13 AM UTC

dagw wrote: post #134

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> there should always be a space for government-funded programming and art Government funded art doesn't make it pure art, it makes it art that serves the political aims of the bureaucrats charged with doling out the money.

Government funded art doesn't make it pure art Sure, but it's no less pure than art funded by a private benefactor or patron.

Post by SmellyGeekBoy » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 10:15 AM UTC

LanceH wrote: post #51

zanek wrote: post #29

My 7 year old son watches Dude Perfect on YouTube, which I had never heard of. Apparently its all the rage, in elementary schools and he heard about it via other kids. I watched a few to make sure they were ok, but they mostly came off as older guys doing elaborate stunts that kids would do on a much smaller scale (like throwing balls off tall buildings, fat suits on cars, etc ) I'm not shocked they are making $20M o…

My six year old has started running around the house without his shirt, lifting things and drinking milk so that he can be all swole. That or he watches chrisfix videos on how to repair the car. I highly recommend the chrisfix videos, btw. We've both learned a lot about cars.