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Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by coldtea »

phpisthebest wrote: post #74
dec0dedab0de wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's an odd pet peeve, and while you're probably right in most places, I wouldn't be surprised if some countries define employee differently. Atleast in regards to wether or not certain practices or fine print is legal.

>>That's an odd pet peeve Everytime there is a YT Change (like happen recently) there is all these videos where YT often try to compare their experience with employment, how their "boss" Susan did something, or how they are being "Fired" if they get banned, or other such non-sense. That is my peeve. >>I wouldn't be surprised if some countries define employee differently. I would be surprised if any nation classified…

>I would be surprised if any nation classified a person uploading videos on to a platform with the hopes of having a revenue share on ads the 3rd party sells on those videos is in anyway an "employee" of any kind.

I would be surprised in some countries dont change their laws at some time to account for this digital sharecropping (from Youtube and iOS App Store to Uber, etc), and set some rules (like with employment) to this wild west of making a living that affects millions...

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by tkgally »

Just a personal note of praise for YouTube itself. I’ve watched videos on YouTube since it began, but it’s only in the past few years that I’ve come to appreciate what a great medium it has become. By allowing people to share content on all sorts of niche subjects and potentially make money at it, YouTube has become a fantastic resource for both education and entertainment. For someone like me who grew up with access only to television, radio, newspapers, and other mass media, it is a great advance.

That said, I wish that YouTube had multiple competitors of similar size, both commercial and decentralized. It makes me nervous that access to so much great content is ultimately controlled by Google.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by tylerhou »

usea wrote: post #18
Someone1234 wrote: post #4

So they make around $150K/year but likely pay more tax, higher overheads, and have to fund their own benefits out of that. Depending on where they live this could either be a very good income or only marginally higher than tech wages with much higher risk/stress. That's on 2M-6M viewers too. Makes me wonder how YouTube channels like Linus Tech Tips are able to seemingly hire around one-hundred full time staff? I have…

> Makes me wonder how YouTube channels like Linus Tech Tips are able to seemingly hire around one-hundred full time staff? Linus Tech Tips posted their youtube revenue just the other day[0]. For posterity, it's about 4.6 million, and only shows March-December. I can't find the original tweet that is the source of this information. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/100fmgx/linu...

(Also this is not counting their sponsorships, merch sales, etc.)

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by Scoundreller »

realusername wrote: post #79
Scoundreller wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally dislike the “channelization” of YouTube. The whole point of the internet is that it doesn’t have the restrictions of linear media. Search solves that problem of content discovery. Now YouTube won’t pay you unless you have 1000 subscribers. But a lot of content just isn’t subscribeable and that’s ok . Pre-1000 sub requirement, I put up a video for a niche MacBook Air microphone issue and repair that wasn’…

> Meanwhile when I wrote disparate blog articles, I went from $2/month, to $20, to $200 to $2000, and it’s because Google search sent you to me. Not because you bookmarked me. What methods did you use to monetize your blog?

I made an edit: just Adsense.

Largely, specialized sites that provides objectively better info+experience largely dropped that revenue a lot, but also Google search favours corporate content a lot more nowadays, to put a nail in the personal blog coffin.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by ZhadruOmjar »

ultrafez wrote: post #38
inamberclad wrote: post #36

How did he spend $20K on film equipment? A few pro-grade tripods and a solid camera shouldn't be more than a quarter of that.

Some of the cost might come from buying a computer suitable for video editing, which I can imagine could be a couple of thousand dollars.

I'll post this as a reply to your comment because I think other people will have this concern when it comes to content creation.

You do not need a really beefy computer to edit videos especially when you're starting out. A Canva Pro subscription is a couple of hundred dollars and will let you upload all your footage and then edit it within the browser meaning you don't need to have a powerful computer. If you grow your channel and your needs change then just cancel Canva and buy that bigger machine you need. Use your phone or something on the cheaper end (of cameras) like a GoPro to record.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by alvah »

runarberg wrote: post #26
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #16

I could be wrong but I don't think YouTube TOS allows publicizing this kind of information. I would be afraid of my channel being de-monetized. I believe they have a similar policy for AdSense.

I think such policy is illegal in many countries. An employer cannot prohibit workers from discussing salaries. This is often a measure to combat against gender discrimination at a workplace. I’m not sure how this affects contractors, but I would be surprised if these laws wouldn’t cover contractors as well.

Where do people get the idea that they are either employees of or contractors to YouTube? Do Amazon affiliates and bloggers monetizing with AdSense have the same, false idea?

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by sircastor »

Garlef wrote: post #11

Most interesting number to me is the 90$ per hour. Seems like solid money. And since the channel might grow more this might not be the end. But I guess it's hard hard work to grow a channel to this size and also not a guaranteed success.

It's $90/hour, which is great, but it is also 100 hours per video, and depending on what your release schedule is that could be an insane amount of work. They list 65 uploads, which is a little more than once a month for 5 years.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by nl »

tantalor wrote: post #8

> mostly middle-aged males No, most viewers were 18-44. "Middle-aged" is 45-65.

"Modern social scientists generally agree that midlife begins around 35 to 40 and ends around 55 to 60." (Wikipedia)

But you are right that his peak earning range was 25-34 (so less than middle age) and his second highest range was 18-24.

So yes I'd agree this isn't middle-age.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by makestuff »

hijackedt wrote: post #3

Super interesting - one thing to keep in mind is advertising CPM rate can be wildly different by audience. A quick google shows a range of $0.03/cpm to $13.00/cpm depending on category. https://stashvine.com/most-profitable-youtube-niches/

Something interesting I found out during my ad-tech time was that one of the most expensive ads to buy is car companies targeting people who are about to have a lease end and need to purchase a new car.

Re: My Youtube earnings

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Post by tmpburning »

warent wrote: post #5

The transparency of this is really amazing; big respect. It's interesting to think that this information was quietly posted to their low-traffic blog with little notice, meanwhile the information contained is actually extremely valuable (and itself would have probably made a highly valuable youtube video itself with 10s of millions of views). I wonder how much other information exists on the web that is extremely val…

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