Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

My Youtube earnings

brickexperimentchannel.wordpress.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

411–420 of 422 posts

Re: My Youtube earnings

#411

Post by FanaHOVA »

adolph wrote: post #334
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’…

> Now YouTube won’t pay you unless you have 1000 subscribers. I wonder if there is an opportunity for a syndication cooperative. Let's say you find relatively related content, like niche MacBook fixes that get views but not subscriptions. The content owners combine their videos into one channel to get over the 1k revenue hump. The back catalog is used as the start of a funnel to gain subscriptions.

We're just going back in time. Back in the days when I was making YT content, you wouldn't make any money until you reached certain views / subs thresholds. You could then apply for partner, setup an AdSense account, and monetize videos. Before I had the numbers, I became a partner with Maker Studios and monetized videos through them. They ended up getting bought by Disney for $500M.

The current problem + your proposed solutions are literally what we had ~10 years ago :)

Re: My Youtube earnings

#412

Post by corobo »

swyx wrote: post #143
sumedh wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> i dont know what drives people to want to make videos when the odds are like that I used to write tech How To articles on my site around 15 years back, just to help other people. Then adsense came along and I made some money but the primary motivation was to learn and share my knowledge with others.

yes except here the view counts are dreadfully public reminders that hours of your work can go to get like 10 views if it doesnt please the algorithm… do what makes you happy i guess but i dont get it

These days you can probably just replace "algorithm" with "audience". Make videos the audience wants to watch all the way through and the algorithm will love you. I'm 90% sure I've pinched this off mrbeast in an interview somewhere, he seems to know what he's doing.

E: Aye, this one. Timestamped but I'd recommend the entire video if you're interested in YT nerd stuff https://youtu.be/6pMhBaG81MI?t=472

Re: My Youtube earnings

#413

Post by corobo »

jjude wrote: post #145
swyx wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes except here the view counts are dreadfully public reminders that hours of your work can go to get like 10 views if it doesnt please the algorithm… do what makes you happy i guess but i dont get it

Two years back I started a podcast[0]. By all "viral" metrics pov, it is a failure - didn't get thousands of downloads, no first page hits etc. But I became a better conversationalist. Now whenever I interview people in my professional life (I'm a CTO and have to interview people for top level positions), they routinely tell me, they had their best interview. For long, I couldn't trace it back to the podcast. After m…

I did similar but with one main difference! I bought a block of Overcast adverts in a relevant category. (https://overcast.fm/ads)

It was still doing hundreds of downloads per month a year after the last episode (podfaded unfortunately, my co-host didn't have any more free time after having a kid). The folks clicking the ad seemed to enjoy the show and from there word of mouth took over.

Like you say not everything needs to make money, but that worked for me(tm) in terms of growing the audience. YMMV ofc, could have just been lucky.

The biggest thing I got out of it (aside from dopamine in the moment of course) was the speaking skills. Just being able to project my voice better, better formulate my thoughts, etc. Well worth doing in hindsight.

Re: My Youtube earnings

#414

Post by adolph »

FanaHOVA wrote: post #411
adolph wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Now YouTube won’t pay you unless you have 1000 subscribers. I wonder if there is an opportunity for a syndication cooperative. Let's say you find relatively related content, like niche MacBook fixes that get views but not subscriptions. The content owners combine their videos into one channel to get over the 1k revenue hump. The back catalog is used as the start of a funnel to gain subscriptions.

We're just going back in time. Back in the days when I was making YT content, you wouldn't make any money until you reached certain views / subs thresholds. You could then apply for partner, setup an AdSense account, and monetize videos. Before I had the numbers, I became a partner with Maker Studios and monetized videos through them. They ended up getting bought by Disney for $500M. The current problem + your propos…

Hearing that an off the cuff idea has been proven out before is such a pleasant feeling, thank you!

I suspect that coordination also occurs on the in-video ad placement side as so much of the content I enjoy pimps rapid PCB services or online learning. If a cooperative works on the YT money-side, it could also work from the opposite side for videos with great SEO but where the author's content isn't right for "Subscribe Now!"

Re: My Youtube earnings

#415

Post by lsaferite »

a4a4a4a4 wrote: post #310
majani wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Liberal = social freedoms + economic restrictions Republican = social restrictions + economic freedoms

... in the US. "Classical liberalism, contrary to liberal branches like social liberalism, looks more negatively on social policies, taxation and the state involvement in the lives of individuals, and it advocates deregulation.[10] Until the Great Depression and the rise of social liberalism, it was used under the name of economic liberalism. As a term, classical liberalism was applied in retronym to distinguish earl…

> me, who would generally be seen as conservative / libertarian in the US, "very liberal" when discussing gay rights (pro), gun rights / armed self-defense (pro), and abortion rights (pro-choice)

Supporting gay rights and being pro-choice is seen as conservative??

Re: My Youtube earnings

#416

Post by skinnymuch »

tsimionescu wrote: post #251
a4a4a4a4 wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Liberal" in the US used to mean (and still does outside the US) someone with a "live and let live" mentality, where things/actions are generally allowed unless there is a very good reason for restricting them. "Classically liberal" is a better match for the term in modern US English. So things like decriminalizing drugs, allowing gay marriage, being pro-gun/self-defense as a human right, privacy as a human right, et…

People usually call Rogan liberal because he occasionally showed(s?) some sympathy for the US left - like him inviting Bernie Sanders on during his primary campaign. I think this is far more likely than applying a non-US definition of liberalism to him - especially since many right-wingers the GGP is referring to are also liberal based on this other definition.

Yeah because many GOP members are liberals. The entire world has a definition for a word. Following that definition which has been the definition for many many years makes sense.

Re: My Youtube earnings

#417

Post by a4a4a4a4 »

lsaferite wrote: post #415
a4a4a4a4 wrote: post #310

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... in the US. "Classical liberalism, contrary to liberal branches like social liberalism, looks more negatively on social policies, taxation and the state involvement in the lives of individuals, and it advocates deregulation.[10] Until the Great Depression and the rise of social liberalism, it was used under the name of economic liberalism. As a term, classical liberalism was applied in retronym to distinguish earl…

> me, who would generally be seen as conservative / libertarian in the US, "very liberal" when discussing gay rights (pro), gun rights / armed self-defense (pro), and abortion rights (pro-choice) Supporting gay rights and being pro-choice is seen as conservative??

It's usually the gun rights that makes people immediate label me as conservative, regardless of other views I have.

Re: My Youtube earnings

#418

Post by [deleted] »

Ndymium wrote: post #407
tpmx wrote: post #366

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's illegal without a permit or a written notification to a police department, it seems: https://poliisi.fi/en/money-collections

The permit cannot be obtained for private persons or companies at all, only for non-profit associations. The "small-scale money collection" that can be done with a written notification is possible for private persons, but also has limits: * Max 10,000 € per round * Max 3 months per round * Max 2 rounds per year * Needs a group of at least 3 persons to organise

[deleted]
Post reply on HN