Now also talk about production costs, staff salaries, and taxes.
He talks about production costs. He doesn't have a staff. He mentions he pays taxes on the money but not how much.
I recommend reading the article before commenting.
My Youtube earnings
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#62How many % does YouTube keep? Is that comparable to Apple's 30% in the App Store?
From my experience youtube takes about half. Around 40-50%
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#63Thanks. As a creator with not even 1000 subscribers yet, I find this very valuable
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#64The most impressive part is the creator gets to have a probably comfortable living from a channel that grew organically and still 100% depends on youtube’s algorithm. I follow the channel for years now, anyone not familiar should have a look [0]. It’s not “viral” targeted videos with crazy face thumbnails, borderline clickbaity titles, ABtested through a week, no “I got to stick to the schedule” weekly videos etc. Th…
> It’s not “viral” targeted videos with crazy face thumbnails, borderline clickbaity titles
I do wonder how much more he would bring in if he did all that. I personally hate it, but when Youtubers talk about it they always say how _it works_ for both the younger, and surprisingly, older crowds.
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#65If you know of other similar yt earnings and stats breakdowns then please share them.
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#66I came here to say that, based on my experience, his RPM is really low, but then he points out that he gets lots of views from India. We get around $4, for a niche, but primarily English speaking niche.
It makes me see now more why Mr. Beast is getting his content translated....
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#67The most impressive part is the creator gets to have a probably comfortable living from a channel that grew organically and still 100% depends on youtube’s algorithm. I follow the channel for years now, anyone not familiar should have a look [0]. It’s not “viral” targeted videos with crazy face thumbnails, borderline clickbaity titles, ABtested through a week, no “I got to stick to the schedule” weekly videos etc. Th…
One channel I really like that reminds me of BEC: https://www.youtube.com/mymechanics (mymechanics)
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#68The 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…
> (this) information is extremely valuable
Estimating earnings based on views/subs is helpful to prospective youtubers, letting them make wise decisions about whether they pursue that path or do something else with their time (it will probably dissuade more than it will encourage, but that's a good thing if in aggregate people are making sounder career decisions).
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think YouTube allows you to make videos showing your revenue, but I could be wrong
Linus tech tips did a video sharing their YouTube earnings last year
Indeed, Linus just shared the Ad revenue for 3/4 of last year a couple days ago: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/16094682622194032...
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#70I 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.
Dunno about YouTube, but Adsense used to prohibit that but then reversed that policy.
I remember emailing someone that said they “didn’t share how much they made because it’s against TOS” after the policy changed and they still declined.
I think it might have been the “I made my Christmas lights controlled by anyone on the internet” guy.
It was a long time ago.