YouTube monetization
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Fairly successful youtube channels (such as game series videos for example) I think can earn the channel owner about £30k a year if they have very regular (several weekly) videos, pretty much a full time job. For western europeans on similar salaries, not really worth doing, but for other countries where salaries are lower its probably quite lucrative. There's a few people on reddit that have done AMAs on youtube channels.
I believe mrk posted once saying he got enough from his few videos to pay for his VM broadband for a couple of months. I think it would be pretty damn difficult to purposely come up with something that would gain so many views to gain a living from YouTube. Doing several videos a week with interesting content to get a million or so views would be very hard.
The problem really is having something that makes people actually want to tune in every week and unfortunately in most cases, people have already tapped it out so to speak.
Video Games channels are probably one of the biggest culprits out there. So many now think that, if they upload their game videos they can be successful to, but it doesn't really work like that. You have to present it really well but also there is a degree of many having got lucky. Take the Syndicate guy's Channel that has already been mentioned. I've never really understood what the appeal of his Channel is, his videos aren't anything special, but again its likely a case of being lucky and picking up so many subscribers before everybody was trying to do it.
Its the same for girls doing 'haul' and 'make-up' videos, thousands are doing it, but its only a few that were lucky to pick up all the subscribers.
Have to agree with the luck element. There are loads of big Youtubers out there that wouldn't stand a chance if they just started now. There are loads who started early on when basically every girl who made video got thousands of subscribers straight away.
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I managed to get £100 out of it when I did a review of a small video camera that I stuck on my motorcycle helmet a few years ago, only got that much because the eBay sellers found the video and included it in their adverts for the camera. When it started getting a lot of hits google contacted me and asked if I wanted to monetize it.
Smosh is top of subscriptions at the moment.
God knows why.
And as stated, it's about luck. You can have a good video but with the amount of footage being uploaded, it's very hard to get viral/popular.
On a side note, I've made 60p in about a year. Thinking off retiring soon
God knows why.
And as stated, it's about luck. You can have a good video but with the amount of footage being uploaded, it's very hard to get viral/popular.
On a side note, I've made 60p in about a year. Thinking off retiring soon
If I remember correctly the chap earned about £500 for about 50,000 views. Not bad considering he was enjoying the cars he loves, but not enough to make a regular living from.
I agree, but to make good content that takes time and effort so unless you are supported elsewhere youtube would have to be your "main" income for it to be top quality.
It's not for everyone and fair play to the few who make big bucks off it, I wouldn't say no to it.
But I don't have massive boobs,equipment or time
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Americans and their terrible sense of humour. Same reason shows like The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother exist while other excellent shows are struggling or have been cancelled.
BBT is good (first 3 seasons at least) never seen how I met your mother so can't comment
I found the channel for the other guy that does it too, the one who chases the cars on his push bike. His videos aren't really produced, they are just plain clips of various cars. The viewing numbers per video weren't actually that high, so he can't be making much.
Not sure about the main guy featured though, he didn't do it as much, but maybe puts more into his videos.
What like being a sex pest?
I don't know how it works but i'm earning about £120 a month on Youtube. All i do is monetize my videos and adsence does the rest. I've been invited to join a partnership with VISO who have told me they can quadruple my monthly earnings which i'm looking into.
Btw my page is .... http://www.youtube.com/user/mralan1969uk
Btw my page is .... http://www.youtube.com/user/mralan1969uk
Smosh is top of subscriptions at the moment.
God knows why.
And as stated, it's about luck. You can have a good video but with the amount of footage being uploaded, it's very hard to get viral/popular.
On a side note, I've made 60p in about a year. Thinking off retiring soon
Going viral is a big illusion lots of folks have, thinking it will get them rich bla bla bla. First and most obvious is, nobody has a clue how to "make" viral content, plenty of people and companies have tried and failed, there is just no formula for it.
Youtube is currently undergoing lots of changes on the front-end and back-end. The sure fire way to make money is to have: 1) Subscribers and 2) Regular and good content.
Subscribers
Youtube does not openly publish a lot of information about its discovery algorithms and all that. But I can tell you that views don't matter so much these days (they are not irrelevant, but they are not the primary factor in getting success). You need subscribers, channel subscribers spend 2x as long on the Youtube platform than non-subs. When you type something in the search bar, the system displays and ranks content based on complex factors, of which channel subs is a massive and growing part. Subscribers will watch your content on a regular basis, a one million hit wonder will come and go and provide Youtube with no tangible results, they want subscribers, you want subscribers.
Content
This is a bit more obvious, but current stats show Youtube users like consistency. You'll notice plenty of channels these days with "schedules". Ie. "New videos every Monday and Thursday". This gives everyday folks something to connect too, and you have to stick to that or they'll walk away. Uploading a video here and there is the wrong way to go about things. And of course, it has to be good quality according to lots of obvious production value factors.
That is in a nutshell what you need to aim for to be on the right track for making money. But bringing it all together, you need skill, luck and charm
No offence, but the majority of videos on your channel seems to belong to somebody else and you have uploaded them without permission. Are you actually getting monetization for them?
Yeah, I'm glad they are making changes that favour being able to follow subscribed channels better. Its clear that Channels are what also make YouTube the most money and given they are talking about a TV Channel, these kind of videos are what they want.