do you make any money on youtube?

[mmntech]

Pewdiepie is an example of someone who makes a lot of money producing You Tube videos. But, he's in the minority. Have you been to TouTube lately? It's a very competitive market filled with Let's Play and prank videos. It seems the people who are very popular are also good looking, young and are fun to watch. The majority of You Tube fans are in the15-25 age bracket.

If I was going to go into You Tube I would try to produce content that hasn't been done. Let's play videos are a dime a dozen now. Pewds timing was perfect when he first started his Let's Play videos a few years ago.

Finally, I read an article a few months ago on how the format at You Tube has dramatically changed over the years. The people who were on You Tube in the beginning were left behind and forgotten. I felt sad for them. They gave You Tube everything but at the end You Tube abandoned them.

Good luck.

Pewds also knows how to game the system. YouTube ranks channels by cumulative hours watched as well as views. His videos are long and he's able to churn out fresh ones daily, which is exactly what the algorithms are looking for. Since the videos require minimal scripting, editing, and effects, it doesn't take a lot of work to push them out. He's apparently making millions off it. Can't hate him for that though, and he has used is fame for charity work.

Doug Walker is another guy who's made decent money off the whole video thing with Channel Awesome. Once again it relies on long form content being churned out daily.

Though it doesn't necessarily require that kind of pacing. Angry Joe has said he makes a decent living off his channel, with 1.5 million subs. He uploads a new episode once a week. His style requires significantly more work though since it's scripted and uses special effects.

A lot of these folks though got in early, right when YouTube first started allowing long form programming back in 2010. The market is so crowded now, you'd really have to do something unique to grab people's attention. That's assuming you want to go at it as a living.

 

[brianmanahan]

not as a living, but id love to make 50$ or 100$ a month off of it

assuming such an amount is even possible

 

[Svnla]

You can make some money from YT. Can you make enough to live a comfortable life? Unlikely.

I am a member of a few gun related channels and the owners all say their payments are negligible.

 

[Imp]

Pewds also knows how to game the system. YouTube ranks channels by cumulative hours watched as well as views. His videos are long and he's able to churn out fresh ones daily, which is exactly what the algorithms are looking for. Since the videos require minimal scripting, editing, and effects, it doesn't take a lot of work to push them out. He's apparently making millions off it. Can't hate him for that though, and he has used is fame for charity work.

Damn. Did not know that. I've been keeping all my crap to a minute or less.

 

[brianmanahan]

maybe if i can scrape up the 20$ a month off youtube, i could afford to buy a membership here

 

[RossMAN]

Come up with something like this, get 39,000,000 views and profit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrJ8DxECbg

 

[Slew Foot]

How much does youtube pay per view?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have some random Youtube videos but did not make a single penny. You need millions of views to make it worthwhile I think. The vlog thing seems to work well for some people.

Since the whole G+ thing youtube is kind of a pain in the ass now days though. Everything you say or do is tied with your real life. Personally I like to keep my internet and real life separate.

 

[sandorski]

There are some Youtubers with 40-50k views/day that do YT as their primary income.

 

[OverVolt]

I know the demographics and the content required. Hell If I'm telling you guys@!@

 

[Snock514]

got dat #youtubecash

 

[Gunbuster]

Run a quasi tech/gaming youtube channel. Do some giveaways. link everything to rafflecopter and require video views to enter. Branch out into doing some illegal lottery's or VIP extra entry schemes like Elric from Tech of Tomorrow or EbuGamer. Make it global and ignore everyone's tax and sweepstakes laws. Profit.

 

[Anubis]

There are some Youtubers with 40-50k views/day that do YT as their primary income.

a lot of those guys have a backer, or a partner so its not all coming from ad revenue

 

[brianmanahan]

got dat #youtubecash

#baller