How can someone become internet famous?

[soulcougher73]

I think if a mod banned your 2 or 3 accounts they would become Internet famous.

 

[Imp]

Having a rack helps... a lot. Won't tell you how many recommended videos I've clicked on because of that. Otherwise, money from views is probably okay, but using that $3 to $5 figure, it's $3000 to $5000 per million views. From the YouTubers that I occasionally watch, 100k views seems more common, so $300 to $500 per new video + old video views. Having a collection is nice.

This probably helps with product placement revenue. People might skip ads or tune them out, but if the video the people came to watch can guarantee a certain number of views with some plugging, you can probably ask for more money.

Not sure how it works on Twitter. I've seen some people with millions of subscribers suddenly plug a product. Can't tell if they were given it as a gift, bought it and were genuinely thankful, or were paid to plug it.

 

[John Connor]

You wanna be phamous? Start a flash mob. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18p7QIbWqc

 

[shortylickens]

 

[Red Squirrel]

Internet fame happens by accident. If you try to get famous on the internet chances are good it wont happen.

When I was a kid I wrote these silly little prank programs, like a fake format C: program and other stuff like that. I called it Prank Pack, there were maybe 10 or so individual pranks in a zip file and I had submitted it to CNET/download.com along with other little programs I had wrote. Various system utilities and stuff of that nature.

Well, I never even considered April Fool's being near. The app got over 60 thousand downloads that night and was mentioned on the home page of various websites including msn.com and yahoo.com and there was even a little blurb on About.com. Unfortunately back then I did not have a real web host, just a tripod page, so it killed my bandwidth before the next morning. 60k downloads is not really that much when you consider that even Windows 8 got more sales but at the time it was still pretty good considering I was literally coding that in my parents' basement at the time. :biggrin:

But try to write an actual utility program after that and hope it takes off... nope.

Same with stuff like Flappy Bird, the author did not expect it to take off the way it did. Or Star Wars kid, he definitely did not want that video to become famous.

 

[alkemyst]

Having a rack helps... a lot. Won't tell you how many recommended videos I've clicked on because of that. Otherwise, money from views is probably okay, but using that $3 to $5 figure, it's $3000 to $5000 per million views. From the YouTubers that I occasionally watch, 100k views seems more common, so $300 to $500 per new video + old video views. Having a collection is nice.

This probably helps with product placement revenue. People might skip ads or tune them out, but if the video the people came to watch can guarantee a certain number of views with some plugging, you can probably ask for more money.

Not sure how it works on Twitter. I've seen some people with millions of subscribers suddenly plug a product. Can't tell if they were given it as a gift, bought it and were genuinely thankful, or were paid to plug it.

You aren't counting referral, outside link, etc traffic.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Easy. Either be really good at something and post a video of yourself doing it, or be so incredible stupid it's impossible not to watch, and post a video of yourself doing that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Blowing shit up seems to get lot of views too. Most good Youtube videos start with a microwave oven transformer.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Blowing shit up seems to get lot of views too. Most good Youtube videos start with a microwave oven transformer.

That reminds me:

Videos of you hurting yourself.

 

[OverVolt]

You mean you guys HAVEN'T done the knife game song on youtube? Remember even if you fail ALWAYS UPLOAD!

 

[StinkyPinky]

Those guys are banking. Michelle Phan said that you only need 200k subscribers to make 5k a month.

I find that hard to believe. If so, why are the likes of Angry Joe asking for $1 donations when he has 1.6m subs. I know they make a good living but I don't think they are banking it.

 

[BeeBoop]

You mean you guys HAVEN'T done the knife game song on youtube? Remember even if you fail ALWAYS UPLOAD!

I just saw it for the first time. Thanks ROFLOL

 

[Grooveriding]

Maybe I am getting old but it seems to either be show a lot of T&A or act like a complete moron. There are obviously exceptions, but those two examples appear to hold the majority share of famous internet personality's repertoire.

 

[sandorski]

Having a rack helps... a lot. Won't tell you how many recommended videos I've clicked on because of that. Otherwise, money from views is probably okay, but using that $3 to $5 figure, it's $3000 to $5000 per million views. From the YouTubers that I occasionally watch, 100k views seems more common, so $300 to $500 per new video + old video views. Having a collection is nice.

This probably helps with product placement revenue. People might skip ads or tune them out, but if the video the people came to watch can guarantee a certain number of views with some plugging, you can probably ask for more money.

Not sure how it works on Twitter. I've seen some people with millions of subscribers suddenly plug a product. Can't tell if they were given it as a gift, bought it and were genuinely thankful, or were paid to plug it.

Do moobs count?

 

[sandorski]

Start a Conspiracy channel. Just make shit up, throw in some famous names, mention Illuminati/Bilderberg/Rothschilds a lot, and you'll $Bank.