How much can you earn on Youtube?
Discussion
200,000 views might earn you a few quid at best, but you really need multiple videos with 1M+ views and plenty of subscribers to earn a decent income. Take Shmee150 for example, who has c.930,000 subscribers and constantly posts new content on a regular basis, with each video obtaining between 100K-14M views! It's difficult to create a channel that takes off, then continues to provide good/entertaining content.
I do not believe adblockers affect income.
I do not believe adblockers affect income.
I posted a video a couple of years ago, and it was approaching 200 views within a month. Pretty popular by any measure...!
I was contacted by one of these online video compilation sites, who paid me $50 to licence the video, and promised me 70% of future income that it generated.
A year later and it has almost 300 views! I haven't had a second cheque through yet with the additional royalties, but I'm going to quit my job anyway in preparation.
I was contacted by one of these online video compilation sites, who paid me $50 to licence the video, and promised me 70% of future income that it generated.
A year later and it has almost 300 views! I haven't had a second cheque through yet with the additional royalties, but I'm going to quit my job anyway in preparation.
DanTDM, Stampy etc Minecrafters earn millions a year, but Dan has 14 million subscribers plus a successful theatre tour and cripplingly expensive merch. So umm, yeh, you can make money at it. Stampy is frequently in the US releasing books and collaborating with Disney. if you're after a car based channel it's hard to see a niche.
This guy (EEVblog) has a popular electronics channel and in the linked video gives a candid breakdown of his Youtube earnings.
I have a monetised youtube channel, and it's fun to do, but I don't plan on retiring soon.
I've just checked and have had 280,053 views over the lifetime of my channel (18 June 2006 apparently). I monetised it about 2 years ago.
Looking at my total lifetime revenue it's $252.08, so £201.48 in proper money.
I don't mind though, it plods away, I don't really do edited videos, mine are 'straight from the camera' stuff, and being about my hobby of collecting/repairing vacuum cleaners, it fairly niche. I get paid in £60 chunks, and they roll in every 4 to 5 months, and I've usually forgotten about it so it's a nice surprise, the last payment got me a free tank of diesel I think!
I could probably steer it more towards popularity, but that would involve time and effort, with 2 kids and a full time job I just don't have the time. My most popular video surprised me, I filmed myself stripping a Dyson DC24 and just chatting b
ks throughout for 45 minutes, but it must have started to be linked to other similar videos and it's had 2,277 views and has earnt me $7.01! But I did the same on a DC14, and tagged it in the same way and that's only had 400 views, so who knows.
TL;DR - It's possible, but have a niche. There is a vacuum collector who gets 100-200k views a video and a large library on there, he told me he earns about £800 a month give or take. He edits his videos, and makes them look almost professional though, and has lighting and 3 decent cameras etc. I have my phone, a £4.99 ebay tripod for my phone and fitted the highest lumens lightbulbs I could find in Asda to our front room lights...
I've just checked and have had 280,053 views over the lifetime of my channel (18 June 2006 apparently). I monetised it about 2 years ago.
Looking at my total lifetime revenue it's $252.08, so £201.48 in proper money.
I don't mind though, it plods away, I don't really do edited videos, mine are 'straight from the camera' stuff, and being about my hobby of collecting/repairing vacuum cleaners, it fairly niche. I get paid in £60 chunks, and they roll in every 4 to 5 months, and I've usually forgotten about it so it's a nice surprise, the last payment got me a free tank of diesel I think!
I could probably steer it more towards popularity, but that would involve time and effort, with 2 kids and a full time job I just don't have the time. My most popular video surprised me, I filmed myself stripping a Dyson DC24 and just chatting b
ks throughout for 45 minutes, but it must have started to be linked to other similar videos and it's had 2,277 views and has earnt me $7.01! But I did the same on a DC14, and tagged it in the same way and that's only had 400 views, so who knows.TL;DR - It's possible, but have a niche. There is a vacuum collector who gets 100-200k views a video and a large library on there, he told me he earns about £800 a month give or take. He edits his videos, and makes them look almost professional though, and has lighting and 3 decent cameras etc. I have my phone, a £4.99 ebay tripod for my phone and fitted the highest lumens lightbulbs I could find in Asda to our front room lights...
audi321 said:
Come on then........linky!
YouTube link in his profile leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a2A1cZnXRopeter tdci said:
YouTube link in his profile leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a2A1cZnXRo
That's not really 'his' video though, is it? Maybe we can all get rich filming Marvel films and sticking them on our channels.
I know its nothing original, it was a test upload I did using my phone just to see how it would look.
I forgot about it for ages and when I got round to checking it there were 12m views.
I would love to find out how it went viral as I didn't post the link anywhere.
I'm amazed that my video of a knackered fluorescent bulb has got over 1000 views, crazy the things that some people will watch.
I forgot about it for ages and when I got round to checking it there were 12m views.
I would love to find out how it went viral as I didn't post the link anywhere.
I'm amazed that my video of a knackered fluorescent bulb has got over 1000 views, crazy the things that some people will watch.
TonyRPH said:
This guy (EEVblog) has a popular electronics channel and in the linked video gives a candid breakdown of his Youtube earnings.
So his previous 365 days YouTube earnings were $40,756.70 (USD) = £32,672.01, and that’s perfectly in line with Socialblades estimated yearly earnings for his channel of £4K - £64.6K. But Tim/Shmee150 told us Socialblades estimates were so inaccurate you had to double their numbers 
TonyRPH said:
This guy (EEVblog) has a popular electronics channel and in the linked video gives a candid breakdown of his Youtube earnings.
Interesting profile picture. 2sj49 2sk133 based amplifier? ...The most common figure mentioned seems to be 1000 USD per million views so 100 USD per 100k views.
However that's just the headline figure. It comes down to how good a business head the YouTuber has. Someone with 3m suscribers could be making more than someone with double. Through negotiating better rates, brand and advertising deals, licensing videos, doing merchandise, touring, signing up to good management, building a strong fanbase and then branching out and doing book deals, tours etc.
However you can still make a good living doing just YouTube videos and nothing more so long as you have decent number of subs, a strong fanbase who will actually watch your videos and regular content. If you put out 3 videos per week averaging a million views combined that's 4000 USD a month. Or a couple of highly anticipated videos each month getting the same number of views. Or a rare case of a chap called MoVlogs who puts out a video everyday and they all hit over a million views! Casey Nestiat is another one who must make a fortune just off YouTube views but he has other business interests s
However that's just the headline figure. It comes down to how good a business head the YouTuber has. Someone with 3m suscribers could be making more than someone with double. Through negotiating better rates, brand and advertising deals, licensing videos, doing merchandise, touring, signing up to good management, building a strong fanbase and then branching out and doing book deals, tours etc.
However you can still make a good living doing just YouTube videos and nothing more so long as you have decent number of subs, a strong fanbase who will actually watch your videos and regular content. If you put out 3 videos per week averaging a million views combined that's 4000 USD a month. Or a couple of highly anticipated videos each month getting the same number of views. Or a rare case of a chap called MoVlogs who puts out a video everyday and they all hit over a million views! Casey Nestiat is another one who must make a fortune just off YouTube views but he has other business interests s
Edited by TopGear7 on Tuesday 21st March 11:13
Edited by TopGear7 on Tuesday 21st March 11:14
The videos that seem to do well are the ones aimed at kids. Proper dumbed down comedy with a dash of purile. As well as the stupid click bait, like world's most awesome fail etc.
I know an easish money spinner has to be the compilation videos as there are st loads of them.
Commenting on games, other videos seems to attract a lot of views.
I know an easish money spinner has to be the compilation videos as there are s
t loads of them.Commenting on games, other videos seems to attract a lot of views.
Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff