How much are these people making from YT channels?

[Frimley111R]

I was looking at reviews of laptops this morning and one guy on YouTube had 29,000 subscribers and his video had 93.000 views. He had various others with views ranging from 1,000 upwards. How much money is he making? Is it enough to make a living or a 'pocket money' sideline? There seems to be loads of tech type channels; is the revenue just from ads??

Edited by Frimley111R on Thursday 14th July 09:50

[silobass]

Saw a video recently that said you get approx $1000-$1500 per million views so you'd need a lot of views to earn decent money from it. Money comes from showing ads on the videos.

[Foliage]

fk All

[Sportidge]

Put his YT username in here and it'll give you some estimates: http://socialblade.com/

[Frimley111R]

That's interesting.....although it is very vague.

Edited by Frimley111R on Thursday 14th July 12:20

[98elise]

My son has a YouTube channel with a few million views. He's made about £1700 in total.

[HRL]

Then look up TheDiamondMinecart and see what they estimate he makes in a month.

He's definitely onto a winner. Sadly, my kids can't get enough of his videos.

[jammy_basturd]

98elise said:

My son has a YouTube channel with a few million views. He's made about £1700 in total.

Over what time period?

[Benny Saltstein]

HRL said:

Then look up TheDiamondMinecart and see what they estimate he makes in a month.

He's definitely onto a winner. Sadly, my kids can't get enough of his videos.

Ah yes, known in our house as Dan Tedium. Marginally less irritating than Stampy however.

[98elise]

jammy_basturd said:

98elise said:

My son has a YouTube channel with a few million views. He's made about £1700 in total.

Over what time period?

Quite a few years, possibly 8.

He did quite a few videos when he was about 10. Its just reviews of his model cars, a few pivot videos etc. nothing special. We monetised it years as go but it was only about a year ago we set up a recipient account. We didn't realise the was £1500 ready to be paid!!! Since then he gets about £60 every 2-3 months.

You need a lot of views to make money.

[surveyor]

Benny Saltstein said:

HRL said:

Then look up TheDiamondMinecart and see what they estimate he makes in a month.

He's definitely onto a winner. Sadly, my kids can't get enough of his videos.

Ah yes, known in our house as Dan Tedium. Marginally less irritating than Stampy however.

grrr.. I've just forked out on tickets to go and see the bloke in a live show. Daughters birthday treat. Not looking forward to it....

[uber]

A Youtuber with the correct setup will make far more money than traditional media types. The truth is most "celebs" do not earn huge money and the shift of spend is now going on digital influencers.

I spent some time in the company of Casey Neistat a few weeks ago and the cash he making is mental. Even smaller channels are banking hard from brand deals, live events, talks and merch. It's not uncommon to see $50k paid for a backdoor endorsement video.

The entry barrier is getting harder all the time and production value is massively important. It takes a good few hours to produce a decent 15 minute vlog.

[Foliage]

uber said:

The entry barrier is getting harder all the time and production value is massively important. It takes a good few hours to produce a decent 15 minute vlog.

I find it interesting that the entry level hardware/software that you need is rather reasonable, ipad with tripod, separate digital audio recorder, lighting, maybe furniture/set and a PC to edit on. But the talent and knowledge needed by a 1 man band youtuber to is immense, and being successful falls down to luck, getting viral.

[malks222]

I think there's been other threads on this previously, but actual number of views doesn't instantly mean 'cash'. I think the money mainly comes down to what advertising they think they can 'sell' into the topic of the youtube video.

so a beauty/makeup/ hair vlog/video- they advertise relatable products. depending on the topic, depends on what advertisers they can attract and some topics/industries pay better than others.

also a huge amount of vlogs/ videos etc.... are actually disguised paid for adverts! instagram/ twitter/ you tube etc... are all awash with hidden adverts. for example people like the kardashians get paid into the hundreds of thousands for product placement adverts, because companies know they have reach to millions and millions of people who are willing to buy the same products as they promote!