Am I being paid enough?

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ChrisW

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So I just watched a video where a guy showed his analytics - he had just over 1,000 views and had made $1.
My channel has had 33,000 views in the past week but I've only made $8.

Am I doing something wrong?
Does it depend on the TYPE of video?
To me this seems very disproportioned and I didn't know if anyone else has experienced something similar?

Thanks all!
 
i think it all depends on the type of video you make, also it could be because a lot of people have adblock or the advertisers are struggling to find adverts that match with your video so you may not have as many adverts, i have always seen it as about a pound per 1k views at least but for some people it's more or less i find adsense very confusing haha
 
Demographics (viewer location, age), type of content (gaming, animation etc) and time of the year (e.g. December pays more than January) all play a big role in your earnings. Adblock is not as much of a problem as people insist it is, even if it didn't exist, not all of your viewers would be served ads.
 
SerjEpic said:
After a certain point every YouTuber is in it for the money. Making videos for a hoppy will end up costing if your trying to make bigger and better content.
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I disagree with the statement "After a certain point every YouTuber is in it for the money." There are still non-monetized channels out there after all. And not all "video hobbyists" will think they need to get back any perceived "investment", if they are actually having fun making videos.
 
UKHypnotist said:
I disagree with the statement "After a certain point every YouTuber is in it for the money." There are still non-monetized channels out there after all. And not all "video hobbyists" will think they need to get back any perceived "investment", if they are actually having fun making videos.
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No doubt that not ALL youtubers are in it for the money, per se, but it damn well helps keep them motivated. Almost all large youtubers won't be able to give the quality and frequency of content if they weren't paid. It takes way too much effort and time to justify it.
 
Type of content, viewer retention, tags, description, and the age, sex, and location of your viewers all play a very major role in how much an advertiser is willing to pay to be on your video.

Just how it costs far more to air a 30 second ad during the Superbowl or World Cup than it does to air the same commercial at 3AM on a local cable network, YouTube is no different.

Google does not set prices. Advertisers bid how much they're willing to pay to be shown... anywhere between $.01 or up to a few dollars.
 
Overall, YouTubers actually get underpaid by a large margin. I don't know how exactly YouTube determines this or what the algorithm is, but I've seen many statistics all showing that YouTubers don't make nearly enough to what they could actually be making (not that the big guys don't make more than enough as is).
 
Tayo said:
I don't know how exactly YouTube determines this or what the algorithm is...
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As I previously posted, YouTube doesn't determine the prices- advertisers do. From AdWords, advertisers "bid" on how much they're willing to pay to have their ad displayed (anywhere from $.01 to a few dollars) and then set keywords and other variables (age, sex, locations, etc.) on who they want their ad to be displayed to.

When someone is watching videos, YouTube will decide if it's time for them to be presented with an ad or not. If they are, YouTube will look at the criteria the viewer meets and find the highest paying available ad to display. If the viewer either watches the ad for 30 seconds (or it's full duration if it's unskippable) or if they click on it, the channel is paid whatever amount the advertiser bid (minus the YouTube and any other network cuts).
 
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