Famous on YouTube, but still broke?

"Connor Manning, an LGBT vlogger with 70,000 subscribers, was recognized six times selling memberships at the Baltimore Aquarium."

Quite interesting they brought this channel up, im at 54,000 myself, so i found it funny that they brought up a channel of this size, as if with 70k subs you are expected not to have to work.

but then I realised. this IS exactly what 99% of people on Youtube think. they see 70k subs and assume that person is making a mint.

just no way. you would have to have a LOT of watch time and views to make 70K work. a lot of viewers just look at sub numbers and expect that sub numbers = money.

(ill admit I usually follow the sub number = how successful a youtuber is mentality myself and need to adjust my thinking)

After looking on Social Blade at Connor Manning's channel, I found out that unfortunately watch time is very low. I had always assumed my own watch time was quite low, but according to SB I have double the watch time despite the big sub difference. And I don't make anywhere near minimum wage.
In future I will check Social Blade to get a clearer idea of how well a channel is doing money-wise.

anyways, thanks for sharing! it was an interesting read :)
 
Funny, the amount of new youtubers that say 'I want youtube to be my job' is higher than I thought.
Do they look at the big channels and want the same thing. Alot of the big channels just started out as guys and girls having fun with a hobby.

I suppose you can make this your job from the outset, but you need to devote 100% of yourself to it. 12hrs a day 7days a week until you were at a comfortable level.

No one can afford to do that though.
 
I personally think with people like "PewDiePie" and "Jenna Marbles" etc. It wouldn't matter because they make millions. But that is only a small amount of youtubers with billions of views, but I can see where their coming from and this message should be spread more further because not all youtubers make stacks of money just from youtube!
 
PewDiePie is miles ahead of Jenna Marbles...actually I just checked and we are consistently beating Jenna in monthly views! But she is sooooo much more famous! And probably gets tons of money from sponsorships, appearances, etc. But it goes to show, the most famous aren't always getting the most views.
 
This is... eye opening. I kind of had a middle view, I knew for sure that fame on youtube was definitely not as high-paying as many thought, but I definitely didn't think about the people that had half a million subscribers still needing a full time job just to survive. I am definitely glad I read this. No one should ever be too proud to be able to readjust their expectations.
 
I read this article, and while it was a bit long, it definitely put in perspective how we view YouTubers and other online personalities. Fame does not always equal lots of money, especially on the Internet.
 
YT is just the modern "starving artist" that you would see back in the day playing an instrument or painting a picture downtown asking for donations. How many of those people made a living?
 
Thanks for sharing that article. I feel bad for the struggling YouTubers who really want to make it. You hear that it's hard work and luck to make it in acting or music so its similar in YouTube. In YouTube it just seems so much more personal what you are sharing with your audience so that's a difference.
 
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