Just curious... Labeling yourself as a YouTuber

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Hollyweird Teens

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Not that I am anywhere near this situation, but I was just thinking about how YouTubers that actually make money on YouTube go about explaining their job on applications. For instance, what if someone is applying for an apartment or buying a car, etc. Do they put "YouTuber" down as their job? or is there a different name for it? is Google their employer? Don't they usually ask for your employer's phone number and such? Your boss' name? What do you do then? How do you verify income?
 
Hollyweird Teens said:
Not that I am anywhere near this situation, but I was just thinking about how YouTubers that actually make money on YouTube go about explaining their job on applications. For instance, what if someone is applying for an apartment or buying a car, etc. Do they put "YouTuber" down as their job? or is there a different name for it? is Google their employer? Don't they usually ask for your employer's phone number and such? Your boss' name? What do you do then? How do you verify income?
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I tend to say social media content creator .... however these days most people know that YouTube is an option and career path.
 
You'd be an independent contractor. You'd be self-employed, so you wouldn't have a 'boss' in a sense. And if you need proof of income, I believe there is a way to get that information from your ad sense account.
 
If I was going to go down that road, I would probably go with something like "digital content creator" or something like that. I think most people probably wouldn't take "YouTuber" very seriously, and I can't really blame them since it's a bit of an unstable thing. I'm not one of the people that gripes about how it's not a real job (because a lot of effort goes into the content that people are able to make a living on), but I also wouldn't put my eggs entirely in that basket because so many things can go wrong. Still good for anyone that's made a go of it though.
 
I honestly wouldn't bring it up. If I was that big of a Youtuber, I probably wouldn't need another job, or would be too busy for one. And unless the landlord is big on Youtube and Twitch and whatnot, I wouldn't tell him in hope it would help me get a new apartment.
 
MarkRodriguez2012 said:
I honestly wouldn't bring it up. If I was that big of a Youtuber, I probably wouldn't need another job, or would be too busy for one. And unless the landlord is big on Youtube and Twitch and whatnot, I wouldn't tell him in hope it would help me get a new apartment.
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That's actually a good point. I think landlords would have a negative view of YouTubers because the stereotype is that they're loud and obnoxious. Especially with Jake Paul all over the news. They'd be worried about noise complaints from the neighbors.
 
But...what if that was your only job? You'd have to put it down. I'm talking about the BIG YTers that make like $200,000 / year on YouTube. Like, it's legit your full-time / only job. I just saw online that someone put YouTube Partner as their title and Content Creator as their description. Maybe Google is the employer since that's who pays us??? I don't know.
 
YouTubers are self-employed. They don't have an employer. They set up a company and declare their income as a business owner.

If a landlord or credit company needs official info about earnings, it depends on business laws in the country. Here, self-employed have to show tax returns and/or certified accounts for the most recent tax year.
 
I am in the UK and I have a LTD company that adsense pays my YouTube revenue in to.
I then pay myself a wage/dividends. The company is set up as an 'internet company'.
 
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