Those Making A Living From YouTube

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Josh100LuBu

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Hi everyone, I have a few questions to those people who make a living from YouTube. Is it all it's cracked up to be? Do you find that you get disappointed when you make less cash than usual and what is it like to actually earn a substantial amount of money from YouTube? Thanks - Josh100LuBu.
 
Well i made a total of £0.59 last month so if i keep that up for couple of years i might then be able to buy myself a decent mic to do commentaries! :bounce::bounce:

But seriously, i'm not looking much into what i'm earning, i know that if i concentrate on making good videos and guides then my videos should then get some views and then the money might start coming in. But i do believe that if people start out on YT and instantly just think 'money money money views views views' .... it will almost always fail as they won't be getting the views they think they should and most probably give up.
 
Well I don't and can't exactly answer your question but it does sound like a decent way to make a living. Especially if you really enjoy making videos! Everyone starts off doing YouTube as a hobby so it must be pretty satisfactory to make a living from it because anyone who is making a living off it has worked hard to get their channel to that position (in most cases at least!)
 
This post annoys the living sh!t out of me.

Hello my name is Vipsie and I make gaming videos. I have 1,000 subscribers and on average, I make about $5 a month off my videos.
However I typically never look at estimated earnings.
YouTube started for me as a way to make friends because I was Homeschooled and when I started YouTube I had maybe 2 friends in the entire world, one who was pregnant and the other was going away into college. I felt like I was being deserted by the 2 people I had so in order not to go into a horrible lonely depression state, I started a YouTube channel. And while it took a while to become established, I have quite a number of amazing friends on YouTube.
But like I said I genuinely couldn't care less about my earnings, I monetize because it allows my videos to be taken more seriously, and seen on many other monetizer's channels. When I got my first earnings check from my former Network; Freedom, it was $2.63 and I was shocked more then anything that I'd gotten ANYTHING.
The point I'm trying to reach is, it's none of your f*****g business if making enough money off of YouTube to live is "all that it's cracked up to be" because obviously it is. Watch any YouTuber who doesn't have a day job and you'd know that. Most of them live lavishly in LA, one of the most expensive cities to live in, in America.
But the vibe I got off your post is that you wanna know if it's good so that YOU can aspire to do YouTube for the money, which you should never do.

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There are those of us on this social media who do it for legitimate reasons and who care more about the people watching and they people they meet, versus whether or not they have Ad Block turned on. FFS.

Sorry I got a little ragey in this post.[DOUBLEPOST=1421541079,1421540282][/DOUBLEPOST]
Josh100LuBu said:
How dare you speak to me like that. I have reported this post for abuse.
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I made an observation that was fairly safe to assume. You're legitmately asking people if being a YouTuber is a valid career choice. Edited by staff. Like what kinda trash post is this? You literally made yourself a target. You're literally using COPYRIGHTED material on your channel for views.

So, what do we have now, you're content is unoriginal, and you're asking about making money off of YouTube. I think I'm safe in my assumption that you're doing YouTube for views. If I'm not then delete my comment, like I give a s**t.
 
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Vipsie Games said:
This post annoys the living sh!t out of me.

Hello my name is Vipsie and I make gaming videos. I have 1,000 subscribers and on average, I make about $5 a month off my videos.
However I typically never look at estimated earnings.
YouTube started for me as a way to make friends because I was Homeschooled and when I started YouTube I had maybe 2 friends in the entire world, one who was pregnant and the other was going away into college. I felt like I was being deserted by the 2 people I had so in order not to go into a horrible lonely depression state, I started a YouTube channel. And while it took a while to become established, I have quite a number of amazing friends on YouTube.
But like I said I genuinely couldn't care less about my earnings, I monetize because it allows my videos to be taken more seriously, and seen on many other monetizer's channels. When I got my first earnings check from my former Network; Freedom, it was $2.63 and I was shocked more then anything that I'd gotten ANYTHING.
The point I'm trying to reach is, it's none of your f*****g business if making enough money off of YouTube to live is "all that it's cracked up to be" because obviously it is. Watch any YouTuber who doesn't have a day job and you'd know that. Most of them live lavishly in LA, one of the most expensive cities to live in, in America.
But the vibe I got off your post is that you wanna know if it's good so that YOU can aspire to do YouTube for the money, which you should never do.

Edited by staff

There are those of us on this social media who do it for legitimate reasons and who care more about the people watching and they people they meet, versus whether or not they have Ad Block turned on. FFS.

Sorry I got a little ragey in this post.[DOUBLEPOST=1421541079,1421540282][/DOUBLEPOST]

I made an observation that was fairly safe to assume. You're legitmately asking people if being a YouTuber is a valid career choice. Edited by staff. Like what kinda trash post is this? You literally made yourself a target. You're literally using COPYRIGHTED material on your channel for views.

So, what do we have now, you're content is unoriginal, and you're asking about making money off of YouTube. I think I'm safe in my assumption that you're doing YouTube for views. If I'm not then f*****g delete my comment, like I give a s**t.
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Watch your language and behaviour here, I have edited your post to remove most of the swearing. Regardless of what theyre doing which is wrong that is completely unnecessary. Please be more considerate when posting here or dont post at all if you find yourself enraged to the point where you will swear at other members and conduct yourself in a more polite manner.
 
Michael said:
Watch your language and behaviour here, I have edited your post to remove most of the swearing. Regardless of what theyre doing which is wrong that is completely unnecessary. Please be more considerate when posting here or dont post at all if you find yourself enraged to the point where you will swear at other members and conduct yourself in a more polite manner.
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That's respectable. I did apologize at the bottom of the post.
 
Ian W. said:
Well I don't and can't exactly answer your question but it does sound like a decent way to make a living. Especially if you really enjoy making videos! Everyone starts off doing YouTube as a hobby so it must be pretty satisfactory to make a living from it because anyone who is making a living off it has worked hard to get their channel to that position (in most cases at least!)
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Indeed.
 
I don't earn quite enough off youtube to live off of, but it's pretty close. However, even more valuable is the credibility you get (in my opinion). The social media and marketing skills you get are highly desired by companies, and you could pretty much go to any media or entertainment company and show your youtube channel as credentials. The fact that you have a somewhat successful youtube channel is proof enough of your command of editing, producing, videography, etc, depending on the types of videos you make. Success on YouTube highly marketable, so while you might not make enough to live off youtube alone, you could branch out into other markets directly related to youtube and make enough. For example, I'm looking into doing social media consulting, and because of my experience in YouTube, I believe I have an instant leg-up against anyone else who "claims" to be a social media "guru".

I guess my point is you can't just look at your youtube ad revenue and assume that's it. A lot of youtubers get money from a wide number of sources, but all kind of stemmed from youtube. And yes, it pretty much is what it's cracked up to be, but don't think for a second that it's easy.
 
ThioJoe said:
I don't earn quite enough off youtube to live off of, but it's pretty close. However, even more valuable is the credibility you get (in my opinion). The social media and marketing skills you get are highly desired by companies, and you could pretty much go to any media or entertainment company and show your youtube channel as credentials. The fact that you have a somewhat successful youtube channel is proof enough of your command of editing, producing, videography, etc, depending on the types of videos you make. Success on YouTube highly marketable, so while you might not make enough to live off youtube alone, you could branch out into other markets directly related to youtube and make enough. For example, I'm looking into doing social media consulting, and because of my experience in YouTube, I believe I have an instant leg-up against anyone else who "claims" to be a social media "guru".

I guess my point is you can't just look at your youtube ad revenue and assume that's it. A lot of youtubers get money from a wide number of sources, but all kind of stemmed from youtube. And yes, it pretty much is what it's cracked up to be, but don't think for a second that it's easy.
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Indeed, I think the passion should always be more important than the profit one makes. Good luck in your future ventures.
 
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