Those Making A Living From YouTube

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ToxicSludge said:
I think it's funny how you say "only $100 a month" like it's nothing. It took me about a year to make $100. If I did that every month, I'd be on cloud 9!
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Yeah, took me about that long too, but yeah i guess that's the thing with having such a varied forum.
 
Okay so the $100 amount was just an example but I found a few channels that claim to be full time YouTubers that don't even have a lot of views. I feel like people can use it as an excuse to be lazy and not get a job. I don't want to link the channels but they exist and I don't know maybe they make more then $100 that is just an example. And yes if I made $100 a month I would be so happy. Right now I don't make any money off YouTube, I just know a lot about it. one of first YouTubers I watched back in 2008 was whatthebuck and at the time he was one of a few people making a living off YouTube. now everyone seems to making a living off YouTube even if they can't really afford it. @ToxicSludge @Melancholy
And don't get me wrong $100 a month is a lot to make off YouTube, but it is not nearly enough to support someone as their sole income.
 
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CoolMoo5 said:
I think there is nothing wrong with making a living on YouTube or wanting to make a living off YouTube. But there are a few things I find wrong about it and don't like.
First, is if you only making a small amount of money (like maybe $100 a month) but you still call YouTube your full time job and then you just get a whole bunch of government benefits and patreon and other random stuff to support you and complain about how broke you are. In that case, you should get a real job, I see nothing wrong with having YouTube as full time job, but I keep seeing creators claiming YouTube is their fulltime job when they don't even break 100k views a month. That's just lazy. Having a job outside of YouTube teaches time management and real life skills (which sadly some people on the internet lack).
I also don't like when people upload copyrighted material and make money off it. There are tons of movies, music videos and tv shows on YouTube that somehow YouTube didn't catch, (makes sense because there is 100 hours uploaded every mintute) but still, it makes kind of upset when I find people who make money off it. Apparently one of the things, I've seen is people uploading other peoples vines to YouTube, I know people are making quite a bit of money off that. I think that is unfair.
Also, I think it is wrong to quit your job for YouTube after only a month. Now this one doesn't really make me as upset as the other ones, but I'm just saying YouTube can be weird thing and you never if you can make it. Just because you made $1000 one month you could make $10 the next. Also, any high schooler who drops out of school for YouTube is just stupid, unless you have a really successful channel with opportunities you can't pass up, at least graduate high school, you can't get anywhere in life without a high school diploma and who knows how long YouTube could last.

I think most people on this site, even if it isn't their dream to be a full-time YouTube if they were somehow offered the chance they would take it. It is an extraordinary lifestyle and a career unlike anything out there, you control all the shots and can do what you love. I'm sure it is harder than it seems, but obviously there are a lot harder careers out there. Yes, there are people that work a lot harder and earn a lot less money then some of the bigger YouTubers, but that this is just the way life is. But I will say that from my experience making videos on and off YouTube, making quality content on a regular basis and pleasing an audience isn't necessarily the easiest job in the world, but when it is enjoyable it doesn't even seem like work and that is why they keep making videos.
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'you can't get anywhere in life without a high school diploma' I disagree. There is more to life than money and school grades, you shouldn't let a piece of paper define who you are.
 
Josh100LuBu said:
'you can't get anywhere in life without a high school diploma' I disagree. There is more to life than money and school grades, you shouldn't let a piece of paper define who you are.
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Okay. I get that but even if you want to get the simplest job it would be hard to get it if you didn't graduate high school. I work at a grocery store making not much more than minimum wage and one of the requirements for my job is a high school diploma. Maybe I was exaggerating a bit but it does not really seem like there is much opportunity out there for people who didn't graduate high school or at least get a GED. Obviously there is more to live than money and completing high school also shows that you have initiative to complete what you finish. In my opinion it is kind of stupid to drop out of high school for a website that might not exist in a few years.
 
Josh100LuBu said:
I sincerely hope when you do eventually get a job that your insight towards the matter changes.
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When I do eventually get a job. Umm, sorry what? I've worked for all of my adult life from administrative positions in large houseware companies to working in 4 star restaurants as a waiter.

I suppose on topic though, as Youtube is my main source of income and keeps me very comfortable I might as well respond properly to your thread.

Sponsorships are essentially the reason I can go fulltime at this point - i'm obviously not allowed to disclose the numbers i'm getting - but even if I got 0 dollars a month from Youtube ad revenue, I would still be able to afford to be full-time and earn more than I would be working 40 hours a week at a 9-5 job.

These sponsorships have taken a lot of the pressure off, so whilst it's somewhat disappointing if I get a drop in views during whatever month, ultimately it's not just about smashing view count records and trying to cultivate your already existing audience so they don't bugger off
 
Have to say about the whole dropping out of school to 'claim' to do youtube full time but yet they don't have many views.... Maybe they can see that their channel is growing at a decent rate and maybe if they put more time into it, it could pay off for them. I know an example of this would be Syndicate, he dropped out of school because he could see where his channel was going and i'm sure i don't need to tell you how t has paid off for him.... It's a risk yes but i'm sure their life would be better off working for themselves doing what they love and enjoy rather than taking orders from some bigheaded boss :) And as RossBoomsocks mentioned, i know a few people who have gotten really good sponsorships so they really help out a lot. I have a long way to go if i'm to get to that level mind... :D
 
lol @ content not matched by ContentID isn't copyrighted. That is precisely, without any hyperbole the same as saying it's not theft because nobody saw you take something. The idea that YouTube is somehow a determining factor in copyright law, not just locally but internationally is laughable and all from someone who claims to have worked as a chartered accountant. You do not want this man doing your accounting ladies and gentlemen.

On the topic of the thread at hand, I don't make a full living. Yet. Across 3 YouTube channels and my sub-network, I do make about the same as a minimum wage job off of it. It's not enough to sustain myself, which is why it's all still part time. And since I hate paying taxes where I can avoid it, it all goes back into project expenses, advertising and such.
 
Tarmack said:
lol @ content not matched by ContentID isn't copyrighted. That is precisely, without any hyperbole the same as saying it's not theft because nobody saw you take something. The idea that YouTube is somehow a determining factor in copyright law, not just locally but internationally is laughable and all from someone who claims to have worked as a chartered accountant. You do not want this man doing your accounting ladies and gentlemen.

On the topic of the thread at hand, I don't make a full living. Yet. Across 3 YouTube channels and my sub-network, I do make about the same as a minimum wage job off of it. It's not enough to sustain myself, which is why it's all still part time. And since I hate paying taxes where I can avoid it, it all goes back into project expenses, advertising and such.
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I will address this directly. You have never worked in that profession so it is deeply ignorant to state such things without having first hand experience. Secondly, I don't know where you are based but here in England things tend to work differently than over there in the States of America. You come across as misinformed and I don't want to speak to you.
 
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