Youtube as a job?

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  • Youtube as a job?

    Hey Bros it's me again AtK

    My Question now is, can you really live good from youtube and how much do you earn from youtube (sponsoring etc.)?

    So how much does for example Pewdiepie earn in a month (I don't need a 100% correct number)

    Thanks for all your help bros!

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  • I know tobuscus makes 808,000 dollars a year estimated from youtube. pewds is hard to estimate as he only started getting big in may/june/july. also it depends on monetisable views and such. and I'd bet alot of pewd's viewers use adblock and such. if you've over a 1000 subs and decent video views you could probably live comfortably enough.

    But, think of it as a hobby that could pay off. unless you can guarantee virality
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  • To be honest it is incredibly hard these days if not impossible. The only reason to even bother making youtube videos now is for the sheer love of gaming itself. Youtubers have grown to stick with people like Pewdiepie and Tobuscus because well they made the whole thing pretty popular. If you try and copy them then the fans will call you out on it, so be warned about that.

    On making it a job though you would need to sacrifice a lot and hope that the luck fairy is shining on you. Not only do most youtubers not a have a job thus why they make videos but they did it when the economy wasn't as crap as it is now, especially like here in the UK. Youtubing requires a lot of dedication and passion in making videos, not the money. DIdn't Pewdiepie drop out of studies to focus on it? That takes a lot of balls to do to be honest. I would personally stick to having a normal job and doing videos on the side. You will make a small following if you are lucky but you will never hit the millions like those before have done unless you can bring something new to the table.

    Also when starting up, stay the heck away from games like Amnesia and Slender. It is currently growing into the most stale combination of game videos ever because people are forcing themselves to only play those games and they act scared during their videos just so they can in some way be like the best. Play your video game collection and new games and show passion for playing them. Good luck!
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  • We have total views and monetized views.

    Monetized views = ads = income.

    No ads = No income

    Let's say Pewdiepie earns $4000 a month since he gets 2,000,000 per month. I saw a guy with 3 accounts averaging to 1,000,000 views and got $2000.

    That's quite big and can sustain me for the whole month. If you earn that much, why bother get a job if you can make a job out of your hobby. But...you must have a huge fanbase that will support you to your entire career. It should be consistent.

  • Until recently, partners were not allowed to publish any of their revenues. However, the new CMS network from Curse is open about this. (source: unionforgamers.com/) they say they pay out $3 per 1000 views. Which means you can do the simple math from there. Partners actually confirm these $3 figures and (for real) a friend if mine is partner at their network, and he tells me that he indeed makes between 2 and 2.5 per 1000 views. Why the 2 and 2.5 and not the 3 you ask me? This is because there are no ads on the smartphone, meaning you won't get revenue from that. The more smartphone views you have, the more you are missing out on money.

    I hope this helps you out :).

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  • karlsanada10 wrote:

    We have total views and monetized views.

    Monetized views = ads = income.

    No ads = No income

    Let's say Pewdiepie earns $4000 a month since he gets 2,000,000 per month. I saw a guy with 3 accounts averaging to 1,000,000 views and got $2000.

    That's quite big and can sustain me for the whole month. If you earn that much, why bother get a job if you can make a job out of your hobby. But...you must have a huge fanbase that will support you to your entire career. It should be consistent.



    Thaht's right it's much money, but can you really do a job and making videos at the same time???

    I mean Pewdiepie earns 4000 a month you said. But he has to upload at least 3 videos a day to get his views which equals an average working time of 7 - 12 hours. I think there is not much time left for a job.
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  • Noirproxy wrote:

    To be honest it is incredibly hard these days if not impossible. The only reason to even bother making youtube videos now is for the sheer love of gaming itself. Youtubers have grown to stick with people like Pewdiepie and Tobuscus because well they made the whole thing pretty popular. If you try and copy them then the fans will call you out on it, so be warned about that.

    On making it a job though you would need to sacrifice a lot and hope that the luck fairy is shining on you. Not only do most youtubers not a have a job thus why they make videos but they did it when the economy wasn't as crap as it is now, especially like here in the UK. Youtubing requires a lot of dedication and passion in making videos, not the money. DIdn't Pewdiepie drop out of studies to focus on it? That takes a lot of balls to do to be honest. I would personally stick to having a normal job and doing videos on the side. You will make a small following if you are lucky but you will never hit the millions like those before have done unless you can bring something new to the table.

    Also when starting up, stay the heck away from games like Amnesia and Slender. It is currently growing into the most stale combination of game videos ever because people are forcing themselves to only play those games and they act scared during their videos just so they can in some way be like the best. Play your video game collection and new games and show passion for playing them. Good luck!

    Exactly this. I think in my opening post, I told the story of me wanting to make it big being a Let's Play-er. It was about 2010 when I heard you could make money from videos, and I started out playing a Doom Hack that I beat before. I did want to make money, but I also wanted to use it as sort of an archive, remembering experiences from games and to show other people. But after finding out how time-consuming it was to edit the video, listening to my own voice (Which I don't like, by the way. I sound completely different on the mic than what I do in person), and barely getting 100 views per video, I eventually gave up on that dream of making something on the side. Took more effort than what I wanted to put into it.


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    Pewdie wasn't the first to get me into that, actually. That was AzureBlade49, I think. He doesn't do LPs nearly as much as he used to, but he was my inspiration. But to everyone here, I will offer advice;

    1. Always play a game you have never played before. This will make the experience fresh and organic rather than playing through a game once and then going back to it. At that point, you know where all the secrets are and how to defeat the bosses. People who watch these videos like to see your frustrations and how you overcame an obstacle in your path.

    2. Play something no one has played before. Don't keep playing Amnesia mods or Slenderman, those have gotten old and that's actually what made me turn away from Pewdie once. All he seemed to do was play Amnesia Custom Stories and go through the whole barrel, statue, piggy, stephano shtick he does with every video. Play something different, no matter how hard that may seem to be.

    3. Don't get discouraged. I know that's sort of hypocritical coming from me, but I had more fun playing the actual games than editing footage and uploading videos to Youtube. It is work, more like a hobby rather than an actual job. But there is that chance that when it starts to grate on you and become your only source of income, you'll get sick of editing and may quit playing video games all together because it isn't fun anymore. It may turn into you're just playing a game to please fans and get more
    views rather than doing what you want to do. Be mindful of that. Which leads me to the next point...

    4. Fans. Be wary of your fans. They can be a force multiplier and encourage you to work harder and have more fun, but sometimes, they act against you. I've seen it not just on Pewdie's channel, but on other people's as well. Some fans degrade other channels and try inciting 'channel wars', I guess that's the proper term. They pretty much piss off one fan base and try to get them to attack another person's channel, like Pewdie and Toby for instance. Others suggest games, which might be nice on occasion but I often see begging, which has the opposite effect.

    Now my advice doesn't apply to every case, but they are pretty general from the things I have observed on Pewdie's channel as well as other people's and my experiences. I hope that helps some of you guys out. :) I've moved on to doing Livestreams, which is more of my type of pace. I'd rather start playing a game and have people watch me at that period in time, and the program records the footage as well, so I have the option of putting them up on Youtube. But there you have it. I'm done now.


    Aaaaand, whoops. Off topic. I'm going to spoiler it because I don't want the whole post removed.

  • Cirno wrote:

    This topic has to be the joke of the year. so many wannabe people who want to make a living of it.

    Won't happen.

    Also earnings from youtube range from 0 - IDK


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  • And the payment varies, you can get it late or early. And You really have to be careful on your vids.

    It requires:
    -Dedication
    -Patience
    -Determination to be on top

    If you don't have those, you will never be on top. I never dreamt of being a partner until I got my hands on my PC. I mean, I love playing video games, why not record myself right? Just don't focus on what you earn but focus on what your audience will like to see.xD If you want to be a partner for money, you will have a bad time.xD Some people are just lucky to be on top.xD

    And I'm certain about $2000-$4000 range of income.
    socialblade.com/youtube/user/Pewdiepie

    But I also based it on feedback from people.

    If I have $2000 income a month. Holy moly I won't bother my dad to pay for my studies.xD