Anyone making money from a Youtube channel?

[Kirk W]

I have wondered about how effective this might be?

How to Make Money on YouTube: 6 Effective Strategies

[sandsys]

I know people who make money on their uTube channels but they already had followers before they started their channels. Their popularity then increased to include more and more followers. Bob Wells, of Cheap RV Living, is a good example of one who did this. He has now started a charity called Home on Wheels Alliance which outfits cheap RVs for people who would otherwise become homeless. I have no affiliation with them other than being an enthusiastic supporter. https://homesonwheelsalliance.org. 

Linda

[Nwcid]

I think you can make some, but unless you basically make it your "full" time job you will not see very much income.  

How the system works now vs even 5 years ago is very different.  If you are not constantly putting out content, and quality content on at least a weekly basis it will be hard to get enough people engaged to make money.  

I think if you want to do it for fun and you end up collecting a few $$$ in the process that would be a win.

 

 

[hdrider]

 You need to have a minimum of 1000 subscribers and 4000 watched hours in a 12 month period to even start getting monetized. I have watched a bunch of information video's on doing this, lots of into out there and I in fact started a channel but man to really do it I think would be a long road unless you really have a god camera presence and character "which I don't". Creating good eye catching thumb nails, coming up with good topics, making a schedule to upload quality video's (unless you put one out on a regular basis it will never get off the ground" taking the time to take the footage and to really edit a video, well my hat is off to the people that make a video look good. 

 Heck we have spent countless hours keeping a blog over the last 8 years "which is ok because I enjoy it" and have a ok sized following and a good amount of views every time I do a update and I asked our followers or the people that even read and are not subscribed to just at least subscribe to my YouTube channel to help grab hold in the  YouTube algorithms so YouTube would start promoting my channel to a wider audience but you would think I was charging a fee to subscribe LOL!!! 

 But good luck if you do follow the YouTube path and let me know if you start one, I will support fellow RVers.     

Edited December 20, 2020 by hdrider

[hemsteadc]

I'm amazed at how well some vids are done considering these are mostly rank amateurs.  But what I'm really amazed by is the incredible storage capacity of the youtube site.  I mean, we must be talking trillions of terabytes for this kind of operation. 

[rbertalotto]

Did I read somewhere that 800 youtubes are uploaded every minute? Some folks are making millions. Like the kid that opens toys on camera. He was the highest money maker a few years ago. $17m a year iof I remember right, Check out Will Prowse on his solar and lithium battery channel. From living in an old van in California to two huge houses and a fleet of sports cars......In just a few years.....Yup, it can be done. But it ain't easy...

 

[Kirk W]

3 hours ago, rbertalotto said:

Some folks are making millions.

I think that Youtube is one of the places that "influencers" do their thing. 

[durangodon]

If anyone is serious about trying to do YouTube, you should watch this short video.  This guy is really good and makes a good living doing it.  He pretty much spells it out what it takes to make it big time.  I read somewhere that he makes $1.86 for every 1,000 views of one of his videos.         Marques Brownlee

Here's all his videos, in case you're interested.       https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd/videos

[Diana Wilson]

On 12/19/2020 at 12:34 PM, Kirk W said:

I have wondered about how effective this might be?

How to Make Money on YouTube: 6 Effective Strategies

 

[Diana Wilson]

I like step 2: 

Step 2: Make your channel successful enough that it meets the YouTube Partner Program requirements

To join the program, you need a minimum of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in the previous 12 months."

Like that's an easy thing to do.

I have been creating YouTube content for myself and clients for 8 years and have never achieved these numbers. I have to admit, it has not been my primary focus. The YouTube Channels have been of youth sports and promotional videos posted to YouTube just to get a YouTube address that will enable republishing a video in other social media platforms and so I can use an iframe embed on websites. 

But would love to know how people get videos to be watched by so many people? 

[Kirk W]

I suspect that the video channel is no different than starting any other business, you have to work hard for long hours to make it successful. 

[Larry Burkett]

Just click on the YouTube channel and watch some of them. Some have great technical content, and some have just great family content. I watch some that have as few as 1500 followers to 1 that has over 1 million followers. There is a lot to see out there, and people that watch it.

[sandsys]

1 hour ago, Diana Wilson said:

But would love to know how people get videos to be watched by so many people? 

It takes time and effort. Blogs are often entry points. You get an audience by offering something people want. Once you get enough viewers there you start posting videos on your blog. Eventually you transition to mostly videos. But, all that takes time and effort which few people are willing to give in today's instant world.

[brotherv]

I'm intrigued by the idea of earning from a YouTube channel, but it seems like it requires significant effort with no guaranteed outcomes. It's definitely a challenging but potentially rewarding venture for those willing to put in the work and dedication.

[Larry Burkett]

Then, when you get enough interest in your channel, you will get sponsors that want you to try their products ,ie free stuff.

I can't tell you ho many mattress, solar generators, and you name it. So it's not just the money you make from You tube, it's sponsors and some have a patron section you pay to see and get info.

[Chad Heiser]

On average (from several YouTube channels that I know the content creators), it takes about one hour of work for every minute of video.  This is once you figure everything out and get good at shooting and editing the video.  If you are putting out a 20 minute video every week, that is 20 hours of work each week (on average).  The content needs to find a market as well.  The successful content creators honed in on a specific market for their content to find an audience.  It then takes time to build that audience before you ever start making any money.

[Kirk W]

8 hours ago, Chad Heiser said:

On average (from several YouTube channels that I know the content creators), it takes about one hour of work for every minute of video.  This is once you figure everything out and get good at shooting and editing the video.  

The thing that one needs to keep in mind is that in the real world the only easy ways to make a lot of money are to inherit it or win a major lottery. In pretty much any successful small business venture, the successful people work very hard and put in long hours. 

[Lou Schneider]

To me, the biggest drawback to gaining enough viewers to generate substantial revenue from YouTube is the resulting lack of privacy.  You have to put yourself into the videos to gain popularity and many YouTube personalities (influencers) have commented on how this affects their off camera lives.  It' not like a 9-5 job, followers tend to think of them as friends and have no qualms about approaching them wherever they go.  Maybe OK every once in a while but it can be troubling to have strangers approach you daily.

Edited June 29 by Lou Schneider