/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>75206
Unfortunately I have pride.
So I would need to invest a sizeable amount in order to make it work.

>5: TobyGames – $4.2 million (605m channel views)
>4: JennaMarbles – $4.3 million (613m channel views)
>3: Smosh – $5.7 million (818m channel views)
>2: Pewdiepie – $6.1 million (870m channel views)
>1: BlueXephos – $6.7 million (960m channel views)

>>75239
Why are all the top earners so awful?

>>75274

>>75281
kek. Seriously though, what is the appeal in those channels?

>>75289
they're alright to a majority of people, while other channels that are higher quality are less marketable towards the general population than their intended audience.

Basically, they're watered down so everyone can watch.

.5 cents per view? Need about 1mill views a week to make $500/week.

Good luck bro.

>>75305
Those numbers don't add up when you look at the earnings for the top users.

>>75305
>.5 cents per view?

Wouldn't that mean 10,000 views = $500?

>>75308
It's like .69 cents per view, but the notion is so preposterous that tortured mathematical rigor didn't seem ver important while making my point

>>75318
Off by a factor of ten. $50

>be a retard or a hot chick
>make videos that retards watch

>>75336
It's so simple, I just need to think like a retard.

>>75318
I was off by a factor of 10 as well. 100k/week = $690/week to be somewhat exact.

>>75336
>>75339
Why don't we combine this and make a show with a chick with big tits and a retard.
They could lets play minecraft and slender.
And then 12 year olds and idiots would eat that shit up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFbVKL-Meo0

Am I the only one who thinks 100,000 views doesn't seem like all that much with youtube? Perhaps I'm naive because I have no experience making them but it doesn't seem like an insurmountable goal with half decent content with broad audience appeal; video games, movies, cookies, rambling.

>>75336
be a retarded hot chick that teaches dubstep track creation to millions of musical posers worldwide. Fucking profit.

voice mingmo

I'll bet that Pewdiepie dork can't believe his luck. Makes millions of dollars for doing less than nothing once a week.

>>75353
Do it nigger. The math is reality, but I still support your endeavor.

>>75359
Appreciate the encouragement. Why is the /biz/ community so much better than every other board?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZRQbZOHzQ

this chick makes thousands of dollars a month without even getting that many views. she set up a 'patreon' account, whereby her fans can pay her a set amount every month she makes a vid. Last time I checked she gets around 3,000USD pcm plus whatever youtube pays.

>>75384
>she set up a 'patreon' account

How do you do that?

>>75281
>>75239
I can see myself regularing this place lol
>Tobygames: 20something and still in his XxxDdD lol so randum!11!!! phase
>Who is Jenna
>Smosh...?
>Guy who talks in a funny voice and has a face girls like
God he's like fred 2.0
>Yogscast, people who review games and are sometimes actually informative
Eh.
Youtube is overrated, I wanna do some twitch shit.

>>75372
We're adults, or modestly adult oriented. Or some shit.

Godspeed anon

>>75389
>>she set up a 'patreon' account
>How do you do that?
I'm trying to link the page right now but my net connection is intermittent and retarded. Watch this from 29:15 on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpI8847naw

>>75372
What boards have you been visiting? /b/ or /pol/?

>>75397
Based asmr bro

you guys want to read some funny shit? check this reddit comment from one of those "famous for shitty videos" people who makes a ton of money and still isn't happy

http://www.reddit.com/r/Cynicalbrit/comments/1xrx27/in_light_of_tb_abandonning_his_own_subreddit/cfe3rgc

i bet you can't get through it without physically cringing at least six times

>>75757
Read that the other day.

I just don't think thick skin comes into the equasion on the internet. I do like TB.

>>75757
>>75757
my sides have transcended the heavens

>get rich off nonsense videos
>become fat, bald walking heart attack because it turns out people can be mean sometimes

>>75757
Jesus christ
What the fuck am I reading

>>76113
babby's first rant

>>75353
it's not unattainable. but then again i'm always surprised when i find a clip from a popular cartoon of 20 years ago that has 954 views in 7 years

>>75206
it's not really the subscriber count, but the views. You'd have to get 100k views per week, which is pretty doable. I've done it, but got burned out. The other obstacle is youtube's content ID system. It'll fuck you right over.

>>75353
No, you're right. If you basically make a video that some subculture likes, you're guaranteed at least 50k views.

>>77810
Explain this.

>>77810
100k doesn't get you that much, I get a 100k views a day and that makes around $40-70.

This also depends on your keywords/cpm but it averages.

To get more than a $100 a day you'd need to make 120k views a day consistently.

>>76113
Someone who doesn't have the ability to walk away from a computer.

Because the market is way to over saturated, and I wouldn't know what content to make anyway.

>skyrim came out
>I was the first one to make a nude mod video
>got like 2 million views
>mfw

I got to greedy, though.
Uploaded a few more nude mod videos and my channel got banned.

>>75757

I don't know who was trolling him but I guess they should come forward to claim his scalp. That was the sound of a man transcribing a nervous breakdown.

Which one of these will make more profit?

Create a Youtube channel reviewing computer hardware and parts that I already own, as well as teaching the fundamentals of computer building

or

A Twitch account of me playing Minecraft with 2edgy darkwave trance while I tell stories of my exciting, mostly fictional and completely embellished sex life?

>>75274
Because they're appealing to the lowest denominator.

>>79556
Damn... that means one has to be like freaking Onision.

>>79899
Probably option 1 because the latter is already flooded with idiots

>>75289
mass appeal

>>75390
Twitch is way harder to make money off of, but I've seen it done.

>>79613
>Made tf2 hats back in 2010
>it becomes f2p
>my hat somehow becomes popular
>rolling in dosh now, that pays for my college
>mfw when valve gave me the content creator check.

>>82350
Calvin is that you?

>>82350
How much do you make?

>>75239
>citations needed

>>75757
I can kind of understand where he's coming from, and don't blame him one bit.

>>75757

This guy really needs to go outside and exercise on a sunny day. Bonus points if eye contact is made with other people

>>77810
post youtube link or didnt happen

>>75206
How much can you make with 100K ad views?

>>80227
You can proabably make easy money with minecraft maps though

>>87080
$40-120, depending on keywords/title/traffic source which impacts CPM.

>>87111
isn't it 1 - 5 dollars per 1000 views?

>>75239
what about Raywilliamjohnson?
>2,644,863,384 views

>>87125
That's something very missunderstood. While it's true you get 1-5 per 1000 views, that is for 1000 MONETIZABLE views, not all views. This means if the person doesnt click on ad, is from a country with no ad targets or has adblock then it doesnt count.

So out of that 100k views if you have 30k monetizable views thats considered very good.

>>87138
>All that trouble trying to make a video to get at least 100k views for a couple of dollars
is it really worth it?

>>79899
>Create a Youtube channel reviewing computer hardware and parts that I already own, as well as teaching the fundamentals of computer building

It already exists

https://www.youtube.com/user/3DGAMEMAN
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw

>>87153
Its worth it if you have multiple vids as they all add up over time to a nice sum.

i seriously can't understand the appeal of watching someone else play video games (with the exception of learning strategies). why would you do that when you could play the game yourself. it's like having a book in front of you and someone else is reading it

>>87216
Lonely normalfags who dont really like videogames, but want to socialize (? not sure I spell this word right).

>>87216
i watched an entire let's play of final fantasy X. it's pretty addictive and the commentary provided by the autist NEETs who upload these videos aren't too bad.

>>87216

The community is autistic.

Source= twitch chat

>>75239
$6.7 million a week?

depends on how many clicks and page views the ads get

something in the order of 250000 views a week, could be much higher, maybe as low as 72000 if you're more professional

>>87885
that's all time estimates

>>87216
>>87216
usually you're watching high-skilled players play and/or you're watching people with good personalities play

it's exactly like "Let's Plays" on youtube. RoosterTeeth became famous for their minecraft let's plays I thnk

>>88054
RoosterTeeth became famous for RvB

>>75237
>Unfortunately I have pride.

lol pride for what? proud to be a fat NEET?

proud to be a member of TEAM ANONYMOUSE?

i know howtobasic irl
how to make this benefit me?

>>75206
I don't want to make a living out of it... Well, I would like to but thats not my goal. I run an eBay store selling games, and I have started doing videos on retro gaymen.

Check me out.
Tell me what you think.
I finished up my first vidya today and started work on the second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfjdyxhfElg

I don't want to make a living out of it... Well, I would like to but thats not my goal. I run an eBay store selling games, and I have started doing videos on retro gaymen.

Check me out.
Tell me what you think.
I finished up my first vidya today and started work on the second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfjdyxhfElg

>>87216

Lack of console/money but interest in the game and its story and subculture.

>>96150
>FCLC
>GOAT

gud 1 m8

>>75206
>Why aren't you trying to make a living out of youtube videos?


lel what is this, 2007?

>>96412
>not loving flcl

Making your fortune on youtube isnt as easy as you may think. OTHO I havent touched it in a year, and still get 10-20 a month

>>96510
You the guy who made a bunch of TF2 vids?

>>96434
>2007 was 7 years ago
oh god

>>96550
>time is linear

>>97088
>>>/sci/

How much subs/weekly views do I need to make just a mere $200 a month?

I'm planning on starting a channel where I pretend to be a bisexual and MtF gamer and get offended and shit and pointing out anti-LGBT stuff in games and grasp at straws, also promote LGBT themes in games even ones that don't exist like I dunno Tomb Raider.

>>96510
Not bad Anon what kinda videos did you make?

Whats stopping us from posting our videos here and just clicking each other's ads/watching the videos to increase CPM

>>96150
get a better microphone asap

>>97325
I am working on the audio.
Thanks for watching though.

>>79899
Why choose?

>>97318
googles combined intellect is smarter than 4chans

>>97318
That's fraud and a waste of time anyway.

You're better off making videos that people actually want to watch.

>>97318
So I make videos.
I have them monetized
DO I get mad dosh only from clicks on ads? Or do I get mad dosh also from people just watching?

>>75757
tl:dr
But he's right. 8-6 years ago there were barely any trolls or stupid kids like now on YouTube and you could talk normaly to people. Look what the fuck happened, I bet the jews did this. Anyway, he really shouldn't read comments, who cares anyways, they will watch it either way.

/biz/ - how do i maek monies general

No, seriously. The YouTube Money game is fucking rigged and you guys know nothing about it, reading this thread hurts. No one of the big channels go with Ad Sense, Ad Sense is bullshit (for YouTube). As soon as you can you should get with a Network. But then again, most known Networks (Machinima, TGN and many more) are bad and will shave off extremly.

>>75357
He does post every single day basically. And he was around for a few years before 2013 when he started to get millions and millions of views

>>79959
I remember he used to make bunches of progressive vids on animal rights, gay marriage, opposing corporations blah blah

Now he's happy for Youtube to pay him minimum wage salary to make pop culture references. How sad for that faggot.

just be a girl and pander to /v/
make some vids about feminism or gaming journalism
those autists will eat that shit up and will worship you

>>100994
Ad clicks from people that actually watch videos

>>101206
My wife is on the FullScreen Network. Eh they aren't too bad I guess. Though they just reduced their CPM because because "the holidays ended."

>>100994
I think most of the youtube ads are CPM, so they just have to watch them.

>>87216
Appeals in either the feats of skill or the entertainer/personality factor. If you have both you too can make money playing video gaems

>>75390
Yogscast doesn't make their money off of reviews. They make it off of 'muh autism' minecraft videos for the kiddies, where their IQ drops about 60 points.

Does monetization begin with the first view you get or do you have to build up lots of views/subs before you can apply for monetization?

>>88054
>RoosterTeeth became famous for their minecraft let's plays
What the fuck are you on about?

>>75352
>Dubstep
>>>/2011/

>>75757
>check this reddit comment
No.

>>92028
>tfw board been around a few days and already based

>>82350

WHAT HAT WHAT HAT

>>87138
Wait, hang on, are you saying that when I watch a youtube video it isn't monetised unless I actually click on the ad?

>>101073
8 years ago I would have read a comment just like yours on the internet, shit never changes.

>>96550
It's like we're the adults now, and shit.

>>75281
But do flies eat shit for the taste or out of necessity?

>>113586
Is that a photo of your all time earnings?

>>75353
>be somewhat entertaining
>do a "let's play" of a brand new game as soon as it is released
>really make sure to be one of the earliest uploaders of the game (even get the game early and pre-record the videos if you need to)
>use deceptive thumbnails, tittles, and tags so that you can attract viewers and be ranked higher in search results for the game
>guaranteed 100K+ views on the video

It's so simple. I've seen it happen so many times. I would do it myself but I'm too ugly or uninteresting

>>75390
did you see that twitch plays pokemon thing? The guy made enough money in a week to pay for a luxury sedan. And all he did was have pre-roll ads that come on only once when you enter the room.

If you have some basic programming knowledge you can do something similar. Choose a game that will give HYPE on sites like reddit. Choose a Zelda game for example. Twitch plays Zelda: Ocarina of Time. There, now you have buzz and a cool way to get audience interaction. Roll ads every 3-4 hours, and then fuck off and do whatever else you want to do with your time.

Minimal effort, high reward.

>>75308
people who consistently rake in lots of views recieve bonuses via ad deals, preferred ads, product placement, etc.

>decide I want to do this
>make a bunch of news-related vlog shit
>actually get like 500 views per video per day, pretty excited for just starting
>make video critical of Israeli policy
>channel gets shut down, other channel created from my IP and not used gets shut down
>permanently banned from all Google services
I even started getting death threats on my Facebook and Twitter that I made to promote my channel. Had to shut it all down and that was the end of that.

>>119987
>>119987
lol

>>119987
das some shit you can post on /pol/

>>123139
but not if it's banned

>>102139
crazy pill don't buy themselves

>an acquaintance of mine decided to make videos with me
>i'm ugly, fat and awkward but I still decided to do it
>make a channel of videogames, MLP and anime news
>less than 50 views after 6 months
>that guy was using me to get close to my sister
>I still make them on my own
>had to drop out of community college so I could finish the videos on time to make my viewers happy
>get less viewers each time
>family starts hating me for being so pathetic
>everybody refuses to help me
>get desperate but I'm too much of a pussy to do anything
>consider suicide
>too pussy to do it
>spent 3 months in a psych ward
>now working happily in a McDonalds and on my own

>>119987
>oy vey shut it down it feels like another shoah

>>126358
What are you doing on this board loser?

>>126358
>starts youtube channel
>ruins his life
lold from the bottom of my heart

>>84219

Oh come on. The guy plays video games for a living, and is complaining that he can't "enjoy" them anymore because of the community. It's like getting into the jewelry business and complaining about Arabs. The "video game community" is basically children and people who make a game of behaving like children in the name of "lol i troll u".

>>112633
>"it's on a site I don't like and therefore can't be funny or useful in any way"

>>96150
You need to change camera angles more.

nowadays people suffering 80HD (fancy name for retards with no focus) need stuff to change constantly, if a shot is continuous for more than 15 seconds without stuff happening on screen, it's gonna feel slow and boring.

Bad sound. You look boring.

/biz/, wanna have the best way to get money out of youtube without effort?
http://www.youtube.com/user/snipars?feature=watch

fuck this guy, I like this kind of stuff but every single video is the same shit. Same structure and sounds, fuck that, get mad

>>119987
didn't /pol/ teach you anything?!

>>126544

>>96150
turn down the background music just a notch, get a better mic, speak in a less monotone voice

aside from that it's good

so for someone attempting to make some money off his hobby of playing video games, which route is more likely to a) work at all b) get you more money for the time you have to invest: streaming via twitch or a youtube channel?

>>128848
i don't know a lot about this kind of shit but why couldn't you do both?

>>128860
obviously you could, but it would take a lot more time. if i do this, i will try to keep it contained as a hobby and limit the time invested. if i stream, the content will have to be very different from youtube uploads. of course i have thought about a combination, but i am not sure how to go about it.