No YouTube no longer works well for creators.
I have about 500,000 combined views on my YouTube channel, with about 5,000 views per month.....this results in $10 per month if I'm lucky... one has to be absurdly successful in order to make any money at all on yt.
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Totally agree! - YT is losing creators fast and DTube is well-placed in time to scoop up those creators. I am just a little bit worried that the payment procedure implemented into Steemit will prohibit DTube from really catching on and become the decentralized video sharing site that it deserves to be.
officially confirmed :-)
$10 per month... wow.Thanks for this valuable adding, @stellabelle!!! That's the important detail I didn't have so far. Great that's it's now
Yeah @stellabelle, THAT, right there.
As a blogger, AdSense doesn't "work" either. My niche blogs get 10,000-20,000 views a month, for which I am rewarded with a glorious $10-20 a month? After spending a ton of time social media blasting them all over creation? From the sound of it, YouTube is about the same... might work if you happen to be Jenna Marbles or Epic Rap Battles... but most people aren't.
I tend to disagree. Relying on Ad revenue is simply the wrong business model to pursue on YouTube. You can make a decent chunk of change even with 5-10k subscribers. If you go about it the smart way you can probably make more money with those sub counts than the "big" (dunno above 250k, 500k?) YouTubers make.
So which is the right model then? Enlighten us pls!!! :)
Working on a post about it! Gon be long so it might take some more time hah
Sure would be nice if you shared this smart way of earning on YouTube.
You're wrong. The overall majority of players on YouTube are there for the economic advantages.
But then again, you're not sure.
That's not true. YouTube is the best alternative for now, and it works very well. I do have high hopes for Dtube (I think it should be named something else though), but it's a long way to go.
The functionality of YouTube is great, and the stats are superior (of course, it's owned by one of the biggest companies in the world).
You really can't complain about 10$ a month for 5000 views, that's close to nothing. Think about it; 5000 views a month for a tv-channel would be a total disaster, even 500 000 a day would be a total disaster. I don't know what you mean by absurdly successful, but yes, you have to put work into it. People tend to think that it's just to register and post some short videos, and your YouTube channel will skyrocket, that's not how it works.
The problem is that people think they just can earn money on ads, but there are so many other ways to monetize YouTube videos (promote your own products, private sponsors, Amazon affiliate etc.).
Yes, YouTube are dealing with some censorship "issues", but that's because of their advertisers that don't want to have ads on controversial content (which I fully understand). You got to understand that ads are their revenue model. If you want to create controversial content don't whine about getting demonetized. YouTube owe you nothing, and you have to play by their rules if you want to be there.
Don't get me wrong, I really do hope Dtube is the beginning of a big change. However, if Dtube grows really big it will not be a walk in the park to earn money there either. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Still, YouTube works very well for many creators.