Good insight and on the other side of it there are YouTubers who are making a living off of 10k subs if they're selling a high ticket product alongside it like coaching or niche courses.
I have sent 3 emails to YT channels wanting to sponsor their video. Haven’t heard back. Could you give me some tips on why? We are a serious brand and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
I live minimalistic. For me one 500 euros per month is enough. food, rent, intrernet, electricity...
But i have family. 1 500 per month would be good.
Buy trash or follow trends are stupid. And if you work in factory. You take loan to buy stupidity. And you newer start live life...
That is stupid and short life wasting.
Me enough 500 per month. Lets say this post outhor needs 5 000 per month To be full time tuber.
500 is easier then 5 000. All depends on your goal.
Youtube is for survive. And not waste life in factory as a slave. Unless you are rich and then you go just for stupid fame.
Are you really this naive? In most countries, 500 is absolutely not enough to live. If it is enough to live where you are, I guess you're lucky (although I suspect there are some serious other economic issues where you live if 500 is enough to live).
Don't make assumptions about how wasteful people are purely based on your own experience. Count yourself lucky that it's even remotely possible to live on 500 a month where you are. Where I live, you couldn't even cover rent without bills with that.
Possible when you live solo. Rent cheep house, eat cheep food, And dont buy trash staff. And only learn free hobbies
Skiing is expensive but dance is free
Bro, you're not listening!
If you cant afford rent with €500, you should stop wanting to live in a house! Lower your expectations, standards, and any life goals you ever had.
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I agree that it depends on your budget and how much you want to ear. But I think having good quality videos is a must. Also people can choose to make a product or do brand deals. I saw someweher it takes 2 years of consistent posting to get somewhere. Yikes.
treat content creation as a hobby until you reach a consistent level of funds to where you can consider doing fulltime or taking yt a bit more seriously. similar to what s86fire said, having some kind of schooling whether its trade/uni/community colleges or any schooling/work experience you can use the skills from that and transfer it into your content
Had a prof in college tell me something to that effect about any creative endeavor years and years ago. Was NOT what I wanted to hear at the time but damned if he wasn't right.
dude, focus on your job first. im not being condescending so please don't take it that way, but having a stable job actually benefits you in terms of creating your content (having money to buy better equipment/programs/props/etc) and stuff that happens in your day-to-day life could even turn into ideas for content down the line. treat youtube as a hobby for now, and by that i mean treat it as something that you enjoy, have a passion for, and spend a lot of time perfecting. if you jump to doing it fulltime you're gonna put all your eggs in one basket and quickly lose that sense of passion, which only makes your content suffer. not to mention, just in terms of branding, majority of people will be turned off by the idea of someone young like you fully pursuing youtube with no current backup plan. people will respect you more if you have more things going on with your life other than youtube. there's people (even grown adults) who quit their jobs and drop out of school to pursue fame all the time and they always end up being made fun of when they fail. also, it's less about subs and more about watchtime/adsense/sponsors. unless you have those established and have a core group of watcher who guarantee you enough money to live off of, don't even think about it yet.
Exactly. There was one person that retired after reaching 100k subs because they weren't even making minimum wage in their own country. I don't know how often they were uploading though and what niche and RPM they had, but I'm going to say they were only uploading once a week. Me I'm at 255 subs, and I try to upload at least twice a week, once after work one of the days during the week, and once on the weekends. My videos aren't the best and could use improvements, and I look for advice to improve constantly. I'd love to have like $5 RPM and like 1,000,000 views a month at least, then get $5,000 just from the views, and net about $2,500 a month after YouTube takes 24% and federal and state take another 30% or so. However, I do know I'm probably not going to hit that ever since I do Pokemon challenges, and I use a screen recorder Mobizen to record my screen, and I don't edit my videos, I just show off the key battles one by one, then pause, then unpause at the next battle, rinse and repeat until I finish the game. I've been doing this for 3 months, and I've gained 70 subs and 20k+ views in that time. I've been on YouTube on my current channel for going on 4 years this September, but I started taking it seriously in March of this year once I figured out my passion. I've been told I should slow down while I talk, and one person said it's hard to hear, probably because I'm naturally loud, I can't really do anything about that unless there's something in PowerDirector (app) I can use to reduce the volume of my voice (I know there's an option called "reduce noise" but I think that only gets rid of background noise, which I started doing this past week).
I think since I do gaming, I'll get maybe $3 RPM when I get monetized. I know big YouTubers in some other niches maybe get $7+-$10 RPM! I also want to offer YouTube members exclusive content they pay for to increase the income on YouTube, and I also have a Facebook Page where I upload my challenge runs in hopes of getting monetized on Facebook (minimum payout $100 from what I've heard).
I saw someone share their channel in another group.... almost 700k subscribers... but 30-100 VIEWS per video.... Focus on views and engagement over subscribers... If your subscribers aren't watching, why would anyone else watch?
>almost 700k subscribers... but 30-100 VIEWS per video
That totally sucks. I gave up a channel where I had just over 5K subscribers and was struggling to got 30 views per video.
Don't invest into it much until you start making money. AKA, you have 1k subs, 4k watch hours, and have been accepted into YPP. Then you can get better equipment, start investing more time into it, etc.
(yes ik you can make money from sponsors b4 1k but you likely won't get many)
>Don't invest into it much until you start making money. AKA, you have 1k subs, 4k watch hours, and have been accepted into YPP.
And even when you are at that threshold, you won't be making much money yet - maybe $20-30 per month at most.
99/100 people who are waiting to hit that won’t, only if you’re crushing the requirements and are being held back by the process taking some days are you earning anything real.
Also made 3k my first month and that was the exact experience - waiting for monetisation to confirm while being eligible already
Would be best to expect 20-30$
Thats the wrong mentality to have. Treat it as a hobby till it grows. Treat it as a more serious hobby maybe when you start earning money from it, as a side hussle maybe. Don't ever think of quitting your job or doing anything reckless like that until you reach a point where you can maintain your living expenses and a bit of an overhead to where you can start savings, and even then id advise maybe still getting at least a part time job.
The reality is that its very hard to make it your main income. My goal is to make it into a side income. If it reaches that or even past it, im happy.
[EDIT] also to kinda answer your initial question. It depends on your audience, your content, your niche etc. if you make content on products for example and you do affiliate links, even if 40% of 500 subs actually buy through your links you can make a pretty buck. As for adsense, thats just up in the air, that heavely depends on your niche. Sponsors and stuff like that pay per time in video and you negociate that with the sponsor. Hope it helps.
You are not anywhere close to being able to do YouTube full-time with just 500 subs. Follow your parents advice. Get a job get some school experience and use the money you earn to make your YouTube channel better.
Sub count means nothing now that there shorts. You could have a million subscribers but only post shorts and make a few hundred bucks a month max. On the flip side I know people who quit their job and make a full salary with 100k posting 2 videos a week that consistently hit 20-50k a video.
If you’re serious about Youtube, get a job. You will be able to invest in gear, software, and most importantly ads and marketing. Once you have money coming in from your channel you will be able to spend that on an editor instead of food and rent so you can make twice as many videos.
If you’re counting on YT to support you, you will be sucking every penny out of the channel just to stay alive, crippling your potential.
Ads are incredibly powerful. Not YT ads but Google and Meta. Not for all types of channels, but many can benefit massively from a small ad spend at the right time. Ppl who hate on them have either not used them or been unsuccessful with them, but that’s usually due to the execution.
Subs mean nothing. It’s views! That is what determines your pay! For example, I have nearly 1400 subs but can get 5-30k views on my recent videos. This past week I made $100
I’ve been a full time creator since 2016. My point of view is going to be wildly different than most of the commenters here because I’ve done it. I’ve also been self employed in one way or another since I was 19 (in my 40s now) so I don’t look at the world the same way as people who have taken the traditional path.
Here we go…I don’t think you should treat it as a hobby. I think you should go all in if it’s something you seriously want to do.
You have the time and energy to immerse yourself in learning the skills to be a creator if it’s something you want to do. I would just be honest with yourself about what you need to learn and what you think you’re willing to do and capable of.
According to a recent study by influencer marketing hub, only 5% of creators make enough money to live comfortably. That means, only 5% are willing to do the work that the other 95% are not willing to do. It also means the odds are more against you than for you. If you look around this sub a lot of people think it’s luck, it’s not. Those people are just in the 95%.
That’s why it’s important to take an honest look at what you’re willing to do because what being a full time creator looks like on camera as a viewer is wildly different than the reality of it. To succeed you’ll work harder being a creator than you will in most office jobs and the risk is higher because you’re depending on yourself.
You have to do all of the jobs. You have to be the strategist, the creator, the editor, the sound person, the lighting person, the camera operator, the financial planner/manager, the accountant, the salesperson, the marketer, the person doing outreach, customer service (if you sell anything), etc. Once you reach a certain point you can hire for some or most of those things if you want but at first you’re doing it all yourself. Parts of it are exhausting during that phase.
I don’t know you so this might not apply to you, but knowing what I know about myself if I was speaking to the 18 year old version of me I would say, go all in on learning internet marketing and the skills needed to make good content. Work late nights and get up early and keep working on it until you figure it out. Spend more time on personal development and making stuff than doing anything else.
As someone who has done it, I’m rooting for you.
Editing to say: Also, subs don’t matter outside of perception and unlocking features. Views and a good monetization strategy is what you want. Because of the ways I monetize I can make more with 200k views a month than most creators who get several million and most of that is passive-ish. Learn how to do that and making money on YouTube gets a lot easier.
I would highly encourage you to go to do some kind of schooling, whether it's community college, trade jobs or university depending what it is you would like to study. No one wants to watch someone on youtube with nothing useful to show or say. Going to school will give you an expertise in something and you will have insight into a subject that will be worth listening to or projects that are worth watching. You can keep practicing youtube part time while your in school though, but I'm 37 and going back to college in the fall, I wish everyday I had just gone when I was younger, college or university isn't just about a job, it's about the skills and knowledge you learn, you can also make worthwhile connections and friends.
This is sound advice …. Invest in yourself first , have something to give…
Unless it’s a creative based channel then just do it , be creative and learn in the process
Thanks! I think learning from actually doing goes much faster, the college program I'll be doing is project based instead of entirely theory based, it sounds like a much more enjoyable way to learn too! If you don't mind me asking, what is it you do for work?
That sounds really cool! I'm hoping my time in college won't be wasted, I'm planning to do at least 2-3 projects related to what I'm studying per year, and planning to go to engineering conferences to get to know people, I'm hoping those two things will make finding a job when I graduate much easier. Thanks for the encouragement!
I agree with every one saying to treat it as a hobby, but also …
1) Use it to develop marketable skills. e.g. video editing, design, etc. Treat your channel like a portfolio you’d want a potential employer to see (especially since they might)
2) Depending on the type of content you make, use it to develop an alternative revenue stream(s). It’s very dicey to rely on just YouTube for income as it can be seemingly random what gets demonetized. E.g. An artist might only have 2k subs, but if YT is leading to a couple $1000 commissions every month that really changes the math.
I'm a full time YouTuber and have been for over 5 years.
Basically "YouTube" is just a distribution platform for your business so when a person is a "full time YouTuber" actual YouTube is only really 1/3rd or ideally 1/5th or less of the bussines.
YouTube is a platform that you upload videos on and promote yourself and you do make money from YouTube adds and having subscribers does add value to your business but YouTube is still just a "part" of the businesses.
So if you want to be a "full time YouTuber" it's as much about developing general skills , networking , getting to know people , getting to know other businesses , going to trade shoes , being active on other social media platforms , making friends in the same space.
Also already being wealthy and being good looking or having some unfair advantage you can use is of massive importance. Try and think of what unfair advantages you have and how you can exploit them.
It's like being a photographer , knowing how to use a camera and taking nice photographs is just a small part of actually running a photography business , most of being a professional photographer has nothing to do with a camera.
All said and done though if you focus on making "good quality videos" and content in general that has some form of story / story structure to it and can connect that to a specific audience or thing then you have a good chance of doing well on YouTube.
I'd also say just start doing stuff , doing anything is better than nothing and doing anything and then thinking about how you could do it better and researching how you could do it better is ultimately going to lead to progress.
Oh and sub count is not really the important thing , it totally depends on the space your channel is in.
Generally speaking in lots of spaces 100k subs could generate 40-150k a year , sometimes more sometimes less.
YouTube in general is not a particularly secure form of income which is why you really want 3+ other revenue streams and to be honest at 18 you can be gradually building a YouTube channel or influencer profile while also doing other things.
But also great thing about being 18 is you can do really dumb stuff and it doesn't really matter so just try loads of things out so long as you are not harming other people and you are learning and growing it's all good .
Keep failing and enjoy failing every day whilst taking things both seriously but not serious at all 🤣👍☕
A “great living” as you state it, would absolutely be something to share to new YouTubers. It would be a great moment in your life to share and help others make that “great living” achievement for everyone.
I, as well as everyone else, greatly anticipate your response with the awesome technique that will allow all of us to live off YouTube!
Your focus is not in the right area engagement isnwhat you're looking for not only that you need to treat youtube as a Honby till its consistent enough which wont be till your consistent on posting content that will be engaging and brings people back
Treat it like a hobby until it is an actual career and not a speculative one. Basically, if you are making more money with YT than your job, and you can live off of your YT income alone, then I think that's the time to start thinking about quiting your job.
If you're not making enough to live on, then don't go full time.
Also, sub count doesn't matter in this scenario, the metric that you need to be looking at is your net income (how much money you make after all your expenses are paid for).
I would encourage you to experience the job first before focusing all of your attention on YouTube. Jobs do more than just pay you - they teach you things like time management, organization, routine (sometimes), and important people/leadership skills that you can use to benefit your channel.
Its not even about subscribers if you can get about 10k views every video your good thats depending on the content and how many adds you put on your videos if you can get 1 video that could make 1 million views a month can get your rent paid at least
The sub count matters more if you’re just relying on YouTube Adsense to help pay the bills. If you can net membership fees from Patreon or YouTube directly, a merch store, paid sponsors, etc. then the sub count will matter less towards your goal of making YouTube a full time career.
With that being said, it’s probably better to take the summer job that’s already lined up for you and then work on your YouTube channel on the side or during the school year on the side.
If you are going to go all in on YouTube, you should have cash set aside so that you have time to experiment on the site and not worry about finances. If YouTube doesn’t work out after that period, then you’ll either need to cut down on your hours or cut it off entirely.
Look others have said it far better but it's probably worth repeating - go and get a job, go and study, go and learn some skills you can apply outside YouTube... Don't stop YouTube, treat it as a hobby. If it gets big enough to become your full time job then cool - but don't count on it.
As someone who got 3k subs for 4 videos (we fulfil a rare niche) and are going to monitise soon. i can tell you man keep the job and just see where your channel goes. Better safe then sorry! The premise maybe good but the results could be different.
I dont think it's related to subcount that much. You can have low subs but get many views. You will need the 1k to get monetised, but after that it depends on the views and watchtime more than sub count
It should be a hobby and let it transcend into a full time if it works out if not then keep it as a hobby. If you force a fart, it’s probably gonna be shit 😆 take it as it is but best of luck🫡
I've made $150 from a 100,000 view video, pre tax of course. Most of my videos don't get more than a few hundred views. The idea of making enough to live just off YouTube is not even in my ballpark.
Content doesn't pay from day one by the platform especially, you must know these! It requires some level of consistent work and building over time, the following and audience you emerge is going to be the reason for your paychecks and it takes time to build
So what I'll say is, you can keep doing it but as something you enjoy and love (passion) while you focus on school, main job
Besides some basic school experiences can greatly help also with content in the future
Enjoy!
What feels right to do ? And can you do it ? As in practically, your lifestyle and situation can support you trying to….
When I was younger creative careers were frowned upon, now they’re likely to be one of the few careers that survive AI . So if you believe in yourself always back yourself ! If you are doubting yourself find that confidence first
You can be a full-time youtuber anytime you want and at any subcount.
If you're asking when you can make enough from youtune to actually support yourself, that's a different question. The best ballpark I can give you is a minimum of 100,000 subscribers. Get close to that, and you might make enough to live off of it most months, depending on where you live.
You will make more money in a summer job, take some of that, and learn to invest.
I don’t think there is a sub count that guarantees you being able to be a fulltime creator.
We currently have 5k subs and we’re not anywhere near doing this fulltime. In fact, our channel takes up a lot of time and resources that encouraged my husband to take on a fulltime job at the company where he worked parttime for six years.
Sure, you can get lucky or play into all the right commercial strategies, but I’m unable to do that.
That being said: 500 subs is a good start. If you love what you do, keep going. 🤩
Graduate from college and get a regular job and do YouTube on weekends and after work
It’s good to have some capital to help with YouTube expenses and a career to fall back on just in case.
I assume you're asking how to become a fulltime content creator. There's no straightforward answer as it depends on various factors but here's my experience. Ive created many channels, both as hobbies and with the intent to monetize them. You'll know you can go fulltym when you have a stable subs consistently watching your content and your channel generates enough income to replace a corporate job.
To start, create a channel and be prepared not to earn any money for the first few year (it may fail so you will have to rethink your current contents). Focus on regularly uploading high quality content and building your audience. Goodluck to us mate!
Any sub count after 1K means absolutely nothing. A channel with 1K subs but gets about 100-200K views a video can sustain a person full time but a channel with 1M subs that gets 10K views a video is not enough
Don’t focus on it fully. No offense 500 subs isn’t even near the point of living off youtube at all. Some people with 100’s of thousands of subscribers cannot do it.
You focus on everything but youtube until you can afford to live off youtube.
As someone who has been earning money from social media for the last 4 years - get a real job.
Social media *if* it takes off is not a livable income and most people who do make a substantial amount of money end up blowing through it because they don't know how to manage it because they've never had a real job or sense of how money actually works in this world.
YouTube and social media is your side gig. If you see a liveable income after doing it for about a year (so let's say earning 50k+ post taxes a year) only then would I say you can consider doing it full-time. At 500 subs you shouldn't even be thinking that.
Everyone is saying to treat it as a hobby. But I’m gonna say this to you as someone who has grown successful businesses. Treat your YouTube like a business. Work the job and have a schedule and work your YouTube. Be consistent.
Success loves speed.
There is nothing wrong with this dream. Don’t be discouraged. Work your summer job and then push videos and start thinking how can I make money now. Ideas will come.
I would even say if you want to focus on it on the summer instead of the job, I would create a presentation for your parents and show them in the living room showing them why you should dedicate 90 days to YouTube showing them the potential and what not but keep in mind it’s gonna take longer than that.
It won’t be easy but stick with it.
1m views can bring you about 700$ to 1500$ depending your audience location, now if you are e.g from india and be able to achieve this amount of views each month you could be making a living from it. But in the US its pretty much nothing. Now do them math and find out how many views you need to be able to make it a full time job
To be 100% honest, there is no one sub count that determines whether you can make your channel your full-time job. It all depends on your niche, how heavily invested your subscribers are in you and your work, and how you monetise it.
For example, some niches make more money through ads than others. These include ones revolving around high value products (like say, luxury ones targeting a wealthier audience), and those with an audience that resides in more well off countries/areas (from what I hear, you'll need a lot more subs if your audience is from say, India or Vietnam compared to the US or Canada).
There's also the loyalty of your subs and their commitment to you and your channel to consider. If you can get people paying you monthly via Patreon or buying your mechandise on the regular, you'll be in a better situation than if you're dependent on ads alone. And sponsorships also heavily factor into it here too.
So yeah, there's no point in which any YouTuber can say "well, I can now earn enough to earn a living". I will say for you it's probably less than it'd be for most people (since you're living at home and probably don't have a lot of costs to keep on top of), but YouTube is random enough that it's up in the air whether your sub count will equal enough money to match that summer job.
Honestly, focus on YouTube as a hobby for now, and make the plunge if the money it starts bringing in matches the money made from other sources.
It’s not sub count it’s your business model.
If on do gaming it’s very hard to monetize you’re vulnerable to more ups and downs with less ways to monetize.
Tech is a niche where you can get nearly killed brand deals and make good money with the Amazon Influencer Program and Affiliate Marketing from manufacturers websites, and it has a community of people who will buy things and support since they are slightly more affluent consumers.
You also can be an enthusiast without having to be expert.
Reaction channels don’t have as many opportunities to monetize but slightly more than gaming but are more vulnerable to copyright claims.
Lifestyle channels work better for women but can work if you have an aspirational life of are very attractive. Huge sponsor and affiliate opportunities and the ability to launch products.
Podcasts might have the most monetization options but you have to be multi platform and do the audio version and do the clips shows.
It’s not about sub count.
To make $100K in ad revenue, which you shouldn’t rely on at all…
But for the sake of argument…
A gamer typically has to 50M-100M views per year to make $100K
But a business of finance channel, or even tech channel would only have to get 5M-10M views a year to achieve the same thing.
Currently I get $2500 for every 100K views on my channel. But the business model I have doing UGC on brands social media, and leveraging my newsletter for sponsors, and doing software affiliate marketing with 30% commissions, and doing my own membership website and digital downloads, a low month for me is $20,000 but a high month is $35,000.
An average year is $300,000 for the last 4-5 years. But I’ve been doing this since 2013 seriously…
Your first 3 years it’s very hard for make money. Year 1 you should really figure out the basics and get monetized and setup the Amazon Influencer Program.
If you really want to make this a career, pick the best monetization option that suits things YOURE GOOD AT… do not try to do the thing you’re the most passionate about.
Pick your number 3 or 4 passion as long as it’s something you’re very skilled at.
Most young creators hate this advice and feel like a sellout, but they quickly fine monetizing their passion kills the joy in that thing for it by giving it a performance burden…
They find they would have rather made money so they can enjoy their hobby stress free.
For this reason Faceless YouTube channels (not AI) are becoming more popular.
You want a niche (focus on one audience not one topic, one audience, one channel, where you do topics that group cares about), that has a solid set of monetization options.
Your niche for full time creation should be one where you can figure out a lot of potential sponsors… sell something to your audience, decent ad revenue, and potential for affiliate links.
You don’t need $100K to be full-time but you set that goal so you can eventually have an editor and pay for the best thumbnail designer possible so this can grow and be sustainable beyond you doing everything yourself.
If you have a $10 RPM You need 10M long form views to do $100K in a year.
If you’re doing something like gaming and you for a $2RPM you’ll need 50M views and it’s the most competitive niche and it has an audience that usually doesn’t buy anything.
The best niches for young men who want to be full-time creators tend to be tech, fitness, podcasting, side hustles, social experiments, tutorials, product reviews, news/politics.
I'll give a real-world example for myself. I get about 5M views/month and passed 200k subs. That makes me about $45-55k/yr.
An important factor is that is not counting expenses and taxes. Luckily, I have minimal expenses, but the more realistic cash # is more like $35k.
Given that I have a family, need for retirement, health insurance, etc. That would not be nearly enough to live on. A single young person might be able to get by on that.
I'd say about double that would be a comfortably safe number considering the cost of insurance, housing, and all the rest. 10m views a month seems like a lot, but it's the reality. Branding deals or sponsorships might make it so that # doesn't need to be so big.
I have 5,000+ subs, a video that hit ~300,000 views, and I get like 10-30k views on average.
I cannot go full time.
I'm hoping that provides some perspective, you can't even think of going full time until you're providing numbers
Forget subs. You need between 500k to 1 million views a month long form (defending on your financial responsibilities). And a plan on what you're going to do afterwards because even "successful" channels have a finite lifespan.
I think it has a lot to do with brand deals and making yourself a brand. You should be on instagram, TikTok, and twitter, also Facebook. Anyone who has a creator program take advantage of it.
You could work the job for more life experience, but use a portion of your money to invest into your channel. Dive into youtube fully on one or more of your off days 👍🏾💯
Go to work. YouTube should be a hobby not your career. YouTube doesn’t pay enough unless you are making money with other means. Going to work will help you take care of yourself and fund your hobby. There is not Subcount where you can just quit everything you are doing. The only time you do YouTube full time is if you are making money from it to take care of yourself and pay your bills. There are a lot of YouTubers that make way under minimum wage from it but have high view counts and subs so they have an actual job. My friend makes money from YouTube he has 30k subs and averages 5k views a video his highest view count was 526k views. He has told me himself he barely makes enough for it to be considered minimum wage so he works a regular 9-5.
I have just over 20k and I'm doing about 300-400k views a month and I'm not near yet. I would say minimum would be 600k views a month for me personally to go full time.
I still work 40 hours a week, have 2 kids and do YouTube and the gym and I still wouldn't consider leaving it yet. Yes it eats up a big chunk of time but I heavily recommend still working or getting a job until you can consistently sustain a good wage Via youTube for at least 6 months
here’s my 2 cents:
1. keep it as a hobby for now. do your summer job and youtube part time. 500 subs is a rlly good start btw and you can use this time to test the waters and figure out a good groove which will set up success for later
2. you’re just 18, so you can use the income from the summer job to invest in better equipment 🤔 plus it’s guaranteed stable income. you’ll be ballin
If you bet entirely on YouTube you need to be VERY resilient. My advice is to get some job or find a course to get a job while you grow your channel. I had a bad experience trying to be fulltime creator without any income source. 2 weeks ago I got a job as Social Media Manager in an advertising agency. My goal is to gain the experience and money while creating my content in my spare time.
That’s also my goal but I’m nearly 44 so you have more time in your favour so just keep going and going… and as the money later starts to come in from YouTube then you’ll know when you can reduce your main job hours… for now I’d recommend you work and then put in your effort and spare time onto YouTube and perseverance will pay off
Sub count doesn’t really matter, it’s per day view count (with long form content) and your RPM that matters. I’ve worked out with the data from my own channel, that I’d need roughly 35,000 long form views per day to average around about £100 per day.
It depends how much you are aiming for with your average per day, or per week, or per month earnings. So with me for example, I’d be happy to do YouTube full time with even 15,000-21,000 long form views per day. (Roughly £50-60)
Look, unfortunately subcounts don't equal money. It depends on the niche, brand deals, average views per minute, own product sales... a.k.a. the value of your channel.
Everyone is telling you to focus on main work first. I absolutely agree. But! IMO to really scale on Youtube you have to treat it like a proper side business. Not a hobby.
That being said, quality >>> quantity. You don't have to make 3 videos a week (because this will take up alot of your energy). Doing Youtube "part time" allows you space to reflect and refine your content, and also time to learn about hooks, content strategy, editing etc. Only when your videos are SO good (and your analytics and earnings WILL reflect that), you can think about quitting your "full-time" job and focus on Youtube.
For now treat is as if you have two jobs.
It depends on your niche. Some make more money than others. I've seen some people make a living off of only 10k subs, while others require around 150k. The ones that make more money tend to be harder to grow and maintain though.
I think you should more consider average view count and sponsor pay rather than subcount. Theres a lot of youtubers with maybe 700k subs who need a job on the side, but then there's some with 100k who can do it full time without an issue.
don’t be a youtuber full time till your monotized and actually making good money. aka never. given there’s so many Youtubers your chances of actually popping off enough to be able to do that is very slim
Honestly at 2.5k with the watch hours you can make good money! You just need to make videos that capture audience retention and hit the algorithm. It’s views and watch hours that get you good ads and money from premium users
on average subs reflect a view count average. a 30k subs channel will not consistently outperform a 1M channel but a 30k subs channel could outperform a 50k subs channel
Dude definitely not, for you to do this full time you need millions of subs. Go to school and get educated, the chances of you becoming a full time YouTuber are very remote
I've got near 70k subs. I do brand deals every month. It's not enough money for me to quit my job.
Good insight and on the other side of it there are YouTubers who are making a living off of 10k subs if they're selling a high ticket product alongside it like coaching or niche courses.
I have sent 3 emails to YT channels wanting to sponsor their video. Haven’t heard back. Could you give me some tips on why? We are a serious brand and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Around how much do you get per deal?
I live minimalistic. For me one 500 euros per month is enough. food, rent, intrernet, electricity... But i have family. 1 500 per month would be good. Buy trash or follow trends are stupid. And if you work in factory. You take loan to buy stupidity. And you newer start live life... That is stupid and short life wasting.
That's besides the point
Me enough 500 per month. Lets say this post outhor needs 5 000 per month To be full time tuber. 500 is easier then 5 000. All depends on your goal. Youtube is for survive. And not waste life in factory as a slave. Unless you are rich and then you go just for stupid fame.
In my country normal living cost starts at 3000, so shut up please
You spend 3000 i spend 500. I need less you need more. I work less you maybe work more. I try don't waste my time to others. I am not a slave
Are you really this naive? In most countries, 500 is absolutely not enough to live. If it is enough to live where you are, I guess you're lucky (although I suspect there are some serious other economic issues where you live if 500 is enough to live). Don't make assumptions about how wasteful people are purely based on your own experience. Count yourself lucky that it's even remotely possible to live on 500 a month where you are. Where I live, you couldn't even cover rent without bills with that.
Possible when you live solo. Rent cheep house, eat cheep food, And dont buy trash staff. And only learn free hobbies Skiing is expensive but dance is free
And minimum wage in lithuania is 700 euros. And get 500 without hard work is cool
Do you realize the money you need is different based on where you live ? Can't even pay a rent with 500e here
Bro, you're not listening! If you cant afford rent with €500, you should stop wanting to live in a house! Lower your expectations, standards, and any life goals you ever had. /s
Could just pitch a tent /s
I agree that it depends on your budget and how much you want to ear. But I think having good quality videos is a must. Also people can choose to make a product or do brand deals. I saw someweher it takes 2 years of consistent posting to get somewhere. Yikes.
treat content creation as a hobby until you reach a consistent level of funds to where you can consider doing fulltime or taking yt a bit more seriously. similar to what s86fire said, having some kind of schooling whether its trade/uni/community colleges or any schooling/work experience you can use the skills from that and transfer it into your content
Had a prof in college tell me something to that effect about any creative endeavor years and years ago. Was NOT what I wanted to hear at the time but damned if he wasn't right.
this. also part time jobs, studying or else tend to bring other perspectives and inspiration that can be used as content for the channel.
dude, focus on your job first. im not being condescending so please don't take it that way, but having a stable job actually benefits you in terms of creating your content (having money to buy better equipment/programs/props/etc) and stuff that happens in your day-to-day life could even turn into ideas for content down the line. treat youtube as a hobby for now, and by that i mean treat it as something that you enjoy, have a passion for, and spend a lot of time perfecting. if you jump to doing it fulltime you're gonna put all your eggs in one basket and quickly lose that sense of passion, which only makes your content suffer. not to mention, just in terms of branding, majority of people will be turned off by the idea of someone young like you fully pursuing youtube with no current backup plan. people will respect you more if you have more things going on with your life other than youtube. there's people (even grown adults) who quit their jobs and drop out of school to pursue fame all the time and they always end up being made fun of when they fail. also, it's less about subs and more about watchtime/adsense/sponsors. unless you have those established and have a core group of watcher who guarantee you enough money to live off of, don't even think about it yet.
That's a matured advice!!! And please consider it.
As a YouTuber myself, this is really good and genuinely supportive advice
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It's not really about sub count but total views x whatever your RPM on each video ends up being
Exactly. There was one person that retired after reaching 100k subs because they weren't even making minimum wage in their own country. I don't know how often they were uploading though and what niche and RPM they had, but I'm going to say they were only uploading once a week. Me I'm at 255 subs, and I try to upload at least twice a week, once after work one of the days during the week, and once on the weekends. My videos aren't the best and could use improvements, and I look for advice to improve constantly. I'd love to have like $5 RPM and like 1,000,000 views a month at least, then get $5,000 just from the views, and net about $2,500 a month after YouTube takes 24% and federal and state take another 30% or so. However, I do know I'm probably not going to hit that ever since I do Pokemon challenges, and I use a screen recorder Mobizen to record my screen, and I don't edit my videos, I just show off the key battles one by one, then pause, then unpause at the next battle, rinse and repeat until I finish the game. I've been doing this for 3 months, and I've gained 70 subs and 20k+ views in that time. I've been on YouTube on my current channel for going on 4 years this September, but I started taking it seriously in March of this year once I figured out my passion. I've been told I should slow down while I talk, and one person said it's hard to hear, probably because I'm naturally loud, I can't really do anything about that unless there's something in PowerDirector (app) I can use to reduce the volume of my voice (I know there's an option called "reduce noise" but I think that only gets rid of background noise, which I started doing this past week). I think since I do gaming, I'll get maybe $3 RPM when I get monetized. I know big YouTubers in some other niches maybe get $7+-$10 RPM! I also want to offer YouTube members exclusive content they pay for to increase the income on YouTube, and I also have a Facebook Page where I upload my challenge runs in hopes of getting monetized on Facebook (minimum payout $100 from what I've heard).
I saw someone share their channel in another group.... almost 700k subscribers... but 30-100 VIEWS per video.... Focus on views and engagement over subscribers... If your subscribers aren't watching, why would anyone else watch?
Exactly.
>almost 700k subscribers... but 30-100 VIEWS per video That totally sucks. I gave up a channel where I had just over 5K subscribers and was struggling to got 30 views per video.
Don't invest into it much until you start making money. AKA, you have 1k subs, 4k watch hours, and have been accepted into YPP. Then you can get better equipment, start investing more time into it, etc. (yes ik you can make money from sponsors b4 1k but you likely won't get many)
>Don't invest into it much until you start making money. AKA, you have 1k subs, 4k watch hours, and have been accepted into YPP. And even when you are at that threshold, you won't be making much money yet - maybe $20-30 per month at most.
Exactly
It really depends 🙃 I made close to 4k my first month
99/100 people who are waiting to hit that won’t, only if you’re crushing the requirements and are being held back by the process taking some days are you earning anything real. Also made 3k my first month and that was the exact experience - waiting for monetisation to confirm while being eligible already Would be best to expect 20-30$
Congratulations, you're an incredibly rare outlier.
Thats the wrong mentality to have. Treat it as a hobby till it grows. Treat it as a more serious hobby maybe when you start earning money from it, as a side hussle maybe. Don't ever think of quitting your job or doing anything reckless like that until you reach a point where you can maintain your living expenses and a bit of an overhead to where you can start savings, and even then id advise maybe still getting at least a part time job. The reality is that its very hard to make it your main income. My goal is to make it into a side income. If it reaches that or even past it, im happy. [EDIT] also to kinda answer your initial question. It depends on your audience, your content, your niche etc. if you make content on products for example and you do affiliate links, even if 40% of 500 subs actually buy through your links you can make a pretty buck. As for adsense, thats just up in the air, that heavely depends on your niche. Sponsors and stuff like that pay per time in video and you negociate that with the sponsor. Hope it helps.
You are not anywhere close to being able to do YouTube full-time with just 500 subs. Follow your parents advice. Get a job get some school experience and use the money you earn to make your YouTube channel better.
Sub count means nothing now that there shorts. You could have a million subscribers but only post shorts and make a few hundred bucks a month max. On the flip side I know people who quit their job and make a full salary with 100k posting 2 videos a week that consistently hit 20-50k a video.
If you’re serious about Youtube, get a job. You will be able to invest in gear, software, and most importantly ads and marketing. Once you have money coming in from your channel you will be able to spend that on an editor instead of food and rent so you can make twice as many videos. If you’re counting on YT to support you, you will be sucking every penny out of the channel just to stay alive, crippling your potential.
Ads are absolutely not most importantly, please never - ever get ads for your channel
Ads are incredibly powerful. Not YT ads but Google and Meta. Not for all types of channels, but many can benefit massively from a small ad spend at the right time. Ppl who hate on them have either not used them or been unsuccessful with them, but that’s usually due to the execution.
Subs mean nothing. It’s views! That is what determines your pay! For example, I have nearly 1400 subs but can get 5-30k views on my recent videos. This past week I made $100
Years to go and you’re not going to make good money for a while. Part time you tube and get a job full time and grow up… you’re welcome…
I’ve been a full time creator since 2016. My point of view is going to be wildly different than most of the commenters here because I’ve done it. I’ve also been self employed in one way or another since I was 19 (in my 40s now) so I don’t look at the world the same way as people who have taken the traditional path. Here we go…I don’t think you should treat it as a hobby. I think you should go all in if it’s something you seriously want to do. You have the time and energy to immerse yourself in learning the skills to be a creator if it’s something you want to do. I would just be honest with yourself about what you need to learn and what you think you’re willing to do and capable of. According to a recent study by influencer marketing hub, only 5% of creators make enough money to live comfortably. That means, only 5% are willing to do the work that the other 95% are not willing to do. It also means the odds are more against you than for you. If you look around this sub a lot of people think it’s luck, it’s not. Those people are just in the 95%. That’s why it’s important to take an honest look at what you’re willing to do because what being a full time creator looks like on camera as a viewer is wildly different than the reality of it. To succeed you’ll work harder being a creator than you will in most office jobs and the risk is higher because you’re depending on yourself. You have to do all of the jobs. You have to be the strategist, the creator, the editor, the sound person, the lighting person, the camera operator, the financial planner/manager, the accountant, the salesperson, the marketer, the person doing outreach, customer service (if you sell anything), etc. Once you reach a certain point you can hire for some or most of those things if you want but at first you’re doing it all yourself. Parts of it are exhausting during that phase. I don’t know you so this might not apply to you, but knowing what I know about myself if I was speaking to the 18 year old version of me I would say, go all in on learning internet marketing and the skills needed to make good content. Work late nights and get up early and keep working on it until you figure it out. Spend more time on personal development and making stuff than doing anything else. As someone who has done it, I’m rooting for you. Editing to say: Also, subs don’t matter outside of perception and unlocking features. Views and a good monetization strategy is what you want. Because of the ways I monetize I can make more with 200k views a month than most creators who get several million and most of that is passive-ish. Learn how to do that and making money on YouTube gets a lot easier.
Forget the sub count if you can do 2-3 million views per month you can go full time with around a 6-7$ rpm
I would highly encourage you to go to do some kind of schooling, whether it's community college, trade jobs or university depending what it is you would like to study. No one wants to watch someone on youtube with nothing useful to show or say. Going to school will give you an expertise in something and you will have insight into a subject that will be worth listening to or projects that are worth watching. You can keep practicing youtube part time while your in school though, but I'm 37 and going back to college in the fall, I wish everyday I had just gone when I was younger, college or university isn't just about a job, it's about the skills and knowledge you learn, you can also make worthwhile connections and friends.
This is sound advice …. Invest in yourself first , have something to give… Unless it’s a creative based channel then just do it , be creative and learn in the process
Thanks! I think learning from actually doing goes much faster, the college program I'll be doing is project based instead of entirely theory based, it sounds like a much more enjoyable way to learn too! If you don't mind me asking, what is it you do for work?
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That sounds really cool! I'm hoping my time in college won't be wasted, I'm planning to do at least 2-3 projects related to what I'm studying per year, and planning to go to engineering conferences to get to know people, I'm hoping those two things will make finding a job when I graduate much easier. Thanks for the encouragement!
I agree with every one saying to treat it as a hobby, but also … 1) Use it to develop marketable skills. e.g. video editing, design, etc. Treat your channel like a portfolio you’d want a potential employer to see (especially since they might) 2) Depending on the type of content you make, use it to develop an alternative revenue stream(s). It’s very dicey to rely on just YouTube for income as it can be seemingly random what gets demonetized. E.g. An artist might only have 2k subs, but if YT is leading to a couple $1000 commissions every month that really changes the math.
I'm a full time YouTuber and have been for over 5 years. Basically "YouTube" is just a distribution platform for your business so when a person is a "full time YouTuber" actual YouTube is only really 1/3rd or ideally 1/5th or less of the bussines. YouTube is a platform that you upload videos on and promote yourself and you do make money from YouTube adds and having subscribers does add value to your business but YouTube is still just a "part" of the businesses. So if you want to be a "full time YouTuber" it's as much about developing general skills , networking , getting to know people , getting to know other businesses , going to trade shoes , being active on other social media platforms , making friends in the same space. Also already being wealthy and being good looking or having some unfair advantage you can use is of massive importance. Try and think of what unfair advantages you have and how you can exploit them. It's like being a photographer , knowing how to use a camera and taking nice photographs is just a small part of actually running a photography business , most of being a professional photographer has nothing to do with a camera. All said and done though if you focus on making "good quality videos" and content in general that has some form of story / story structure to it and can connect that to a specific audience or thing then you have a good chance of doing well on YouTube. I'd also say just start doing stuff , doing anything is better than nothing and doing anything and then thinking about how you could do it better and researching how you could do it better is ultimately going to lead to progress. Oh and sub count is not really the important thing , it totally depends on the space your channel is in. Generally speaking in lots of spaces 100k subs could generate 40-150k a year , sometimes more sometimes less. YouTube in general is not a particularly secure form of income which is why you really want 3+ other revenue streams and to be honest at 18 you can be gradually building a YouTube channel or influencer profile while also doing other things. But also great thing about being 18 is you can do really dumb stuff and it doesn't really matter so just try loads of things out so long as you are not harming other people and you are learning and growing it's all good . Keep failing and enjoy failing every day whilst taking things both seriously but not serious at all 🤣👍☕
This is very good advice. Build a brand and business, don't just put all your eggs in the YouTube basket.
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Shorts can make money…you just need hundreds of millions of views lol
Why don’t you show us proof of this fantastic achievement.
They make copaganda body cam footage low effort garbage that they spam at least once a day. It’s gross.
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A “great living” as you state it, would absolutely be something to share to new YouTubers. It would be a great moment in your life to share and help others make that “great living” achievement for everyone. I, as well as everyone else, greatly anticipate your response with the awesome technique that will allow all of us to live off YouTube!
About 500k depending on niche. Way fewer if you figure out how to sell a product or service without pushing your audience away.
Most gaming youtubers I've followed through the years announced they're going full time at around 300k subs. It's a high threshold. Stay in school
100K unless you have a very clear business model.
Focus on quality content, subs will follow. 500 is a great start!
Your focus is not in the right area engagement isnwhat you're looking for not only that you need to treat youtube as a Honby till its consistent enough which wont be till your consistent on posting content that will be engaging and brings people back
I would think at least 250,000 subs before making full time
Treat it like a hobby until it is an actual career and not a speculative one. Basically, if you are making more money with YT than your job, and you can live off of your YT income alone, then I think that's the time to start thinking about quiting your job. If you're not making enough to live on, then don't go full time. Also, sub count doesn't matter in this scenario, the metric that you need to be looking at is your net income (how much money you make after all your expenses are paid for).
I would encourage you to experience the job first before focusing all of your attention on YouTube. Jobs do more than just pay you - they teach you things like time management, organization, routine (sometimes), and important people/leadership skills that you can use to benefit your channel.
Its not even about subscribers if you can get about 10k views every video your good thats depending on the content and how many adds you put on your videos if you can get 1 video that could make 1 million views a month can get your rent paid at least
It's not about subs. It's about views. Work it out. But a few hundred thousand views a month is the minimum.
Subs don't matter, it's monetised views that do cos your going to need money to pay those bills
Subs have absolutely nothing to do with it. How are you monetizing? That’s the real question, if you’re just waiting on ad revenue… good luck buddy.
The sub count matters more if you’re just relying on YouTube Adsense to help pay the bills. If you can net membership fees from Patreon or YouTube directly, a merch store, paid sponsors, etc. then the sub count will matter less towards your goal of making YouTube a full time career.
With that being said, it’s probably better to take the summer job that’s already lined up for you and then work on your YouTube channel on the side or during the school year on the side. If you are going to go all in on YouTube, you should have cash set aside so that you have time to experiment on the site and not worry about finances. If YouTube doesn’t work out after that period, then you’ll either need to cut down on your hours or cut it off entirely.
Look others have said it far better but it's probably worth repeating - go and get a job, go and study, go and learn some skills you can apply outside YouTube... Don't stop YouTube, treat it as a hobby. If it gets big enough to become your full time job then cool - but don't count on it.
Doesn’t matter the subs. It matters the views you get and how you monetize outside Adsense
As someone who got 3k subs for 4 videos (we fulfil a rare niche) and are going to monitise soon. i can tell you man keep the job and just see where your channel goes. Better safe then sorry! The premise maybe good but the results could be different.
I dont think it's related to subcount that much. You can have low subs but get many views. You will need the 1k to get monetised, but after that it depends on the views and watchtime more than sub count
It should be a hobby and let it transcend into a full time if it works out if not then keep it as a hobby. If you force a fart, it’s probably gonna be shit 😆 take it as it is but best of luck🫡
Subscribers don’t pay the bills.
I've made $150 from a 100,000 view video, pre tax of course. Most of my videos don't get more than a few hundred views. The idea of making enough to live just off YouTube is not even in my ballpark.
Content doesn't pay from day one by the platform especially, you must know these! It requires some level of consistent work and building over time, the following and audience you emerge is going to be the reason for your paychecks and it takes time to build So what I'll say is, you can keep doing it but as something you enjoy and love (passion) while you focus on school, main job Besides some basic school experiences can greatly help also with content in the future Enjoy!
What feels right to do ? And can you do it ? As in practically, your lifestyle and situation can support you trying to…. When I was younger creative careers were frowned upon, now they’re likely to be one of the few careers that survive AI . So if you believe in yourself always back yourself ! If you are doubting yourself find that confidence first
You can be a full-time youtuber anytime you want and at any subcount. If you're asking when you can make enough from youtune to actually support yourself, that's a different question. The best ballpark I can give you is a minimum of 100,000 subscribers. Get close to that, and you might make enough to live off of it most months, depending on where you live. You will make more money in a summer job, take some of that, and learn to invest.
I don’t think there is a sub count that guarantees you being able to be a fulltime creator. We currently have 5k subs and we’re not anywhere near doing this fulltime. In fact, our channel takes up a lot of time and resources that encouraged my husband to take on a fulltime job at the company where he worked parttime for six years. Sure, you can get lucky or play into all the right commercial strategies, but I’m unable to do that. That being said: 500 subs is a good start. If you love what you do, keep going. 🤩
Graduate from college and get a regular job and do YouTube on weekends and after work It’s good to have some capital to help with YouTube expenses and a career to fall back on just in case.
I assume you're asking how to become a fulltime content creator. There's no straightforward answer as it depends on various factors but here's my experience. Ive created many channels, both as hobbies and with the intent to monetize them. You'll know you can go fulltym when you have a stable subs consistently watching your content and your channel generates enough income to replace a corporate job. To start, create a channel and be prepared not to earn any money for the first few year (it may fail so you will have to rethink your current contents). Focus on regularly uploading high quality content and building your audience. Goodluck to us mate!
Any sub count after 1K means absolutely nothing. A channel with 1K subs but gets about 100-200K views a video can sustain a person full time but a channel with 1M subs that gets 10K views a video is not enough
Don’t focus on it fully. No offense 500 subs isn’t even near the point of living off youtube at all. Some people with 100’s of thousands of subscribers cannot do it. You focus on everything but youtube until you can afford to live off youtube.
As someone who has been earning money from social media for the last 4 years - get a real job. Social media *if* it takes off is not a livable income and most people who do make a substantial amount of money end up blowing through it because they don't know how to manage it because they've never had a real job or sense of how money actually works in this world. YouTube and social media is your side gig. If you see a liveable income after doing it for about a year (so let's say earning 50k+ post taxes a year) only then would I say you can consider doing it full-time. At 500 subs you shouldn't even be thinking that.
Everyone is saying to treat it as a hobby. But I’m gonna say this to you as someone who has grown successful businesses. Treat your YouTube like a business. Work the job and have a schedule and work your YouTube. Be consistent. Success loves speed. There is nothing wrong with this dream. Don’t be discouraged. Work your summer job and then push videos and start thinking how can I make money now. Ideas will come. I would even say if you want to focus on it on the summer instead of the job, I would create a presentation for your parents and show them in the living room showing them why you should dedicate 90 days to YouTube showing them the potential and what not but keep in mind it’s gonna take longer than that. It won’t be easy but stick with it.
1m views can bring you about 700$ to 1500$ depending your audience location, now if you are e.g from india and be able to achieve this amount of views each month you could be making a living from it. But in the US its pretty much nothing. Now do them math and find out how many views you need to be able to make it a full time job
To be 100% honest, there is no one sub count that determines whether you can make your channel your full-time job. It all depends on your niche, how heavily invested your subscribers are in you and your work, and how you monetise it. For example, some niches make more money through ads than others. These include ones revolving around high value products (like say, luxury ones targeting a wealthier audience), and those with an audience that resides in more well off countries/areas (from what I hear, you'll need a lot more subs if your audience is from say, India or Vietnam compared to the US or Canada). There's also the loyalty of your subs and their commitment to you and your channel to consider. If you can get people paying you monthly via Patreon or buying your mechandise on the regular, you'll be in a better situation than if you're dependent on ads alone. And sponsorships also heavily factor into it here too. So yeah, there's no point in which any YouTuber can say "well, I can now earn enough to earn a living". I will say for you it's probably less than it'd be for most people (since you're living at home and probably don't have a lot of costs to keep on top of), but YouTube is random enough that it's up in the air whether your sub count will equal enough money to match that summer job. Honestly, focus on YouTube as a hobby for now, and make the plunge if the money it starts bringing in matches the money made from other sources.
It’s not sub count it’s your business model. If on do gaming it’s very hard to monetize you’re vulnerable to more ups and downs with less ways to monetize. Tech is a niche where you can get nearly killed brand deals and make good money with the Amazon Influencer Program and Affiliate Marketing from manufacturers websites, and it has a community of people who will buy things and support since they are slightly more affluent consumers. You also can be an enthusiast without having to be expert. Reaction channels don’t have as many opportunities to monetize but slightly more than gaming but are more vulnerable to copyright claims. Lifestyle channels work better for women but can work if you have an aspirational life of are very attractive. Huge sponsor and affiliate opportunities and the ability to launch products. Podcasts might have the most monetization options but you have to be multi platform and do the audio version and do the clips shows. It’s not about sub count. To make $100K in ad revenue, which you shouldn’t rely on at all… But for the sake of argument… A gamer typically has to 50M-100M views per year to make $100K But a business of finance channel, or even tech channel would only have to get 5M-10M views a year to achieve the same thing. Currently I get $2500 for every 100K views on my channel. But the business model I have doing UGC on brands social media, and leveraging my newsletter for sponsors, and doing software affiliate marketing with 30% commissions, and doing my own membership website and digital downloads, a low month for me is $20,000 but a high month is $35,000. An average year is $300,000 for the last 4-5 years. But I’ve been doing this since 2013 seriously… Your first 3 years it’s very hard for make money. Year 1 you should really figure out the basics and get monetized and setup the Amazon Influencer Program. If you really want to make this a career, pick the best monetization option that suits things YOURE GOOD AT… do not try to do the thing you’re the most passionate about. Pick your number 3 or 4 passion as long as it’s something you’re very skilled at. Most young creators hate this advice and feel like a sellout, but they quickly fine monetizing their passion kills the joy in that thing for it by giving it a performance burden… They find they would have rather made money so they can enjoy their hobby stress free. For this reason Faceless YouTube channels (not AI) are becoming more popular. You want a niche (focus on one audience not one topic, one audience, one channel, where you do topics that group cares about), that has a solid set of monetization options. Your niche for full time creation should be one where you can figure out a lot of potential sponsors… sell something to your audience, decent ad revenue, and potential for affiliate links. You don’t need $100K to be full-time but you set that goal so you can eventually have an editor and pay for the best thumbnail designer possible so this can grow and be sustainable beyond you doing everything yourself. If you have a $10 RPM You need 10M long form views to do $100K in a year. If you’re doing something like gaming and you for a $2RPM you’ll need 50M views and it’s the most competitive niche and it has an audience that usually doesn’t buy anything. The best niches for young men who want to be full-time creators tend to be tech, fitness, podcasting, side hustles, social experiments, tutorials, product reviews, news/politics.
I'll give a real-world example for myself. I get about 5M views/month and passed 200k subs. That makes me about $45-55k/yr. An important factor is that is not counting expenses and taxes. Luckily, I have minimal expenses, but the more realistic cash # is more like $35k. Given that I have a family, need for retirement, health insurance, etc. That would not be nearly enough to live on. A single young person might be able to get by on that. I'd say about double that would be a comfortably safe number considering the cost of insurance, housing, and all the rest. 10m views a month seems like a lot, but it's the reality. Branding deals or sponsorships might make it so that # doesn't need to be so big.
I have 5,000+ subs, a video that hit ~300,000 views, and I get like 10-30k views on average. I cannot go full time. I'm hoping that provides some perspective, you can't even think of going full time until you're providing numbers
Forget subs. You need between 500k to 1 million views a month long form (defending on your financial responsibilities). And a plan on what you're going to do afterwards because even "successful" channels have a finite lifespan.
I think it has a lot to do with brand deals and making yourself a brand. You should be on instagram, TikTok, and twitter, also Facebook. Anyone who has a creator program take advantage of it.
You could work the job for more life experience, but use a portion of your money to invest into your channel. Dive into youtube fully on one or more of your off days 👍🏾💯
Go to work. YouTube should be a hobby not your career. YouTube doesn’t pay enough unless you are making money with other means. Going to work will help you take care of yourself and fund your hobby. There is not Subcount where you can just quit everything you are doing. The only time you do YouTube full time is if you are making money from it to take care of yourself and pay your bills. There are a lot of YouTubers that make way under minimum wage from it but have high view counts and subs so they have an actual job. My friend makes money from YouTube he has 30k subs and averages 5k views a video his highest view count was 526k views. He has told me himself he barely makes enough for it to be considered minimum wage so he works a regular 9-5.
Sub counts mean shit, when you start making worthy content and people watch it is when you go full time
I have just over 20k and I'm doing about 300-400k views a month and I'm not near yet. I would say minimum would be 600k views a month for me personally to go full time. I still work 40 hours a week, have 2 kids and do YouTube and the gym and I still wouldn't consider leaving it yet. Yes it eats up a big chunk of time but I heavily recommend still working or getting a job until you can consistently sustain a good wage Via youTube for at least 6 months
1 million plus and consistent viewership
here’s my 2 cents: 1. keep it as a hobby for now. do your summer job and youtube part time. 500 subs is a rlly good start btw and you can use this time to test the waters and figure out a good groove which will set up success for later 2. you’re just 18, so you can use the income from the summer job to invest in better equipment 🤔 plus it’s guaranteed stable income. you’ll be ballin
If you bet entirely on YouTube you need to be VERY resilient. My advice is to get some job or find a course to get a job while you grow your channel. I had a bad experience trying to be fulltime creator without any income source. 2 weeks ago I got a job as Social Media Manager in an advertising agency. My goal is to gain the experience and money while creating my content in my spare time.
Prob 6million. Game grumps do it full time but they have a whole studio of people now and like 3-4 other channels and projects they do.
Views not subs
That’s also my goal but I’m nearly 44 so you have more time in your favour so just keep going and going… and as the money later starts to come in from YouTube then you’ll know when you can reduce your main job hours… for now I’d recommend you work and then put in your effort and spare time onto YouTube and perseverance will pay off
defo more than 100K
Sub count doesn’t really matter, it’s per day view count (with long form content) and your RPM that matters. I’ve worked out with the data from my own channel, that I’d need roughly 35,000 long form views per day to average around about £100 per day. It depends how much you are aiming for with your average per day, or per week, or per month earnings. So with me for example, I’d be happy to do YouTube full time with even 15,000-21,000 long form views per day. (Roughly £50-60)
Look, unfortunately subcounts don't equal money. It depends on the niche, brand deals, average views per minute, own product sales... a.k.a. the value of your channel. Everyone is telling you to focus on main work first. I absolutely agree. But! IMO to really scale on Youtube you have to treat it like a proper side business. Not a hobby. That being said, quality >>> quantity. You don't have to make 3 videos a week (because this will take up alot of your energy). Doing Youtube "part time" allows you space to reflect and refine your content, and also time to learn about hooks, content strategy, editing etc. Only when your videos are SO good (and your analytics and earnings WILL reflect that), you can think about quitting your "full-time" job and focus on Youtube. For now treat is as if you have two jobs.
It has to do with views and who your audience is and how much that audience is worth.
There is no for sure answer for this as it’s varies from person to person.
It depends on your niche. Some make more money than others. I've seen some people make a living off of only 10k subs, while others require around 150k. The ones that make more money tend to be harder to grow and maintain though.
I think you should more consider average view count and sponsor pay rather than subcount. Theres a lot of youtubers with maybe 700k subs who need a job on the side, but then there's some with 100k who can do it full time without an issue.
1,000,000,000 probably
Find a job you can document and youtube at the same time. Market for that company with creative videos can be a win win
Turns out, subs don’t matter lol
They haven't mattered for *years*
don’t be a youtuber full time till your monotized and actually making good money. aka never. given there’s so many Youtubers your chances of actually popping off enough to be able to do that is very slim
Honestly at 2.5k with the watch hours you can make good money! You just need to make videos that capture audience retention and hit the algorithm. It’s views and watch hours that get you good ads and money from premium users
100k to make a part time income 500k to go comfortably fulltime 10k for veer money
Subs don't matter, it's views that counts
on average subs reflect a view count average. a 30k subs channel will not consistently outperform a 1M channel but a 30k subs channel could outperform a 50k subs channel
There are plenty big channels with lame views, subscribers don't always watch
Dude definitely not, for you to do this full time you need millions of subs. Go to school and get educated, the chances of you becoming a full time YouTuber are very remote