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>How many people make a living from YouTube? Not many: "96.5% of all of those trying to become YouTubers won't make enough money off of advertising to crack th
by ac29 9y ago
>How many people make a living from YouTube?
Not many: "96.5% of all of those trying to become YouTubers won't make enough money off of advertising to crack the U.S. poverty line"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-youtube-stardom-20180228-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-youtube-stardom-201802...
- dasmoth 9y ago3.5% end up with a meaningful income? That’s probably an order of magnitude more than I’d have guessed! Interesting...
- bpicolo 9y agoThere's a whole ecosystem around it though - advertising agencies, video production equipment, etc. Then there's things like GoPro exist largely as a side-effect of social media networks like YouTube. The real effects of YouTube on the global economy are pretty big!