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5000 patrons is good, but YouTube advertising is where the real money is because (a) these math-type of videos have no expiry date; (b) Google are getting bette
by MarkMc 8y ago
5000 patrons is good, but YouTube advertising is where the real money is because (a) these math-type of videos have no expiry date; (b) Google are getting better at monetising videos; (c) 3blue1brown is possibly the best videos on the topic and not likely to be beaten by the competition.
In 10 years his 'Essence of Calculus' videos will probably earn more money per month than now.
- zaarn 8y agoI think (a) assumes that there is an infinite supply of people interested in watching these kinds of video. In reality, you're going to make most of the money in the first few days after uploading and after that you'll get a trickle of people who find it via search, recommendation or rewatching it from a playlist.
- ehsankia 8y agoSure, I'm sure he gets decent money from ads too. My point was that, I don't see why he needs sponsors in the first place. My 5000$ estimate was a bare bare minimum. Realistically, I would guess around $10k-$15k from Patreon and another $5k from Youtube at least (he has 1M subscribers, which is the "Made it" threshold).