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/sigh/ This is completely inaccurate based off incorrect assumptions and statistics. Though not a youtube partner myself, I work with quite a few. This article

/sigh/ This is completely inaccurate based off incorrect assumptions and statistics. Though not a youtube partner myself, I work with quite a few. This article has been dismissed by nearly all of the people it mentions

cadab 15y ago
Any links to back up what your saying?
- dzlobin 15y ago
  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06blip.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06blip.html...
- samarudge 15y ago
  Not of the top of my head, if you look back far enough through @PhillyD's twitter feed you'll probably see him ranting about how he doesn't make anywhere near that much.
  - dzlobin 15y ago
    I think he meant he doesn't pay himself that much. Last I heard, he was paying himself a salary and ~6 or so other people that are working on a company he is launching.
    - AlexC04 15y ago
      I remember watching that video. It was a while back when they first launched the "moderator" features on youtube. Wish I could hunt for it now, I think it was under his "vloggity" account. At the time he was also talking a lot about launching a scripted media company for youtube and stuff. Mentioned that he makes a LOT for his affiliate stuff. Think for example that he ran a "netflix club" where once a week he would review a different movie on netflix and discuss it with his viewers. Any of his viewers could us a "phillyD" signup code and get a free month of netflix. I don't know what the netflix payout is - but - on 1 million views per video. Say the NF payout is $5 a 1% conversion pays $50k per week which would be $200k in the month that he ran the series. And how much do they get from Sony the week they talk about giving away a new camera? The week they promote a Qbids auction? The week the makeup girls give away a bag of "rimmell"?
dzlobin 15y ago
Yup, they are missing a zero at the end of most of these.
josefresco 15y ago
Dismissed as high or low? With all due respect to your YT friends, most people will lie to you about how much they make in an attempt to make you either think they make more or less than they actually do.
- xal 15y ago
  Way too low. The starcraft commentary community alone splits more then a million between the popular casters.
  - dzlobin 15y ago
    Much more than a million.
- samarudge 15y ago
  Both, some partners have external syndication or promotion deals. A lot of partners are now using services like Blip.tv and Revision3 alongside Youtube. Other's sell products, do advertising and other things on the side, all because they are popular on Youtube, but not related to their viewcount (Rhett & Link is a good example, they now have a successful TV show). Some have lower CPC/CPV values due to their audience and content. Some don't even use adds. This report was put together under the logic of "The average CPV is $0.001 so every 1k views = $1", rather than doing any actual research
- ChaseB 15y ago
  I can give you a real number. A friend of mine runs http://youtube.com/moviebuzz http://youtube.com/moviebuzz. He's making $8-10K a month. He only has 144K subscribers. Not too bad for a 22 year old working 1 day a week. He says the big guys, like DeFanco, are bringing in well over $100K a month.
  - bennesvig 15y ago
    I knew he probably did well, but wow.
revorad 15y ago
Can you share some accurate numbers?
- Urgo 15y ago
  See my post above for the full explanation but http://SocialBlade.com/youtube http://SocialBlade.com/youtube has more or less accurate ranges.

cadab 15y ago

Any links to back up what your saying?

dzlobin 15y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06blip.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06blip.html...
samarudge 15y ago
Not of the top of my head, if you look back far enough through @PhillyD's twitter feed you'll probably see him ranting about how he doesn't make anywhere near that much.
- dzlobin 15y ago
  I think he meant he doesn't pay himself that much. Last I heard, he was paying himself a salary and ~6 or so other people that are working on a company he is launching.
  - AlexC04 15y ago
    I remember watching that video. It was a while back when they first launched the "moderator" features on youtube. Wish I could hunt for it now, I think it was under his "vloggity" account. At the time he was also talking a lot about launching a scripted media company for youtube and stuff. Mentioned that he makes a LOT for his affiliate stuff. Think for example that he ran a "netflix club" where once a week he would review a different movie on netflix and discuss it with his viewers. Any of his viewers could us a "phillyD" signup code and get a free month of netflix. I don't know what the netflix payout is - but - on 1 million views per video. Say the NF payout is $5 a 1% conversion pays $50k per week which would be $200k in the month that he ran the series. And how much do they get from Sony the week they talk about giving away a new camera? The week they promote a Qbids auction? The week the makeup girls give away a bag of "rimmell"?

dzlobin 15y ago

Yup, they are missing a zero at the end of most of these.

josefresco 15y ago

Dismissed as high or low? With all due respect to your YT friends, most people will lie to you about how much they make in an attempt to make you either think they make more or less than they actually do.

xal 15y ago
Way too low. The starcraft commentary community alone splits more then a million between the popular casters.
- dzlobin 15y ago
  Much more than a million.
samarudge 15y ago
Both, some partners have external syndication or promotion deals. A lot of partners are now using services like Blip.tv and Revision3 alongside Youtube. Other's sell products, do advertising and other things on the side, all because they are popular on Youtube, but not related to their viewcount (Rhett & Link is a good example, they now have a successful TV show). Some have lower CPC/CPV values due to their audience and content. Some don't even use adds. This report was put together under the logic of "The average CPV is $0.001 so every 1k views = $1", rather than doing any actual research
ChaseB 15y ago
I can give you a real number. A friend of mine runs http://youtube.com/moviebuzz http://youtube.com/moviebuzz. He's making $8-10K a month. He only has 144K subscribers. Not too bad for a 22 year old working 1 day a week. He says the big guys, like DeFanco, are bringing in well over $100K a month.
- bennesvig 15y ago
  I knew he probably did well, but wow.

revorad 15y ago

Can you share some accurate numbers?

Urgo 15y ago
See my post above for the full explanation but http://SocialBlade.com/youtube http://SocialBlade.com/youtube has more or less accurate ranges.