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I don't think YouTube allows you to make videos showing your revenue, but I could be wrong

phphphphp 4y ago
Many years ago you were prohibited from sharing warnings by virtue of YouTube monetisation being through AdSense but, as far as I know, there’s no longer such a restriction. Lots of people publish their earnings nowadays, very common amongst finance channels.
Izikiel43 4y ago
Linus tech tips did a video sharing their YouTube earnings last year
- geerlingguy 4y ago
  Indeed, Linus just shared the Ad revenue for 3/4 of last year a couple days ago: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1609468262219403264 https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/16094682622194032...
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    Holy moly, 4M for a bunch of videos. Talk about passive income.
    - winrid 4y ago
      It's not passive. He has many employees.
      - ErneX 4y ago
        Yup, around a hundred: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1609469861494951941 https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/16094698614949519...
        estomagordo 4y ago
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    - chillfox 4y ago
      There’s very little passive about running a YouTube channel, and if you stop publishing then traffic to your existing videos will start to drop off over time.
    - jrockway 4y ago
      If you've ever watched LTT, you'll know that his business is anything but passive. They own buildings, have employees, HR departments, R&D, and all that stuff. This sort of approach is probably not too different, except in scale, to huge media companies.
      - trollied 4y ago
        Indeed, he says he spent more than the youtube income on salaries. Of course he has other income streams - sponsorships, lttstore.com, commissioned videos etc.
    - neilv 4y ago
      I saw a standalone video ad with him the other day (on LinkedIn?) for Supermicro server products. It was clear from his voice that it was a paid promotion (not the same tone as a typical semi-objective modern product demo/review), but I'd guess that would have some reputation cost with some viewers. So I'd guess his company makes good money from that as well.
doc_gunthrop 4y ago
A YouTuber who goes by the handle kofuzi just released a video that goes into the fine details and analysis of his channel's metrics with full transparency. He's easily among the top 3 video content makers who focus on running, running shoes, and running events. Despite putting out high-quality videos, his channel isn't nearly as popular as OP (probably due to his focus being more niche).
Aaronmacaron 4y ago
This is not true. There are quite a few large (and also some smaller ones) youtubers who shared their ad-sense revenue.

Many years ago you were prohibited from sharing warnings by virtue of YouTube monetisation being through AdSense but, as far as I know, there’s no longer such a restriction. Lots of people publish their earnings nowadays, very common amongst finance channels.

Izikiel43 4y ago

Linus tech tips did a video sharing their YouTube earnings last year

geerlingguy 4y ago
Indeed, Linus just shared the Ad revenue for 3/4 of last year a couple days ago: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1609468262219403264 https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/16094682622194032...
- Aeolun 4y ago
  Holy moly, 4M for a bunch of videos. Talk about passive income.
  - winrid 4y ago
    It's not passive. He has many employees.
    - ErneX 4y ago
      Yup, around a hundred: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1609469861494951941 https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/16094698614949519...
      - estomagordo 4y ago
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  - chillfox 4y ago
    There’s very little passive about running a YouTube channel, and if you stop publishing then traffic to your existing videos will start to drop off over time.
  - jrockway 4y ago
    If you've ever watched LTT, you'll know that his business is anything but passive. They own buildings, have employees, HR departments, R&D, and all that stuff. This sort of approach is probably not too different, except in scale, to huge media companies.
    - trollied 4y ago
      Indeed, he says he spent more than the youtube income on salaries. Of course he has other income streams - sponsorships, lttstore.com, commissioned videos etc.
  - neilv 4y ago
    I saw a standalone video ad with him the other day (on LinkedIn?) for Supermicro server products. It was clear from his voice that it was a paid promotion (not the same tone as a typical semi-objective modern product demo/review), but I'd guess that would have some reputation cost with some viewers. So I'd guess his company makes good money from that as well.

doc_gunthrop 4y ago

A YouTuber who goes by the handle kofuzi just released a video that goes into the fine details and analysis of his channel's metrics with full transparency. He's easily among the top 3 video content makers who focus on running, running shoes, and running events. Despite putting out high-quality videos, his channel isn't nearly as popular as OP (probably due to his focus being more niche).

Aaronmacaron 4y ago

This is not true. There are quite a few large (and also some smaller ones) youtubers who shared their ad-sense revenue.