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> Not necessarily, especially in the long term. Last I checked, YouTube is going strong on 17 years with ads.
by judge2020 3y ago
> Not necessarily, especially in the long term.
Last I checked, YouTube is going strong on 17 years with ads.
- ravenstine 3y agoThe topic wasn't about YouTube the company. As far as the qualitative statement of "going strong", it really depends on what you mean by that. YouTube is highly relevant today, but nobody actually knows whether it makes a profit. Before you go looking for their revenue statements, remember, revenue != profit. To clarify my precious statement, just because ad revenue helps a creator early on doesn't mean they will get the same payout as time goes on, and YouTube has no qualms about demonetizing creators for any reason they see fit. To top it off, the same number of ads is likely to bring in less revenue as time goes on. Both YouTube ads and Adsense used to pay out a lot more than they do today.