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I don't disagree, but there are some that have managed to crack the code, or maybe just right place, right time, but eg kurzgesagt has a team of 60 to run their

by zamnos 3y ago

I don't disagree, but there are some that have managed to crack the code, or maybe just right place, right time, but eg kurzgesagt has a team of 60 to run their channel, and also they get a lot of outside funding for their channel. (they have 20M subscribers, but my question is how they got there, not why are they successful now that they are there)

oblio 3y ago
Black Swan aka long tail. Most people starve. It's not a valid career choice, it's a lottery.
- system2 3y ago
  I disagree. There is an algorithm and some people analyze the trends to crack it.
  - oblio 3y ago
    And those people are the 0.01% and many admit they got lucky, and at a certain point fame is close to self sustaining.
- Mawr 3y ago
  It's not a lottery, there's a direct relationship between the quality of a video and its viewership. Luck is involved, but to a much lesser degree than in fields like music, acting, or startups.
  - oblio 3y ago
    The point of the entire article is that you can't make a living out of it. But you do you.
oska 3y ago
Kurzgesagt has become (or was always?) propagandistic, in my experience, so that may explain where they get some of their funds from.
- oska 3y ago
  (Can't edit my comment above now so adding on by reply) My observation above was just from personal experience. But after making it I searched 'Kurzgesagt' on YouTube (just wanted to see what videos they'd recently produced) and, as well as their recent videos, that search also turned up one called Kurzgesagt: billionaire propaganda, trusting science, and effective altruism [1] which I've now watched and found that my observation has been made by others and analysed in quite some detail. That video mentioned some others on the same subject [2-3], which I haven't watched but also look interesting. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGfBV4I8DQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGfBV4I8DQI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuy1DaQzWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuy1DaQzWI

by zamnos 3y ago

oblio 3y ago

Black Swan aka long tail. Most people starve. It's not a valid career choice, it's a lottery.

system2 3y ago
I disagree. There is an algorithm and some people analyze the trends to crack it.
- oblio 3y ago
  And those people are the 0.01% and many admit they got lucky, and at a certain point fame is close to self sustaining.
Mawr 3y ago
It's not a lottery, there's a direct relationship between the quality of a video and its viewership. Luck is involved, but to a much lesser degree than in fields like music, acting, or startups.
- oblio 3y ago
  The point of the entire article is that you can't make a living out of it. But you do you.

oska 3y ago

Kurzgesagt has become (or was always?) propagandistic, in my experience, so that may explain where they get some of their funds from.

oska 3y ago
(Can't edit my comment above now so adding on by reply) My observation above was just from personal experience. But after making it I searched 'Kurzgesagt' on YouTube (just wanted to see what videos they'd recently produced) and, as well as their recent videos, that search also turned up one called Kurzgesagt: billionaire propaganda, trusting science, and effective altruism [1] which I've now watched and found that my observation has been made by others and analysed in quite some detail. That video mentioned some others on the same subject [2-3], which I haven't watched but also look interesting. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGfBV4I8DQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGfBV4I8DQI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuy1DaQzWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuy1DaQzWI