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I understand the sentiment, but the creators actually only got peanuts (most don't even see any money) out of your $13 while the rest go to Google. You are payi

I understand the sentiment, but the creators actually only got peanuts (most don't even see any money) out of your $13 while the rest go to Google. You are paying Google for youtube, and Google pay (some) content creators with a tiny fraction of your subscription money.

mda 3y ago
Do you have numbers to back your claim? Afaik From ad revenue channels get 55%. They also get money from premium subscribers depending on how much time they spent on channel. I wouldn't call it peanuts.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3s_sESnmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3s_sESnmE Louis Rossmann: > If you gave a creator even $1 as a donation that is more than they will make from you watching years of ads on their content.
  - Vvector 3y ago
    The 2023 payout seems to be "$18 for every 1,000 ad views". If I watch a creator once per week, with 2 ads, he would earn $1.80 in a year. I just don't feel like paying 100 different youtube channels $1-$2 each every year.
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- hedora 3y ago
  That’s true when they pay out. It’s supposedly hard to get to get them to actually pay. They say they pay out 55% of ad revenue per video and 55% of subscription revenue. Assuming 10% of video creators have successfully set up monetization (I made up that number), then they are only paying out 5.5% of ad revenue, since (as far as I know) the unclaimed ad revenue is not pooled and the distributed proportionately to other accounts. It’s unclear if they put YouTube premium revenue in per-creator buckets in the same way as they do ad revenue. If so, then they would only be paying out 5.5% of subscription revenue in my 10% example. If, on the other hand, subscription revenue is split amongst just the monetized creators that you personally watch, then they would be paying the 55% their marketing department likes to brag about. I haven’t been able to figure out which way they do the accounting. However, as of 2021, over their service lifetime, they paid $30B to creators. Their 2022 revenue was $29B So, they’re definitely keeping the vast majority of the combined ad and subscription money that comes in the front door (or revenue exploded in 2022).
  - mda 3y ago
    Do you have any source of this scheme? Support page clearly explains about revenue sharing, I don't see anything about pooling: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72902?hl=en#zippy=%2Cwhats-my-revenue-share%2Cwhere-can-i-view-my-earnings https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72902?hl=en#zippy=...
izacus 3y ago
Creators also get a whole hosting, transcoding and CDN solution covered by that price. If you ever tried to self host you'll know just how expensive that is.
mwidell 3y ago
This is bullshit. I'm a full time youtuber, and creators get 55% of that money, and we really appreciate that income stream. Youtube is actually one of the good companies out there when it comes to paying creators a fair share. No other company that I know of pay creators this well, and it is probably a big reason for their continued success.

mda 3y ago

Do you have numbers to back your claim? Afaik From ad revenue channels get 55%. They also get money from premium subscribers depending on how much time they spent on channel. I wouldn't call it peanuts.

2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3s_sESnmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3s_sESnmE Louis Rossmann: > If you gave a creator even $1 as a donation that is more than they will make from you watching years of ads on their content.
- Vvector 3y ago
  The 2023 payout seems to be "$18 for every 1,000 ad views". If I watch a creator once per week, with 2 ads, he would earn $1.80 in a year. I just don't feel like paying 100 different youtube channels $1-$2 each every year.
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hedora 3y ago
That’s true when they pay out. It’s supposedly hard to get to get them to actually pay. They say they pay out 55% of ad revenue per video and 55% of subscription revenue. Assuming 10% of video creators have successfully set up monetization (I made up that number), then they are only paying out 5.5% of ad revenue, since (as far as I know) the unclaimed ad revenue is not pooled and the distributed proportionately to other accounts. It’s unclear if they put YouTube premium revenue in per-creator buckets in the same way as they do ad revenue. If so, then they would only be paying out 5.5% of subscription revenue in my 10% example. If, on the other hand, subscription revenue is split amongst just the monetized creators that you personally watch, then they would be paying the 55% their marketing department likes to brag about. I haven’t been able to figure out which way they do the accounting. However, as of 2021, over their service lifetime, they paid $30B to creators. Their 2022 revenue was $29B So, they’re definitely keeping the vast majority of the combined ad and subscription money that comes in the front door (or revenue exploded in 2022).
- mda 3y ago
  Do you have any source of this scheme? Support page clearly explains about revenue sharing, I don't see anything about pooling: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72902?hl=en#zippy=%2Cwhats-my-revenue-share%2Cwhere-can-i-view-my-earnings https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72902?hl=en#zippy=...

izacus 3y ago

Creators also get a whole hosting, transcoding and CDN solution covered by that price. If you ever tried to self host you'll know just how expensive that is.

mwidell 3y ago

This is bullshit. I'm a full time youtuber, and creators get 55% of that money, and we really appreciate that income stream. Youtube is actually one of the good companies out there when it comes to paying creators a fair share. No other company that I know of pay creators this well, and it is probably a big reason for their continued success.