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Especially considering that YouTube gets the content for almost free

• Jensson 3y ago
  > YouTube gets the content for almost free Google pays out about 50% of ad revenue to content creators, that isn't "almost free" that is many billions of dollars.
  • userinanother 3y ago
    Yeah but what percentage of subscription costs go to paying creators?
    • Jensson 3y ago
      This site says 55% since youtube take 45%: > In the end, YouTube takes a 45% cut of a creator’s Premium earnings, just as it does for ad-generated revenue. https://vidiq.com/blog/post/youtube-premium-creator-revenue/ https://vidiq.com/blog/post/youtube-premium-creator-revenue/
  • kerkeslager 3y ago
    If a channel hasn't make any ad/premium revenue yet, Google still has the content for the cost of supporting the upload--i.e. they got it almost for free. The fact is, Google takes on no risk and does none of the work of creating content, and takes a 45% cut for distribution, and is free to continue changing their terms to make things worse for content creators.