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Great to actually see somebody with the balls to actually post hard figures from their UA-cam revenue. Most UA-camrs are terrified to do this for some reason.. Fair play.
@@SCARRIOR Yea, that's quite possible, and a lot of average people hate rich people, and so they'd probably get a lot more abuse. But I suppose it's also possible that rich some UA-camrs don't want to make it sound like they're bragging about making a lot of money, and if they try to downplay it then it might look worse, because it would seem like €20,000 per video is nothing to them.
I'm just a viewer of UA-cam, no intention of creating content, but I've often wondered how creators are paid and how much they can make so I really enjoyed this clip. Thanks for the content and I wish you every success 🙌
I really admire how you explain everything so honestly and with transparency. We know when it's natural. Really hard to find this days around here. Congrats 😌
Well, he IS making money from this video as well. You can even see affiliate links in the description. It's not like he's giving it for free - this is a business. Every video. Never forget that.
@@Alex_1729 Yes, it IS business, but important thing is, HOW you do it. And George is very open. If you build your business on openness and clarity, I certainly do not have problems with it.
@@Jane-gt6ef I agree, and that's what makes him successful. You have to be open about the content you provide because it's where the value is. The more specific, direct and accurate you are, the more successful you are. Of course there's more to it, especially with UA-cam, but that's the gist of it. You need to be genuine and to find your voice, but also know how to monetize, which George apparently has figured out.
Another "How Much UA-cam Paid" video..... but wait a minute, it's only 4:10 long... Ok I'll ride the bus to the next stop... Boom straight in and straight to the point no click bate nonsense like the other 25 million such videos. This video rules!
@@Neyreyan "youtube doesnt promote videos based on how big the channel" Can you briefly explain (&/or link). A mystery to me what gets promoted (recommended to me personally) and how YTers are compensated. Here it seems no ads = no revenue directly from YT, correct? IOW sell merch, get sponsors, solicit viewer donations.
@@gr8dvd many big youtubers dissapeared because of this. Yt tends to promote videos that have a big watch time average, comments/like/dislike but also appear in search results with key words. So a video could do better if its watchdx by a lot of loyal subs, high in search results, a lot of interaction etc. Thats many tubers are branching out to discord, twitter, insta, even reditt etc. There were a lot of copyright issues too that killed big channels, for example the no commentary gaming channels are gone because yt doesnt consider them original content, story time(reading) or funny video compilations are also out. Its a vast subject. As for money, no ads=no money and if you can make money with products or patreon chances are you already making a lot of money off ads, there are just safety measures or greed
Really refreshing that you're so open around money on your videos. Exactly how much you earned on this video, exact breakdown of how much your tiny home cost. Very refreshing without the clickbait.
shameless plug, but if you're interested in building your own youtube channel, check out my new course where I reveal how I've grown multiple channels to 100,000+ subscribers...! www.yourtubeblueprint.com/ oh, and since people were asking where this "dangerous prisoners" video is now, I ended up taking it down and rebranding the channel to be more ad-friendly. it didn't really serve any purpose keeping that video up as it was on a topic that youtube really don't like!
You are an amazing young man. Did you finish your psych degree? You seem to be doing really well as a creator. As you absolutely should. Such honest, fresh content! And your voice is totally UNboring. Loved your tiny house videos, too. Well deserved success! 🙂
George, there’s nothing boring or depressing about your voice! Personally I find your voice soothing and I love your accent. I just found your channel and subscribed yesterday and now I’m going back and looking at old videos. I am enjoying every bit of your content, no matter what the subject. Take care, stay safe.
Wow someone who makes sense- Thanks George. Being a person of a different generation, I wouldn’t know where to start making a video - so anyone that can is extremely clever in my book!! Good luck with your passive income. 👍 Pea 🌻
Thank you for educating us! I had frequently wondered how some UA-camrs were able to make posting on UA-cam their sole source of income. Excellent job, sir!
Been on youtube prior to monetization. I miss how it was. Content creativity has really taken a dump, and it's no longer a welcoming environment to share vulnerably. It used to be more kind, with a wide spectrum. You used to be able to upload your personal videos for family events without the fear of censorship or copyright strikes. This thing has evolved, and I think its great you make money and all... but this has become a competition space, where it used to be more communal and welcoming of all kinds of video uploads. Good on you. Wish you all the best.
I avoided clicking this video for a while, My mate is here, and I swore, if it was annoying, we would bail out in seconds. A very honest and upfront illumination with all the variances discussed. Splendid. Thanks for sharing.
Touching on something you have said, I often find some of the advertising preceding UA-cam videos is totally inappropriate for the serious and sometimes horrific content that follows. It seems that as far as the the UA-cam algorithm is concerned, money is the sole concern.
The ad placement is really horrific. Watching videos on body dismorphia will bombard you with ads on weight loss diets and programs, laxative teas and the like, watching videos on mlms and why they're bad fills the ads with just such companies, god loves uganda gave me lots of ads from christian fringe groups, and so on and so forth. Watching ww2 documentaries, interestingly and maddening at the same time, gave me the most amount of ads on gambling and betting I've ever received. I hate it.
@@peter9477 I'm usually quite good at it as well, but especially on the ww2 docus it was just so gross it really negatively burned itself into my mind. One moment you listen to the testimony of someone who has been horribly experimented on, next moment a super duper cheery voice blares into your ears about how much money you can win by betting.
Just come across your channel randomly, wow well done for having the stones to actually show people what money a video can genuinely make. Way too many UA-camrs I follow are so vague on what they earn, this is definitely an eye opener. All the best, I’m off to binge watch the rest of your videos now !
More of the reason the Adpocylypse happened is because of a small program called Candid. It was advertised as a chat program and even promoted by a lot of UA-camrs, most of whom knew exactly what the program really was (make your own judgements of the actions of these people). It was actually an AI ran program that taught itself how to censor language. Google bought the program and started using it on UA-cam to appease the advertisers, which is why you now have people constantly talking about having their videos de-monitised because they simply said one of the trigger words.
The words "shoot" and "shot" are evidently on the forbidden list. Much to the dismay of photographers. That's the trouble of having just a list with no context.
Lots of these companies use buzzwords like "AI", but that program is just basically an automated filter that scans for key words against a predefined database. It doesn't learn and has a hard time with accents.
I love that this is a thing, it's just sad now that everyone lives online, everyone has an online business, and it takes 37 minutes to get a taco because nobody works in the real word anymore.
Man, I don't think I've ever seen anyone be this transparent with their earnings. Kudos to you and appreciate that you're so open with it. Time to make some UA-cam videos I guess lol.
Hi there, I really like your honesty and transparency. Plus your other vids about your house, plus you're from Scotland (huge PLUS). Subscribed with a smile. Cheers!
New sub today...your house caught my attention 😉I really like your presentation style and the easy to follow instructions...😀 Love the house.... I am sure you will be very successful
This might be a necro post since its been over a year and a half, but I appreciate the transparency of what UA-cam actually pays and how with its ads in video content and how their systems target those ads to the viewers.
Ha ha a "necro post" I like it. Never heard that phrase before. Yeah I actually get a kick out of necro posting. I'll look for a 10 year old comment and ask for an update.
UA-cam can say these measures are about protecting advertisers, or preventing advertisers from pulling ads but that is a BS excuse in order to pay less to creators. What UA-cam fails to realise is that they shot themselves in the foot with their greed. Yes, they may be giving themselves a much larger slice of the pie and making as much money as Netflix does as a result, but the quality and diversity of content on UA-cam has suffered badly since the first and second Adpocalypses. In my opinion, with the way UA-cam was growing, it would have become the be-all and end-all of digital content. Instead they are squeezing the life out of their formerly vibrant community, causing them to run all manner of sketchy ads and begging for people to support them directly (I'm not against Patreon it just didn't used to be necessary when things were even marginally equitable). Short sighted, sociopathic corporate decision making is a rot that is rampant in tech companies these days.
No, they mostly did the right thing, they couldnt let youtube become a place where all degenerates make money. UA-cam is a lot cleaner now, we lost a lot of good creators and some youtube rules are very bad but overall it cleaned it up
_"sketchy_ _ads"_ You can say that again!!! I've been seeing ads bogusly claiming to cure diseases _(you_ _know,_ _doctors_ _hate_ _him_ _because_ _of_ _this_ _one_ _weird_ _trick_ _that_ _cures_ _his_ _diabetes!),_ I've seen ads which dub over the voice of famous people like Elon Musk _(identity_ _theft),_ claiming that he recommends buying a particular product or stock, etc. It's Elon with robo-voice too! It is absolutely 100% fraudulent and it is not rare here either! YT has fast lost it's credibility with the slimy dodgy advertisers it allows.
Yup. Just look at Boeing for an even more perfect example of sociopathic corporate greed run amok, turning a formerly exemplary company into a garbage one.
I think that's a flawed interpretation, UA-cam can only pay out what the advertisers are willing pay to them. The advertisers stopped paying the big bucks for 'risky' videos and that's why the payouts dropped. I'm sure UA-cam are plenty greedy, but there isn't much they can do about that.
My college roommate has a channel where one video has over 22 million views. The odd part is that not one other video on his channel comes anywhere close. There is something very weird about how UA-cam's recommended videos works.
Nice to know that UA-cam completely screws its content creators. A typical monetized podcast will pay at least a penny per listen which means you would have made $150,000 for 15 million downloads.
What are you talking about you can see the average platforms payouts they aren't discrete about it. Spotify pays 0.003 cents per stream. That's a far cry from 1 cent per stream. Still way more than youtube pays.
@@Sandlin22 What are talking about..I've had a small podcast. 1 million listens paid 10 grand. Had a small youtube channel before google ruined the platform and it paid a penny per listen.
This video just set all expectations right and made things so comprehensive. I‘m checking out your course, because so far you‘re the only UA-camr that seems to really know what he’s talking about and shares really good insights without being too over the top.
I'm enjoying your videos, as you explain things well and you're a nice person. I'm Canadian, but my late father's family is Scottish. I love European village's. One question, since you live in an extremely old home, have you noticed any paranormal activity?
It’s kind of funny to me bc I subscribed bc of how calm and peaceful your vids are, specially your voice! Keep going bc some of us are waiting for the next one!
It's nice to see how UA-cam works from the other side. It was well said and even handed but I think it sucks that he lost all that money because the advertisers are whimps.
Long good health and prosperity to you guy! Skys the limit for honest well Meaning folks like you! Our people need young stars like yourself. Setting a fine example!
George! You're really great at this. You probably know that, but I wanted to say anyway. It's funny how you say it was "a little annoying" when what you made plunged as your views skyrocketed. I get it that you didn't put a lot of time into the video or think it would get a lot of views. But still! Maybe you are one of those people who says "a little bit annoying" when you mean "totally effing maddening." :p Take care.
Superbly laid-out Post, Young Sir! Very informative, easy-to-follow AND…easy to listen to. Ever consider becoming a Teacher? Takes One to know One 😎 and YOU are a Natural! Best wishes!! 🇺🇸❣️🇺🇸
I wouldn't be too concerned about the amount you have made. I personally know a few documentary makers who spend months, and sometimes years, making 90 minute doco's and only get between $5,000 and $10,000 per doco. But they keep at it because it's their passion.
It was a banger of a thumbnail first of all. I would have clicked if it appeared on my feed. And second: Whua that's like winning the lottery! Especially since you had no idea it went viral without you knowing. I loved this story! Keep them coming!!
No apologies necessary for showing your success - well done. Will be taking your course when our shocking currency gets anywhere close to a dollar, sterling or Euro! Fantastic work.
This is really helpful as an explanation to parents of younger kids who want to do the UA-cam passive income but don’t have a clue about it , or whether it’s worth putting the time and effort in.
its so annoying that if you make ONE edgy video, YT put you into a borderline or marginal advertising category, earning nothing! their whole policy sucks and is not transparent to creators.
@@ashleopio It seems like it. Really weird to brag about having viral videos on a channel with 1 video prior to the above one, especially when he makes no effort to explain why that is the case.
I think this guy is potentially FOS based on this video. The video he's talking about doesn't seem to exist now, there's only 2 videos with that name and neither seem to be related to him. Only one has enough views to be his video so unless he's secretly the owner of the "Top 10s" channel I don't see why anyone would delete a video generating that kind of income. Also this would be impossible to do now anyway because you need to have a channel with at least 4,000 hours of watch time on your videos over the last 12 months and at least 1k subs before you can even monitize it. I'm not sure when this rule came in but maybe it was different in 2016.
Found your channel by accident but your content and the way you present it have made me a fan of yours and a new subscriber. I wish you all the success that you h=can handle & look forward to more videos.
As cool as this video might be. I can not find the video in question. Nor is there any information regarding other accounts you have. I looked at all of the top videos with the same title and can not find it. I searched a number of ways. So either you deleted the video or it never existed to begin with. I do not even have a clue as to what channel you may or may not have had at one time or another. It would be nice to know where the video is.
this is the first video i've ever seen that is HONEST about ad revenue. max fosh for example claimed he only made $200 for a 600k video. Like that doesn't make sense as how can people do this for a job.
How? By having many views, ideally 2-5 times a week. Also the ad revenue differs a lot. It's not a fixed rate for a certain amount of views. $200 for 600k views can very well happen, just because your audience doesn't appeal to advertisers or many of them use an adblocker (and similar factors).
I just laughed till I had tears in my eyes. Your opening booking picture is of my friend of 20 yrs Jason Barnum. He had just been in a shoot out with the cops back home in Alaska & had been shot 2x through a hotel bathroom door. He was super pissed, in extreme pain & dope sick in that picture. Dude is doing what we call "Life on the installment plan" so funny. Jason is actually a incredibly gentle, warm, shy dude who has been really kind to me sense I was 16. He is one of those guys that never stood a chance, between the circumstances in which he was raised & spending the majority of his life locked up sense he was 12. He actually tattooed his eye on prison with bic ink & soot. He is now famous for his terrible booking picture. He lost about 60lbs in 5 months so he looked terrible in that picture but normally weighs in at 240 8% body fat. Looking amazing for all the woods in Seward Correctional Center for the rest of his life. What a waste of potential with this guy.
If you’re reading this and NOT subscribed, please take a second to scroll back up and hit that big juicy subscribe button. I’d really love to hit one billion subscribers and then retire with 48 cats. 🤠
You’re not depressing, fella. Just a decent, honest, transparent UA-camr. Refreshing. Stay real.
I just subscribe today 😀❣️
@@vis9340 don’t use the emoji 😃
What's wrong with the emoji?
@@theelderscrollsnerd9066 ...👍❣️
@@theelderscrollsnerd9066 It’s the Physhopath emoji
Great to actually see somebody with the balls to actually post hard figures from their UA-cam revenue.
Most UA-camrs are terrified to do this for some reason..
Fair play.
It's because they want people to pay them money for being a struggling artist... Which is exactly far from true.
@@SCARRIOR Yea, that's quite possible, and a lot of average people hate rich people, and so they'd probably get a lot more abuse.
But I suppose it's also possible that rich some UA-camrs don't want to make it sound like they're bragging about making a lot of money, and if they try to downplay it then it might look worse, because it would seem like €20,000 per video is nothing to them.
@@SCARRIOR and also less people would subscribe to their patreon etc...
There is absolutely NOTHING boring about you George... I love your channel, and I love how you are so interesting and so inspirational! Thank you xxx
quite the opposite of depressing… i find him really uplifting. anyone else?
Real.
I'm just a viewer of UA-cam, no intention of creating content, but I've often wondered how creators are paid and how much they can make so I really enjoyed this clip. Thanks for the content and I wish you every success 🙌
You have to believe in your dreams kid, if a youtuber is what you want to be, then go and be ONE
I really admire how you explain everything so honestly and with transparency. We know when it's natural. Really hard to find this days around here. Congrats 😌
Well, he IS making money from this video as well. You can even see affiliate links in the description. It's not like he's giving it for free - this is a business. Every video. Never forget that.
Transparency LOL. Is he some kind of public service or some shit?
@@Alex_1729 Yes, it IS business, but important thing is, HOW you do it. And George is very open. If you build your business on openness and clarity, I certainly do not have problems with it.
@@Jane-gt6ef I agree, and that's what makes him successful. You have to be open about the content you provide because it's where the value is. The more specific, direct and accurate you are, the more successful you are. Of course there's more to it, especially with UA-cam, but that's the gist of it. You need to be genuine and to find your voice, but also know how to monetize, which George apparently has figured out.
Get over yourself
Another "How Much UA-cam Paid" video..... but wait a minute, it's only 4:10 long... Ok I'll ride the bus to the next stop... Boom straight in and straight to the point no click bate nonsense like the other 25 million such videos. This video rules!
this is so interesting. i understand why the adpocalypse was so damaging to creators now, and why so many turn to sponsors. good video!
Call it by the full name: The Vox Adpocalypse Courtesy of Stephen Crowder
@@emandnarb lmao wasn’t it cause pewdipie called a guy a nigger
@@Neyreyan "youtube doesnt promote videos based on how big the channel" Can you briefly explain (&/or link). A mystery to me what gets promoted (recommended to me personally) and how YTers are compensated.
Here it seems no ads = no revenue directly from YT, correct? IOW sell merch, get sponsors, solicit viewer donations.
@@gr8dvd many big youtubers dissapeared because of this. Yt tends to promote videos that have a big watch time average, comments/like/dislike but also appear in search results with key words. So a video could do better if its watchdx by a lot of loyal subs, high in search results, a lot of interaction etc. Thats many tubers are branching out to discord, twitter, insta, even reditt etc. There were a lot of copyright issues too that killed big channels, for example the no commentary gaming channels are gone because yt doesnt consider them original content, story time(reading) or funny video compilations are also out. Its a vast subject. As for money, no ads=no money and if you can make money with products or patreon chances are you already making a lot of money off ads, there are just safety measures or greed
It’s another loop hole created to screw the creators. They still ran ads, but paid creators close to none. Welcome to corporate mantra.
The honesty is beyond cool... it's nice to see how some of this actually works and what they pay.
Really refreshing that you're so open around money on your videos. Exactly how much you earned on this video, exact breakdown of how much your tiny home cost. Very refreshing without the clickbait.
As someone who does not make UA-cam videos, it's always really interesting to hear how much money people make on their videos.
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oh, and since people were asking where this "dangerous prisoners" video is now, I ended up taking it down and rebranding the channel to be more ad-friendly. it didn't really serve any purpose keeping that video up as it was on a topic that youtube really don't like!
So what channel is this on? If we want to watch it where do we find it? You could be getting more views on it because of this video.
@@emmas1082 it's been taken down, you can't watch it
@Emman and Kate ...Why are two women commenting on that video? that's weird af
@Lou Mason Why on earth is that weird? 🤔
You are an amazing young man. Did you finish your psych degree? You seem to be doing really well as a creator. As you absolutely should. Such honest, fresh content! And your voice is totally UNboring. Loved your tiny house videos, too. Well deserved success! 🙂
George, there’s nothing boring or depressing about your voice! Personally I find your voice soothing and I love your accent. I just found your channel and subscribed yesterday and now I’m going back and looking at old videos. I am enjoying every bit of your content, no matter what the subject. Take care, stay safe.
Love to see another ginner doing well x
We've got to stick together haha! Thank you!
Power to the gingers!
@@Patchy what about the one in the thumbnail for your moneymaker video, did you send him something?
Yeah just keep out of the sun this summer. Dont want you catching fire.
Wow someone who makes sense- Thanks George. Being a person of a different generation, I wouldn’t know where to start making a video - so anyone that can is extremely clever in my book!! Good luck with your passive income. 👍
Pea 🌻
Thank you for educating us! I had frequently wondered how some UA-camrs were able to make posting on UA-cam their sole source of income. Excellent job, sir!
Been on youtube prior to monetization. I miss how it was. Content creativity has really taken a dump, and it's no longer a welcoming environment to share vulnerably. It used to be more kind, with a wide spectrum. You used to be able to upload your personal videos for family events without the fear of censorship or copyright strikes. This thing has evolved, and I think its great you make money and all... but this has become a competition space, where it used to be more communal and welcoming of all kinds of video uploads. Good on you. Wish you all the best.
Love your style and content my man. No nonsense, no annoying music, with a dash of weird humor. Subbed and rang the 🔔 🤙🏻
I avoided clicking this video for a while, My mate is here, and I swore, if it was annoying, we would bail out in seconds. A very honest and upfront illumination with all the variances discussed. Splendid. Thanks for sharing.
This whole topic has always been a dark mystery that no one ever bothers to explain in honest plain language. Until George. Uda man, G
Touching on something you have said, I often find some of the advertising preceding UA-cam videos is totally inappropriate for the serious and sometimes horrific content that follows. It seems that as far as the the UA-cam algorithm is concerned, money is the sole concern.
Depends on what the corporations want, normaly they are very biased. I have been geting ads with paris geting bombed
I can agree I’ve seen some weird add
The ad placement is really horrific. Watching videos on body dismorphia will bombard you with ads on weight loss diets and programs, laxative teas and the like, watching videos on mlms and why they're bad fills the ads with just such companies, god loves uganda gave me lots of ads from christian fringe groups, and so on and so forth.
Watching ww2 documentaries, interestingly and maddening at the same time, gave me the most amount of ads on gambling and betting I've ever received.
I hate it.
I guess I've trained myself to ignore ads. I have literally no idea what an ad was about seconds after it finishes and the content has begun.
@@peter9477 I'm usually quite good at it as well, but especially on the ww2 docus it was just so gross it really negatively burned itself into my mind. One moment you listen to the testimony of someone who has been horribly experimented on, next moment a super duper cheery voice blares into your ears about how much money you can win by betting.
Just come across your channel randomly, wow well done for having the stones to actually show people what money a video can genuinely make. Way too many UA-camrs I follow are so vague on what they earn, this is definitely an eye opener.
All the best, I’m off to binge watch the rest of your videos now !
More of the reason the Adpocylypse happened is because of a small program called Candid. It was advertised as a chat program and even promoted by a lot of UA-camrs, most of whom knew exactly what the program really was (make your own judgements of the actions of these people). It was actually an AI ran program that taught itself how to censor language. Google bought the program and started using it on UA-cam to appease the advertisers, which is why you now have people constantly talking about having their videos de-monitised because they simply said one of the trigger words.
Its actually stated that Uber bought Candid
I only know Candide by Voltaire. Great satire by a great philosopher!!
The words "shoot" and "shot" are evidently on the forbidden list. Much to the dismay of photographers. That's the trouble of having just a list with no context.
Lots of these companies use buzzwords like "AI", but that program is just basically an automated filter that scans for key words against a predefined database. It doesn't learn and has a hard time with accents.
@@M.Campbell And the trouble with "artificial intelligence" that has no intelligence at all.
I love that this is a thing, it's just sad now that everyone lives online, everyone has an online business, and it takes 37 minutes to get a taco because nobody works in the real word anymore.
The transparency is interesting and appreciated for those who wonder how this all works.
Man, I don't think I've ever seen anyone be this transparent with their earnings. Kudos to you and appreciate that you're so open with it.
Time to make some UA-cam videos I guess lol.
Time to make videos that you can’t make more than measly pennies from 👎🏼🤦🏼
Hi there, I really like your honesty and transparency. Plus your other vids about your house, plus you're from Scotland (huge PLUS). Subscribed with a smile. Cheers!
New sub today...your house caught my attention 😉I really like your presentation style and the easy to follow instructions...😀
Love the house.... I am sure you will be very successful
Yeah it was really neat, but sadly no little wizard boy under the stairs:(
@@4450krank Ofc not as he is clearly a Weasley, not a Potter or a Dursley.
It’s always interesting to see what UA-camrs make. Thanks for being so honest. Take care
I’ve always been so curious about how all of that worked but never so much that I actually took the time to look it up. Thank you!
This might be a necro post since its been over a year and a half, but I appreciate the transparency of what UA-cam actually pays and how with its ads in video content and how their systems target those ads to the viewers.
Ha ha a "necro post" I like it. Never heard that phrase before. Yeah I actually get a kick out of necro posting. I'll look for a 10 year old comment and ask for an update.
Lol nah the algorithm just spun this a bit the past week or so
@@marccas10 lmao especially on drug documentaries people comment about just getting clean from year ago and I like to ask how they’re doing
Damn Devil Dog out here using the old forum lingo lol
Well i understand now why so many vloggers do Vlogmas in December even when they have no content
Bunch of slime balls pretending to be sincere
I am envious, frankly! 😁 Often hard work does not pay off. Well done, George!
UA-cam can say these measures are about protecting advertisers, or preventing advertisers from pulling ads but that is a BS excuse in order to pay less to creators. What UA-cam fails to realise is that they shot themselves in the foot with their greed. Yes, they may be giving themselves a much larger slice of the pie and making as much money as Netflix does as a result, but the quality and diversity of content on UA-cam has suffered badly since the first and second Adpocalypses.
In my opinion, with the way UA-cam was growing, it would have become the be-all and end-all of digital content. Instead they are squeezing the life out of their formerly vibrant community, causing them to run all manner of sketchy ads and begging for people to support them directly (I'm not against Patreon it just didn't used to be necessary when things were even marginally equitable).
Short sighted, sociopathic corporate decision making is a rot that is rampant in tech companies these days.
No, they mostly did the right thing, they couldnt let youtube become a place where all degenerates make money. UA-cam is a lot cleaner now, we lost a lot of good creators and some youtube rules are very bad but overall it cleaned it up
_"sketchy_ _ads"_
You can say that again!!! I've been seeing ads bogusly claiming to cure diseases _(you_ _know,_ _doctors_ _hate_ _him_ _because_ _of_ _this_ _one_ _weird_ _trick_ _that_ _cures_ _his_ _diabetes!),_ I've seen ads which dub over the voice of famous people like Elon Musk _(identity_ _theft),_ claiming that he recommends buying a particular product or stock, etc. It's Elon with robo-voice too!
It is absolutely 100% fraudulent and it is not rare here either! YT has fast lost it's credibility with the slimy dodgy advertisers it allows.
Yup. Just look at Boeing for an even more perfect example of sociopathic corporate greed run amok, turning a formerly exemplary company into a garbage one.
Time to find another platform. UA-cam also takes a 40% cut from earnings as well.
I think that's a flawed interpretation, UA-cam can only pay out what the advertisers are willing pay to them. The advertisers stopped paying the big bucks for 'risky' videos and that's why the payouts dropped.
I'm sure UA-cam are plenty greedy, but there isn't much they can do about that.
My college roommate has a channel where one video has over 22 million views. The odd part is that not one other video on his channel comes anywhere close. There is something very weird about how UA-cam's recommended videos works.
This is the first time I've ever had the explanation provided.
Blessings to you Sir,
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Forgot to add... new subscriber! Came for the tiny house remodel stayed for the UA-cam earnings piece am now with you for the long haul.
same here.
Nice to know that UA-cam completely screws its content creators. A typical monetized podcast will pay at least a penny per listen which means you would have made $150,000 for 15 million downloads.
Are you joking?
What are you talking about you can see the average platforms payouts they aren't discrete about it. Spotify pays 0.003 cents per stream. That's a far cry from 1 cent per stream. Still way more than youtube pays.
@@Sandlin22 What are talking about..I've had a small podcast. 1 million listens paid 10 grand. Had a small youtube channel before google ruined the platform and it paid a penny per listen.
Maybe its different when they download it vs. Watch on youtube? Idk.
Seriously impressive explanation, I’m sure you’ll do well in life
Thanks for sharing...you are genuine and honest...love the transparency....all the best!
This video just set all expectations right and made things so comprehensive. I‘m checking out your course, because so far you‘re the only UA-camr that seems to really know what he’s talking about and shares really good insights without being too over the top.
I'm enjoying your videos, as you explain things well and you're a nice person. I'm Canadian, but my late father's family is Scottish. I love European village's. One question, since you live in an extremely old home, have you noticed any paranormal activity?
I really appreciate the inside look at how UA-cam pays creators. Thanks for being so transparent.
Thanks for that. You covered a lot of questions I've been seeking answers for. Good luck.
It’s kind of funny to me bc I subscribed bc of how calm and peaceful your vids are, specially your voice! Keep going bc some of us are waiting for the next one!
Thank you for your transparency.
Very rare to find these days.
Wishing you much success now and for the future.
That was very intresting , thank You.
Wow. For a non-UA-camr. This is quite informative. Thank you!
It's nice to see how UA-cam works from the other side. It was well said and even handed but I think it sucks that he lost all that money because the advertisers are whimps.
You definitely merit my subscription! I sincerely appreciate your honesty. It completely caught me by surprise.
Like how genuine you are. Just subbed.
Very interesting ~ you are a very articulate young man. Keep making these fantastic videos! 😀
Ended up here because of your house video, and stayed because I like the sound of your voice. lol
Me too !
Long good health and prosperity to you guy! Skys the limit for honest well
Meaning folks like you! Our people need young stars like yourself. Setting a fine example!
Thanks for the thorough and straightforward explanation!
You are a great communicator, have a wonderful video presence, and a cool accent too!
George! You're really great at this. You probably know that, but I wanted to say anyway.
It's funny how you say it was "a little annoying" when what you made plunged as your views skyrocketed. I get it that you didn't put a lot of time into the video or think it would get a lot of views. But still! Maybe you are one of those people who says "a little bit annoying" when you mean "totally effing maddening." :p Take care.
Like the honest approach lad credit to yer mum and dad keep it going you'll go far I think 🙂
Your voice ain’t boring lad.
Superbly laid-out Post, Young Sir! Very informative, easy-to-follow AND…easy to listen to. Ever consider becoming a Teacher? Takes One to know One 😎 and YOU are a Natural! Best wishes!! 🇺🇸❣️🇺🇸
I wouldn't be too concerned about the amount you have made. I personally know a few documentary makers who spend months, and sometimes years, making 90 minute doco's and only get between $5,000 and $10,000 per doco. But they keep at it because it's their passion.
People need to pay the bills
Finally a youtuber who just shows his analytics page and doesn't dance around the answer 👍👍
Very interesting, I always wondered about the money side of UA-cam videos. Thanks for sharing! 😎
It was a banger of a thumbnail first of all. I would have clicked if it appeared on my feed. And second: Whua that's like winning the lottery! Especially since you had no idea it went viral without you knowing. I loved this story! Keep them coming!!
Wow, it was really interesting to hear how this all works. Really enlightening!
I like this guy. I have just seen the third video of his and yes, he seems to be such a nice person, someone I would like to keep as truly friend.
I like that you address things that other people don't.
No apologies necessary for showing your success - well done. Will be taking your course when our shocking currency gets anywhere close to a dollar, sterling or Euro! Fantastic work.
This is really helpful as an explanation to parents of younger kids who want to do the UA-cam passive income but don’t have a clue about it , or whether it’s worth putting the time and effort in.
George, I am supporting your channel because you are a kind respectful awesome human. Plus, you are an amazing home designer.
Thanks for the video. Very transparent and informative.
That's great George. Keep up the good work brother.
its so annoying that if you make ONE edgy video, YT put you into a borderline or marginal advertising category, earning nothing! their whole policy sucks and is not transparent to creators.
Thanks for being so transparent very informative
Congratulations! Keep up the great work. Valuable content.
Have wondered from time to time what people get on videos. Thanks. 😀
Great video Patch , you are a natural video producer , please keep it up.
When youtube started, there were no ads or revenue. It was a free platform to upload videos. Under 10 minutes.
Those were the days before absolutely everything went to sh/i,t , sadly
Thanks, it's always interesting to me to know a little bit more of how UA-cam works.
Thanks, George.. fascinating vids. You have a bright future ahead, my laddie 👍
Good for you! Not bad money! Thanks for sharing and keeping it real!
What happened to the video you're talking about? Did you delete it?
@@ashleopio I was also looking for it, it seems weird that it is not available anymore.
@@ashleopio It seems like it. Really weird to brag about having viral videos on a channel with 1 video prior to the above one, especially when he makes no effort to explain why that is the case.
I saw that video back than. It was a very good video. I don’t think he did it under this channel name though.
I searched with the name he gave for the video and didn't find it ... ???
I think this guy is potentially FOS based on this video. The video he's talking about doesn't seem to exist now, there's only 2 videos with that name and neither seem to be related to him. Only one has enough views to be his video so unless he's secretly the owner of the "Top 10s" channel I don't see why anyone would delete a video generating that kind of income. Also this would be impossible to do now anyway because you need to have a channel with at least 4,000 hours of watch time on your videos over the last 12 months and at least 1k subs before you can even monitize it. I'm not sure when this rule came in but maybe it was different in 2016.
great work here. very straightforward. appreciate that. wish you the best good luck.
Found your channel by accident but your content and the way you present it have made me a fan of yours and a new subscriber.
I wish you all the success that you h=can handle & look forward to more videos.
Thanks for sharing this insight and being so honest. What an eye opener 👏
Interesting and easy to watch video George, I watched it because I remembered your face from your house restoration, well done.
that's wild, thanks for sharing the info.
As cool as this video might be. I can not find the video in question. Nor is there any information regarding other accounts you have. I looked at all of the top videos with the same title and can not find it. I searched a number of ways. So either you deleted the video or it never existed to begin with.
I do not even have a clue as to what channel you may or may not have had at one time or another.
It would be nice to know where the video is.
Very interesting and helpful examination of the economics of making YT vids. Thank you, very insightful and educational.
Congrats, always wondered about how people survived as a youtuber. How nice.
Where's the video? I can't find it on UA-cam now. Would be useful to watch to understand how much it could be affected by the
adpocalypse
Only a UA-camr could complain about not receiving more passive revenue from a company that never charged them a single cent.
Only a UA-cam commenter would listen to someone staring his own historical experience and call it "complaining".
this is the first video i've ever seen that is HONEST about ad revenue. max fosh for example claimed he only made $200 for a 600k video. Like that doesn't make sense as how can people do this for a job.
How? By having many views, ideally 2-5 times a week. Also the ad revenue differs a lot. It's not a fixed rate for a certain amount of views. $200 for 600k views can very well happen, just because your audience doesn't appeal to advertisers or many of them use an adblocker (and similar factors).
Yeah time to find another platform
Apparently it's different money for different types of video. business videos get the most revenue.
This is basically the only video that has honestly talked about youtube income.
The whole process is so strange and unpredictable. But obviously you have a knack for figuring out what people want to watch!
I just laughed till I had tears in my eyes. Your opening booking picture is of my friend of 20 yrs Jason Barnum. He had just been in a shoot out with the cops back home in Alaska & had been shot 2x through a hotel bathroom door. He was super pissed, in extreme pain & dope sick in that picture. Dude is doing what we call "Life on the installment plan" so funny.
Jason is actually a incredibly gentle, warm, shy dude who has been really kind to me sense I was 16. He is one of those guys that never stood a chance, between the circumstances in which he was raised & spending the majority of his life locked up sense he was 12. He actually tattooed his eye on prison with bic ink & soot. He is now famous for his terrible booking picture. He lost about 60lbs in 5 months so he looked terrible in that picture but normally weighs in at 240 8% body fat. Looking amazing for all the woods in Seward Correctional Center for the rest of his life. What a waste of potential with this guy.
I learned more about how yt works in these few minutes than in the past few years.
thank you for doing this video and being so open about your finances in this way.