How much do youtube "stars" make off their vids? *Paging iLLest/Fousey*

[carver]

Ray Williams guy prob makes bank.. him and nigahiga

shh cray. I stay jelly of those cats on YouTube making big bucks doing nothing

 

[socalkid]

I'm jealous. I need to start making that type of money.

 

[justforsneaks]

look up SaabKyle04. This bloke does nothing but goes to different car dealerships and videotapes startups and demos literally EVERY CAR you can think of, including the super exotic whips like the Aventador and the Panamera,, at freakin' car dealerships. Its like a cheapened Top Gear or Motorweek. Plus he owns two cars, a Ford Fairlane and a Buick Roadmaster that he bought with his own money he earned. Before that, he had a Genesis Coupe 3.8 liter car, but he got rid of it cause it was too much for him or something like. He has like over 46 million views and earns about 6 G's a month from the folks at Google. Hell, he even had a full page article on him in Car and Driver magazine. Its just bizarre but he's getting better and better.

 

[rfx45]

http://www.nytimes.com/20...r-hit-youtube-video.html

Cashing In on Your Hit YouTube Video

Katie Clem posted a video on YouTube this month of her daughter Lily’s poignant and funny reaction to her sixth birthday present, a trip to Disneyland, for her friends and family. Then it went viral.

In three weeks it has been watched more than five million times, and Lily has become a minor Internet celebrity. Of far more importance, at least to Lily’s parents, the video is poised to make enough money from advertisements to send Lily to college.

Creating a video that attracts millions of viewers and becomes a pop culture phenomenon involves an unpredictable cocktail of luck and timing. A dash of cute babies or people acting like idiots can only help. But once a video goes viral, making some cold cash depends on quick action.

Here is some advice on how to take advantage of your 15 minutes of Internet fame from people who did just that.

MAKE AN OUTSTANDING VIDEO There is no recipe for creating a viral video, but there are a few common traits.

Take the time to identify the video by writing a detailed title and description so people and search engines can find it easily, said Kevin Allocca, manager of YouTube Trends. “Surprised Kitty

 

[adobecs4]

Originally Posted by Oh YoU MaD

Originally Posted by irie

Annual Earnings Power = (# of Subscribers x $0.05) + (# of Channel Views x $.01)

Is this true? That means $100k for 10mil views?

Damb.

This can't be right

This dude Chris Smoove is poised to make over $250K from YT this year

 

 

[mycoldyourdone]

lolwat cliffs yo. or make a youtube video summarizing it.

 

[everysingletime]

Originally Posted by AdobeCS4


This can't be right

This dude Chris Smoove is poised to make over $250K from YT this year

 

Lol.  Kinda crazy. 

Dude is hilarious though. 

 

[kickstart]

*Creates an account*

 

[Bert.]

Originally Posted by Oh YoU MaD

Originally Posted by irie

Annual Earnings Power = (# of Subscribers x $0.05) + (# of Channel Views x $.01)

Is this true? That means $100k for 10mil views?

Damb.

channel views are different than video views.

 

[sole vintage]

look up woodysgamertag. he just quit is job from a Fortune 500 company where he was a lead computer programer.

 

[everysingletime]

Originally Posted by sole vintage

look up woodysgamertag. he just quit is job from a Fortune 500 company were he was a lead computer programer.

Wow. 

I didn't know it was like that.  He's not even that great at COD either.  At least, compared to other ppl on YT. 

I feel sick

 

[brooklynnyc3000]

If this kid bought a Benz... the annoying kid Fred must be BANKING!!!
I'm salty.

 

[mycoldyourdone]

timghetto, just kidding films, nigahiga and all them unfunny cats must be caking. id sy atleast something above 80k or 100k.

raywilliamjohnson and kassemg are part of a company so i doubt they get all the profit.

and i think i read that the musicians like gabebondoc, passion cant really make bank of off ads cause they cover songs which doesnt allow them into the program, but they make money of of other stuff, shows, itunes.

some of them make different channels though.

 

[voidemperor]

Originally Posted by brooklynnyc3000

If this kid bought a Benz... the annoying kid Fred must be BANKING!!!
I'm salty.

LOL
Fred doesnt need to solely rely on youtube for bank anymore. He has a deal with nickelodeon and he has 2 movies out and a 3rd one got the green light this moth, I think? But yea, dude don't need youtube no more. He stepped it up

 

[thedeek]

It depends how much traffic you get really. I have friends who make a good 3000+ a month just off of one channel.

 

[jfmartimcdandruff]

That youtube hustle is serious...pay rent off of a 3 min video

 

[AEA18]

Bill Gates co-signs Sal Khan

http://money.cnn.com/2010...cademy.fortune/index.htm

 

[dajondondo]

Looks like im gonna start a youtube channel and drop out of college.

 

[dajondondo]

Originally Posted by iLLest

 

[mycoldyourdone]

Originally Posted by iLLest

This question is asked ALL the time. When I first started coming up, all my friends had these CRAZY ideas about how much I was getting. Let me just say, it has NOTHING to do with the number of subscribers that you have. Does having subscribers, generate you more money? Yes. But NOT because the number is high. It is because having subscribers, means your video is going to get watched by those people therefore generating more income into your account. It all runs based off of google adsense. Google is a MONSTER when it comes to advertising. My videos are for the most part, Middle Eastern related, and google puts ads for SingleMuslims.com and "SUPPORT ISRAEL." knowing who watches my videos and what is going to get their attention. The actual payment amount is based off of some crazy algorithm. You are getting paid a dollar amount per 1,000 views. The BIG BIG BIG name YouTubers are easily generating 6 figures. They have adsense, merchandise and also events that they attend. Everyone else, is getting a cool amount.

With me, I started doing this for fun. It is what I love and am passionate about. I couldn't care less about the money. I didn't even know how serious it was. Now that there is money coming in, I don't use it to milk money. I have been offered many opportunities to promote companies, brands etc, who proposed a payment plan with me which I happily turned down. I have built a trusting relationship between me and my loyal subscribers and I don't want to diminish the name of my brand that I have worked so hard to build. 30% of my profits are also given to a company that allowed me to become a YouTube partner while still having my copyright material on my channel. The rest of the money, is just so I can help my mom pay for my tuition and have money to eat and go to college comfortably without having to focus on a part time job.

Starting January 1st. I am starting a huge new theme on my second channel, and each month I will be donating money to a charity of my subscribers choice. A way to give back together while still doing what I love. I don't mean to post my videos. But as a fellow Niketalker, I just want you all to see some of the stuff I have been doing. The attention and love the Middle Eastern Community is showing is insane! Best support group in the world. And also major shout outs to the Niketalker in Jersey who gave me daps on the streets!

i remember when i told myself this guy is gonna fail when you were posting so much videos about yourself lol.  good on you on your 750K view vid hah.  one of my cousins said to go watch the @*$* middle eastern guys say vid and i was suprised to see it was you. 

 

[g14]

youtube hit me with the invite

that was just up posting videos of remakes for instrumentals of tracks i produced

Ima keep doing what i do since that seems to works with getting hits

but wanna test the waters...wonder how steven joe is doing that lil zoe is comedy

 

[blakep267]

as somebody already said, its by channel views not video views. I rarely visit peoples channels unless I wanna find some really old videos.