More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel about the site

Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by Veratyr on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @12:47AM (#14693600)

> I always wondered how much on average a Youtuber makes, per 100K or 1 Million video views. Any original Youtuber care to throw some light on this?

I believe the reason this is so hard to find out is that it's in their contracts that they can't disclose their earnings publicly. Plus, their revenue comes from ads shown on their videos and advertisers pay varying amounts depending on how in-demand that kind of content is.

Best bet is going to be estimates from places like SocialBlade.

And that won't even take into account things like endorsements and merch, which is how people like PewDiePie make a lot of their money, nor will it take into account costs of production or other things like management or an MCN.

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Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by jdietrich on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @10:52AM (#14696173)

>I believe the reason this is so hard to find out is that it's in their contracts that they can't disclose their earnings publicly.

YouTube isn't exactly enthusiastic about people sharing their revenue data, but they're not stopping anyone. Most creators choose not to, purely for reasons of commercial sensitivity. Some do, most notably CGP Grey and Dave Jones of EEVBlog. Dave Jones had an average eCPM of $1.36 pre-adpocalypse; CGP Grey's post-adpocalypse video had an estimated eCPM of $1.11.

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