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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by sudosysgen on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:18PM (#24257036)
YouTube does pay an order of magnitude more per view, but the average YouTube video is two orders of magnitude longer than a TikTok video, so this compares very favourably to YouTube.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by double0jimb0 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:49PM (#24257161)
I believe your valuation discounts the persuasive storytelling value of the YT’s “longerish” content.

Not the greatest comparison, but YT : TikTok :: TV ad industry (2019-$70B) : Print Magazine (2019-$15B)

[0] https://www.marketingcharts.com/advertising-trends-108995

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by sudosysgen on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:09AM (#24257674)
I'm just comparing the rates per view to the amount of time it takes to both make and consume content. That analysis results in the conclusion that TikTok is as or more profitable for content creators.
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