Making $100,000+ a year from YouTube

[Dien Rice]

Did you know you can make $100,000+ a year from YouTube?

Well, some are doing it!

Of course, the key is to have a very popular "channel"... Where you create regular videos (often humorous ones) that people want to watch. (Of course, being humorous isn't always easy!)

YouTube (i.e. Google) makes money by showing ads next to your videos. If you're "big" enough, they then can offer you a portion of the profits.

Here's an article how one person is doing it.... Natalie Tran... and how she's made an estimated $100,000 from YouTube in the last year...

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...ml?autostart=0

If you'd like to see some of Natalie's YouTube videos, you can see them here...

http://www.youtube.com/user/communitychannel

You can see a lot of her videos listed down the right side of the page... (She does a lot of self-deprecating humor...)

According to the article, here are the Top Ten YouTube earners the past year, and what they earned...

Top 10 YouTube earners in the past year

1. Shane Dawson - $US315,000

2. The Annoying Orange - $US288,000

3. Philip DeFranco - $US181,000

4. Ryan Higa - $US151,000

5. Fred - $US146,000

6. Shay Carl - $US140,000

7. Mediocre Films - $US116,000

8. Smosh - $US113,000

9. The Young Turks - $US112,000

10. Natalie Tran - $US101,000

If they can do it - why not you?

Best wishes,

Dien

Dien,

Thanks for bringing up Did you know you can make $100,000+ a year from YouTube?

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Phil

How exactly are these people getting paid?

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Marty K.

How exactly are these people getting paid?

Hi Marty,

My understanding is, if your videos on YouTube are popular enough, then Google (which owns YouTube) will "cut you a deal." Essentially, you'll earn about 50% of what Google gets in revenue from advertising associated with your videos.

Here's an article with more detail on how it all works...

http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-...-stars-2010-8#

Although Natalie Tran (the #10 biggest earner from YouTube) wouldn't divulge exactly what she's making, in a recent article she did admit that the estimate which was made (i.e. $101,000 in the last year) was a close estimate...

She finds the subject hard to discuss, especially since a study by an advertising firm earlier this year listed her as number 10 on its list of independent YouTube stars, with an estimated income in the previous year of $US101,000.

Tran says the study was "ridiculous", though concedes the dollar figure was "around" accurate.

(From http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...113-17rzy.html )

Cool stuff.

Cheers,

Dien

It seems rather difficult, probably unless you're some sort of comedian, in addition to knowing your way very well around YouTube with a street-smart mind or knowledge of how to methodically work the system.

Originally Posted by Marty K.

It seems rather difficult, probably unless you're some sort of comedian, in addition to knowing your way very well around YouTube with a street-smart mind or knowledge of how to methodically work the system.

From $100,000 To $5 Dollars

Thanks for the headsup on youtube.

Yes you really can make $100,000 on the net BUT most have not made $1 yet. You have to start somewhere and why not start with $5.

Just $5 a day is $1,825.00 a year. So why not plan a project each week that will make you just $5 a day. That will make 52 projects making just $5 a day equals $260 a day. Not bad starting with one $5 project each week.

And $260 a day is almost $100,000 a year.

It is a lot easier thinking about ways to make $5 a day then trying to hit a home run each day or week

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Best of success,

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[Dien Rice]

Hi,

Thanks to Phil for reminding me about this thread...

If you recall, here are the estimated top 10 earners on YouTube (as of a few months ago)...

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Top 10 YouTube earners in the past year

1. Shane Dawson - $US315,000

2. The Annoying Orange - $US288,000

3. Philip DeFranco - $US181,000

4. Ryan Higa - $US151,000

5. Fred - $US146,000

6. Shay Carl - $US140,000

7. Mediocre Films - $US116,000

8. Smosh - $US113,000

9. The Young Turks - $US112,000

10. Natalie Tran - $US101,000

In an earlier post, I talked about no. 10 - Natalie Tran... (See here.)

Now, no. 3 on that list, Philip DeFranco, has recently shared more details (on the Reddit website)...

He creates a news-based opinion show on YouTube, which you can see here - http://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil .

His videos seem to get between 500,000 views and 2,500,00 views!

Here are some of the things he's recently written (in response to questions)...

kangaroo123:
Do make any money off being a professional YouTuber? If so, how much?

PhillyDeFranco:
My companies make some nice revenue. I pay myself 60-100k though. Most of the money is reinvested. Thats the first time I've even kind of answered that question.

SwenKa:
What software do you use for video-editing? What type of camera do you have? Curious, because you always complain when you have to hold it! :P

PhillyDeFranco:
oo. Good question.
Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
Camera: Canon 5D with a 17mm-40mm lense (a bit of an overkill but it gives us nice depth of field)

MrEdwardNigma:
phil ive been watching your show for years... love it man. how much time do you have to put into each video (just the sxephil one)? editing and all

PhillyDeFranco:
Well for the first 3-4 years I edited myself, but in the past 10 months I've been able to hire editors so, 2 hours to research minimum and then 1 hour of talking to the camera.
It takes a while. I wake up at 6am to catch up to the east coast news.

twinwish:
PHIL!
I've always wanted one of the bigger youtubers to do an AMA. You're definitely one of my faves.
Just wanted to show my support for the show, but I do have one question to ask, if you don't mind answering: Back when the show was first started, up until about a year into it, was Youtube enough to provide steady income?
Thanks for doing this AMA

PhillyDeFranco:
Early YouTube it was haaaaard to survive on the income, but now a few tubers are making 7 figures before taxes.
I remember the sleeping in a car or couch surfing days.

slick50zd1:
I have watched your show off and on for the past year or 2.
With that being said, how much have you had to change the style / content of your show to fit the audience, if at all?

PhillyDeFranco:
I don't change to fit the audience. I change to keep myself entertained. If the content is right you'll never have to conform. The biggest hassle was figuring out how to include sponsorships, but I feel like I have that down now. Good Content is good content.

ThatsMeNotYou:
Sorry, to be honest I dont really know your show, but its interesting that you would be able to actually make a job out of it. So following questions:
1) Where do you get your income from?
2) About how much would that be a month?

PhillyDeFranco:
Ads/Sponsors/Merchandise.
It starts off slow, but once again people have been able to make 100k a month a regular thing. I can't verify who those people are though.

GrimLP:
What's it like being rich?

PhillyDeFranco:
Im not rich. I do well though.

gorillazbmx6:
Besides luck, how do you think you came to be in the position you are now?

PhillyDeFranco:
Hustling and taking advantage of any situation I saw in front of me.

Here's a link to all the questions, answers, and comments (it's a lot to wade through, since 99% of it are other people's comments)...
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...er_that_means/

I think one key point from all this is that he doesn't only make money from Google/YouTube itself paying him (since Google/YouTube also make money from the ads they show as well). He also makes money from external sponsors too. (He mentions these sponsors in his videos - I believe, either as news items or as reviews of their products. The sponsors, in turn, pay him directly.)

The estimate that Philip DeFranco makes around $181,000 from YouTube does NOT include sponsorships - which suggests he actually makes more than this... This is also strongly hinted at in his comments above! In fact, he hints that he regularly takes in over $100k a month... However, elsewhere he also mentions that nowadays, he hires 5 staff for his YouTube business (including 2 video editors), so it's not all pure profit.

He also holds competitions for giveaways - people have to leave comments on his videos to enter the competition. I'm sure that - over time - this helps to boost his number of viewers even more!

It is a very clever business model for making money from YouTube!

Best wishes,

Dien

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Now, no. 3 on that list, Philip DeFranco, has recently shared more details (on the Reddit website)...

He creates a news-based opinion show on YouTube, which you can see here - http://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil .

His videos seem to get between 500,000 views and 2,500,00 views!

Here are some of the things he's recently written (in response to questions)...

Here's an article which also covers some of what I wrote about...

(My post on Sowpub appeared about 5 hours earlier than this article, though - so you read it here first! )

http://www.reelseo.com/philip-defran...figures-month/

Cheers,

Dien

After my first video got about 50K views youtube emailed me offering to pay me a small amount per click on ad's on my videos.. Cant have any copy righted materials in it but more than just funny videos informational videos are huge..

I am working on guides to some of the hardest boss's on a game I play. There are several other guides already, however they are generally 10 minute detailed guides that me and anyone else with ADD will lose focus on...... so my niche is going to be Quick easy (full) guide of how to do the boss's.

How to " anything " make great youtube videos and if your doing guides (or any videos) on something you are passionate about, you should do very well. Making a couple thousand a month on youtube is very viable!