To give up my job and become a full time YouTuber?

[DiamondIntRuff]

So I'm not going to go into too much detail here, but basically I'm fed up of my (self employed) job that is not exactly bringing in a lucrative income each month. I spend a lot of time on YT, there are people I've followed for years who have millions of subscribers from doing basic things (make up tutorials, vlogs, reviews etc) and it seems to be the 'thing' to do nowadays. I read an article about how a couple of the top YTers are earning four MILLION plus a year from the advertising after they have so many views. Am I deluded? Is anyone here a YTer?

I used to like mimi ikonn not so much since she had the baby and her and hubby were very naive about c sections and said some stupid things.

People film themselves unboxing things or talking about cleaning, put it on YouTube, people watch it and this makes money? Who knew?

Grocery hauls!! Gotta love a good haul

I started a website/blog six months ago on a specific topic that I knew wasn´t really covered elsewhere. It has been an interesting experience but there is a lot more to it than I expected. Firstly, there is a lot of technical skills needed to make a product that is good to use. Can you make videos that are of a standard that is good to watch? Secondly, marketing your product takes a huge amount of time. You have to find out where to advertise, when, how to get your message across to the people you want to read it. I´m doing it in an area with little competition, but if you are doing something where there already are a lot of videos available, it will be very hard to get and hold people´s attention.

So in conclusion, I would say go for it - but as a hobby. You will need to build up skills in many different areas before you have a chance of becoming popular, and that takes a lot of time and effort. But it is also a lot of fun and rewarding when people respond positively, so have a go.

By all means start YouTube, but do it as a hobby. There's no guarantee it will lead to decent earnings.

The YouTubers who make millions started years ago when it wasn't as saturated. I'm not saying you can't make money off it but the competition is massive. There are something like 10 million other Youtubers out there.

It would be v unreasonable to quit your job in the hope that you'll make it.

Also don't forget if you want to make decent videos you'll need to learn to film, edit, add tags, translations, cards etc. You might need video editing software and learn how to use that as well.

Good luck!

Op are you very young?

I do some YouTube videos for work. My best video has 8000 views - but that's nothing in terms of monetising it.

I'm surprised at the crap DS watches - and how many views that crap gets.

Man fills giant water balloon with coke and mentos.

I could do quite a few videos with mini explosions - I know what to do and could think of some great things to blow up. But I think that's illegal.

The children stuff is awful. I've read a number of interviews with the big youtubing parents and fuck, it skirts very close to child abuse. In order to make the big bucks, the many families film two 10-15 a day. That mightn't sound like much but I've done quite a bit of tv work and my (ex) husband is a tv/film professional and at best, each of those videos take a couple of hours of filming. And a number of the children's videos, like Evantube, have a fully professional set up as both parents were film professionals who wound down their production company to focus on youtube.

But worst of all, you can see it with some of the kids that the genuine excitement and enjoyment in the toys is gone. The older ones often look bored and a bit pissed off while the younger ones sometimes look a bit dazed and confused. Some of them even work on their birthdays and Christmas morning, monetising those moments that should be priceless, treasured moments. It's messed up.

My 4yo DS would love to be a youtuber and I sometimes let him film a story with his toys for his own viewing. If when he's older I'd consider letting him put them on youtube as long as he's completely unidentifiable. I make custom action figures and am in an online group for that and few of the users make videos with their customs. Some seriously excellent, well produced and written videos that end up with about 300 hits. The fact is that to make real money with a youtube channel, you need to be producing constant large amounts of content. So do it for fun if it's a hobby that appeals but don't plan on making money from it.

That's two 10-15 minute videos a day.

How many fees do you need to get before you can make money from it?

Sorry how many views!!!

How many views do you have to get to start making money.