Ten Years on Youtube (2024)

I don't know much about youtube, but I notice you have "followers", but I see others have "subscribers"- is the difference whether you get paid for clicks or not?

I enjoy watching yours, partly because I like to hear a Canadian accent once in awhile ;>) Have been to Saskatchewan only often enough to learn how to spell it. I do remember at the World's Fair in Vancouver BC about 30 years ago that your province had far and away the best movie promoting your province in your pavilion- a real warm and fuzzy thing with lots of great scenery narrated by a young girl, IIRC. Are you aware of it, and is there any way to watch it again?

(quoted from post at 07:39:16 01/26/18) I don't know much about youtube, but I notice you have "followers", but I see others have "subscribers"- is the difference whether you get paid for clicks or not?
I do remember at the World's Fair in Vancouver BC about 30 years ago that your province had lots of great scenery narrated by a young girl, IIRC. Are you aware of it, and is there any way to watch it again?

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I really don't know the difference between followers and subscribers. I recently passed the 1000 subscriber mark so I qualify if I want to monetize my channel. Still undecided on that.
I don't know of the video you mention from the World's fair at Vancouver. Likely Expo 86 was the occasion.

(quoted from post at 13:00:01 01/26/18) I don't know anything about it , but I think some make so much money they can quit their regular job ?

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I've heard/seen some rants from other youtubers about the changing policy this month. If you don't have a minimum of 1000 subscribers and a certain number of hours viewing, then youtube will not pay anything. I guess that is their way of getting better quality video content. So far I'm just doing it for fun.

Rusty... I can enlighten you a little. I, too have a channel (listed below)... And have gotten the same e-mail that many others have gotten lately. If I do not have 1000 subscribers, and a minimum of 4000 hours of watch time per year, I will no longer be able to be a YouTube partner... What does that mean for me? I won't be getting a $100 check every few months.. It ain't much, but it is something. As I am sure you can appreciate, a lot of effort goes into making these videos. So a little check once in a while doesn't hurt. At least I can buy a new tool or something when I break one.

As far as becoming a YouTube Partner. You receive I think it is 1/8 of a cent per click, or something to that effect. YouTube (effectively Google), then sends you a check after your revenue has hit a minimum of $100. On my channel, it typically takes me 3-4 months to get $100 or so.. But, I am not in it for the money. I am in it to share the tractor hobby and connect with others around the world! I am also amazed at which videos get the most views. Most of my tractor videos rarely get above 2000 views.. But a couple other videos I have (motorcycle and truck related) have gotten well over 100k views. My channel as a whole has generated nearly 600k views in my 8-10 years on YouTube. Pretty amazing. What I also find interesting is you can see where in the world your videos are being watched! Denmark, South America, Australia, etc. THAT is COOL to me.

It's a pretty simple process to be come a Partner. Essentially, Google then places ads on your videos - they use your channel as a billboard.

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(quoted from post at 13:00:01 01/26/18) I don't know anything about it , but I think some make so much money they can quit their regular job ?

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Yeah I think with around 100k subscribers and steady posting you can make around $4000 a month. Maybe Lance will tell us what he makes?? I guess you can get in trouble discussing the business side....for me, it would get old real quick filming and editing on a daily basis, which is what it takes to make the big bucks....that and good content.

(quoted from post at 17:12:57 01/26/18) Rusty... I can enlighten you a little. I, too have a channel (listed below)...

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Thanks for that insight into the monetization thing Ken. I wondered if the ads might drive viewers away. I guess there is one way to find out. Like you, I'm in it mostly for fun but a little extra money would be ok too.

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(quoted from post at 13:00:01 01/26/18) I don't know anything about it , but I think some make so much money they can quit their regular job ?

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Yeah I think with around 100k subscribers and steady posting you can make around $4000 a month. .

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I guess for $4000 a month for videos I'd retire from farming too But then I"d have nothing much to shoot videos of.
I'm probably in danger of "jumping the shark" with all these old rusty Mercury videos but its what I'm into right now and am doing it mostly for my own use anyway.
Currently uploading something a little different to the channel from last summer.

(quoted from post at 07:50:38 01/27/18) I don't even know how to get on youtube to watch the video unless it is a direct ling to click on from the poster. And then cannot always do it. And very few ever mentioned interest me enough to try to get on. Any post with something in header that sounds interesting to me if I open post and it goes to a video I just back out never to try it again.

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True, there is a lot of stuff on there that is basically a waste of time and electrons. But there is also some pure gold information and entertainment. Its become an addiction with me. Seems like almost anything I've broken and tried to repair, someone else has already done it and put a video of it on youtube. I've learned a lot there. The best ones I will just click the subscribe button so I get an alert whenever they post a new video.