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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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I'm a small-time YouTuber who relies on the ad money to an extent.
My take is that if you like what I do, can't afford a donation, but don't want to sit through ads, first of all I'm still happy you're there and enjoying the content. Even the view itself is valuable in a small way, algorithm-wise.
Secondly though there are plenty of other things you can do that help bring in more viewers who might be able and willing to support monetarily. Sharing videos, commenting and liking on new videos to give them that initial bump, recommending the channel when it's relevant to a conversation. In my case, taking a free pattern I've made available for you to follow along with a tutorial video, and making sure to give credit when you make the project. Etc etc.
It genuinely all helps and although my YT friends are all small-time like me, there's not a single one of us that doesn't appreciate our regular viewers regardless of whether they actually earn us money.
Just out of curiosity... if you could charge per view rather than relying on ads, how much would you need to charge per view in order to meet your income goals?
Views vary wildly between videos so I took my last year's stats to average it out a bit. Looks like the answer is around 10p.
Forgive me, I'm not super familiar with world currencies... is that 10 GBP?
Hah, no, ten pence, as in one hundred pence to a GBP ๐
Ahhh that makes more sense... that's about 0.13 USD. It's interesting to me, because I would gladly pay that much per video (or more!) if it meant I didn't have to watch ads.
Of course that model doesn't exactly lend itself to mindlessly clicking through videos (which is what Youtube wants). I know there are other video platforms out there... do you know of any that charge users per view?
Thanks for doing the math!
Honestly no idea, I don't know much about alternative platforms at all. Only just started to look into other options myself!
I'd never framed it in terms of price per view but I do love a good stat so no worries lol, was interesting.