Making 26,000 a Month from YouTube
 

I started recording videos for youtube as a hobby while traveling. It turned out to be quite lucrative: Just a couple videos I published generated $26,000 in the last 28 days. Nothing bad.

This is what I do:



I am considering dedicating myself full time. I find it more fun than the adult market 😅

Got you a like ��

Great to hear it worked so well for you. Consider filming some in VR.

Are you planning getting a team?

But how to get partner account? They have now insane requirements, like 50 m with short views.

Well done!

Not bad at all for random walk videos with captions. Good idea, Well done.

How did you achieve 169k followers, as I notice you have 120 vids.

With the amount of followers you have, I would be putting out a vid each week, if not each day.

Hello. Not really. It only takes 1K followers to get the adsense account from YouTube..
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer72857?hl=en

Yeah but it's not that easy. I run a company and that takes a lot of time and energy..
A video a week it's not that easy to do. It takes time to record, edit, add subtitles, create the thumbnail, etc. To me, its just a hobby (for now).

Thanks buddy. Its just a hobby and I would do it for free

This is what i see in my account:

1. Reach requirements to apply
13 subscribers1,000
and one of the following
11 public watch hours
last 365 days
4,000
0 public Shorts views
last 90 days 10 M

Most people, I think, qualify with the 4k watch hours, not the bazillion short views. I kinda think short views as a new alternative qualifier is to lure TikTok creators.

It is either or, as I understand it, not all

I would actually hire some outsourced help to do the editing, adding captions, etc.

Successful YT channels usually have a number of people (a team) getting the content out. Unless, that is, if you have a format that allows for easy editing (guy in front of camera with a microphone, etc). With your format (excellent video btw) it would definitely take more time but you can streamline that with outsourced help. I would do say three more immediately to test if you can recreate the success of the above video. If so then hire a Team and rock it man!!! :pimp

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What camera and stabilizer are you using?

The news is they will let you make money with shorts (I think it supposed to me now).

It is worth doing shorts as this should get you a lot of views and bring in new members.

Plus people zap through them on a mobile, so it is more than worth it.

What I often wonder is are live streams worth doing, as often to me most people who do them produce dull content and it is often low quality, where recorded and uploaded seems often better.

My big bug is uploading 4k vids as it seems to takes ages.

A tip for people, if you can no swearing. They have a new rule where they do not allow swearing in the first few mins, so I expect they may ban swearing fully. So my advice is not to swear to protect yourself in months or years.

i remember you shared some of that stuff. when we used to chat on icq. it was kool.

https://i.imgur.com/mcxSBqw.png

Yep. I have never uploaded a 'short' so I dont see anything about them...

OP, what are you filming with? Gimble setup, or something else?

Perhaps not bother with subtitles, to save you time.

It would probably make sense to have someone edit and so on, as if you can do a vid a week, or more, you should make a decent income.

A simple way to make a short is do it on your phone app. I use an iphone.

Select a film (check to make sure it is in a high quality mode as that was the mistake I made for months). Click on edit or something and it will give you a few options. Click on short.

You have two options, it will be set to 15 seconds, but you can click on 60 seconds and you can choose how long up to 60 seconds.

Move the slider till you get the bit you want and you can add text and stuff.

Then do a title and I add a # too.

Upload.

The advantage is it should also include a link to your main film.

Or you can edit/make a short, such as film something on your mobile.

Basically your looking at the footage being camera held normal if you get me.

Have an experiment.

You may easily get a few thousand views and this may get you more members.

Its a new thing - Here's a video about it that clarifies things from 7 hours ago...

Very well done, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get the large subscriber base?
WG

Very cool! Are you shooting with a GoPro strapped to your chest? Ever encounter people who aren't happy about you filming?

yeah you have to be careful there... they could be wanted. :helpme

Well done my man! Keep pushing. Got u my like as well! :D Fkn love this kind of stuff!

I'm actually giving more a shit about the use word "hustle" by Abraham Lincoln . . . now looking at the etymology of the word it, that may well have been possible.

Great!

In Holland there was a cameraman who had no work during corona.
Bought a camper and yacht and made some professional videos and succeeded.
If you like more travel around the world, it is good fun business.

With these numbers and videos, i think i must start filming.
What do you use?

Will look at the Medellin walking tour, i did that one.

I have been watching several vloggers over the past year, over TV. I'm pretty sure I have seen that title cross my screen but I don't recognize the YT name.

Several of the big ones I watch take breaks/quit because it is a lot of work to do it on the road all the time.

dji pocket 2 or go pro has a bunch of accessories that come with it.

I've done some walking videos in thailand with DJI osmo pocket and they didn't get millions of views its probably something i'm doing wrong, maybe people want daytime videos? suggestions comments welcome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cadNSXZ1vr8&t=734s

Well, your best bet would to monitor for trending keywords and adapt your title according to it.
I noticed that on some accounts where they upload tons of videos but usually only one or two have huge amount of views.

https://www.youtube.com/@shimmycash/videos

I suspect your putting different type of vids onto a single channel.

So put your talking to the camera on one channel and travel vids on another.

One problem is your talks seem to be a bit adult related, and in time they may be placed as 18 vids, and that will kill views.

My gut feeling is keep one channel pure safe, as in the long run, it will have less problems.

If I was you, do 1 channel for one type of content and another for other types.

You seem to have 3 or 4 types of content on one channel.

You do one where you talk to the camera. If you plan on doing these types of vid you need to do them regular, weekly if not daily. But set a room up to do them, as too much light seems to be flooding the room, sand use a mic closer to you for best sound.

Then do thumbnail pics for your vids. And have them have the same style.

Before you buy equipment, work out what you plan to shoot, as it is far too easy to buy lots of stuff them find it is no use to what you are shooting.

man thanks for taking the time to break down my yt channel like that. youre right its probably too much of a mix of content. but its so much work to start from scratch im already monetized with the 1000 subs etc. im sure your right about the shadow ban for 18+ bts content. guess its not too late to start another channel, but damm man so much work to run up the numbers again from 0 to 1000. i do need a good mic too yes, and the content is very random. likely i need to have someone organize everything for me but time/money etc. trying the walking videos and motorbike videos again to see how it goes

try a tiktok length video. have you tried the tasting foods? you go to those street food countries... just sayin

Very awesome, keep us updated on your success!

so people wanna watch me eat crickets, crocodile, and halal chicken that tastes funny and looks like bbq pigeons? i cant read thai writing so its pretty funny here i have to look at the anime cartoon characters on the food stalls to figure out whats what. been going/coming here for bout 8 years now ive got my trusted food stall vendors, and quite a few that i would avoid. i got some banana muffins today that look normal but feel and taste like foam. thailand food is iffy especially anything 'baked' as most dont have ovens. theres a lady at the market who uses a pressure cooker crock pot thing to make pizza, or something that looks like it

i see walking videos are getting very popular

i saw some vegas one the other day that was huge

follow a hot girl around the city and use her in your feature image

Congratulations. You're living the dream.

no stuff you like to eat. i know a few people that make a living at just eating fast food! dayum drops is a funny brotha!
https://www.youtube.com/@DaymDrops/videos
kool canadian dood
https://www.youtube.com/@KBDProductionsTV/videos

Congratulations! Keep making more videos

I looked at your stuff and the thing I noticed was you seem to have a nice personality.

You come across as what I imagine (I am from England) the surfer type living in California driving a camper van, with a bikini clad girlfriend.

That's may be the type of vids to make.

Go about having fun, interacting with people.

Go to places, eat local food.

Personally do what makes you feel happy, otherwise you will be fed up after making a few vids and have no interest.

tiktok now allow up to 30 min films.

You can link the channels, so that helps get subs from one to another.

At least you are not dealing with a channel with 1 million subs, but 1.05K subscriber.

And nothing is stopping you from downloading those vids, and uploading them to a new channel.

A tip to get views folks.

If people comment or like a vid, from my experience views shoot up.

If you can get people to post a comment you should find you end up with a lot of views.

I like the original sounds. Keep on going

i watched one video two guys rode their dirt bikes to mexico to eat tacos... i watch people eat sometimes :1orglaugh:1orglaugh i watched korean girls eat whole squids... the black ink!!! :helpme

I know

I think no one is this dad to view them, then I sit watching.

These may give people some ideas on youtube vids:

He eats food in the UK and USA fast

https://www.youtube.com/@Beardmeatsfood

Some bloke eats fast food

https://www.youtube.com/@RateMyTakeaway

Just talks about tech

https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan

Talks about his business

https://www.youtube.com/@thisisashville

Another chap who talks about mobile phones (and clearly loves himself)

https://www.youtube.com/@Mrwhosetheboss

I just 'talked' about Shitting in my pants, & they took my channel down... :(

https://youtube.com/@ShittingInMyPants

I recently watched that Cuba video. It came up on my recommended feed. Very good content. Nice job and congrats.

The shorts requirement is pretty new, they only started pushing it this year, it's good for the algos though.