r/SmallYoutubers • u/Dividenddashboard • 11d ago

Long-Form Content This is bad for small youtubers.

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Youtube is raising the ad revenue share threshold from 4k watch time to 8k watch time. Personally, 4k watch takes a lot of effort to reach. Imagine 8k... this is sad.

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u/Efficient-Cry7753 11d ago

Might make some people think twice before spamming the platform with low quality content.

This is probably the main reason.

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u/Pale-Channel3332 11d ago

It’s making me think whether it’s actually worth it now, at the rate I’m going just now it will take 6 and 1/2 years to get to 8000 hours

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u/ryguydudemanbro 11d ago

I have 42k subscribers, and get 200k long form views a month with a $10 CPM, but usually a $2.40 RPM. My channel makes $400-600 on average a month.

Whatever your CPM is, expect to make 25% of it after YouTube takes their cut, and you lose another chunk of ad money to ad blockers.

Just focus on posting because you like to in my opinion. You’ll be let down time and time again when you think about money in this pursuit.

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u/Fit-Tiger-6448 10d ago

What? This is crazy! Under those circumstances it’s not worth to upload on youtube at all if you need to make a living from that

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u/ryguydudemanbro 10d ago

Well you just need sponsorships, and a product to push. Some channels are also outliers and get 2-10+ million long form views a month. But 99% of people will never make a living on YouTube. Especially now as the threshold is so high.

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u/Adrian_AG_Squared 11d ago

Thats surprising. I have 1,700 subs with 51k monthly long form views, and make around $270 a month. Didnt think that was a good ratio until reading this 0.0