I do regular personal finance content to help you control your money! So subscribe if you'd like to keep up on regular budgeting videos or FinTech reviews. 💵💵Also, if you liked this video, check out what I made in my first 6 months of monetization here! th-cam.com/video/wDzsJcDdYKc/w-d-xo.html💵💵 🎬🎬AND if you want to see the ways I made $2500 through TH-cam BEFORE I got monetized, watch this: th-cam.com/video/pG_1ABcqs8Y/w-d-xo.html🎬🎬
Well, it's the same advice as what I said in this video. Keep improving the content and focus on putting effort into the videos that gain traction. And do it consistently!
I'm typically not the biggest watcher of finance videos on here but I love your transparency of how much you make on TH-cam. So many people say they will tell you but they give you rounded numbers or don't actually show all the figures like you did. I appreciate your transparency and have subscribed to check out more from your channel moving forward =^_^=
That's fair haha. Well I'm happy I could help. One of my goals is certainly to be transparent about numbers. I hope that you can find some benefit from the finance content here! Coming from someone who doesn't tend to watch finance, if you think of any topics to cover, hit me up and I may add them to my content ideas!
Thank you Caleb for letting us aspiring creators peek behind the scenes of what happens surrounding monetization. I’ve grown to 768 subscribers but I’ve recently been posting a lot of Short videos. Those “Shorts” views don’t count towards the 4,000 watch hour requirement so I’ll have to start posting more long How-To computer videos to reach the threshold. My content is focused on several different topics which it makes it harder for TH-cam to figure out who my core audience is. I just like so many different things and want to share all of them. Congrats on your channel’s growth and thanks for giving everyone motivation to continue! Cheers - Jason
Absolutely, Jason! I certainly get the struggle with different topics. But for what it's worth, you can try a lot of different things within a niche too. I'm still doing that and that can be pretty fun.
@@CalebBaleFinance Hi Caleb! Here's an update on what ended up happening on my TH-cam journey. I decided to focus on posting only I.T. / Windows PC related videos and my channel finally reached 1,000 subscribers. The watch hours were under the 4,000 threshold so I had to wait until the channel had almost 1,200 subscribers before it hit the 4,000 hour target. TH-cam quickly monetized my channel on December 7th. A few months prior, one of my tech videos started taking off and after the channel got monetized, TH-cam sent it another 100,000 viewers over the next two months! My subscriber count zoomed up to 3,245 (as of today) and since December 7th my channel revenues have exceeded $400. Like you said in your video, it sure does feel good to finally get rewarded for all of the hard work. Thanks again for posting this video and getting everyone excited about what's to come. I see that your channel is growing and I wish you the best for the future! Cheers! -- @JasonBagnell
Thanks for sharing this Caleb! I’m in my 4th month with only a bit over 200 subscribers, and of course some days just as you say feel a bit discouraging - but I really enjoy the creation peocess and remind myself that growth takes time. So let’s keep going 🤗
Hey it took you way less time than me to hit 200! Seriously took me over 6 months for 100 haha. Imagine how discouraging that was but I've been continuing to post and that's been worth it. Keep it up!
It’s stupid hard to grow here on TH-cam! You used the word “resilience” and that is definitely something any content creator needs to have! I’ve been at this nonstop, posting 2-3 videos a week, for going on 4 years as a gaming channel (highly competitive) I do this mainly because it’s my passion and not so much for the attention or revenue so I might be an odd one but I totally understand why so many creators drop out. The amount of money earned is definitely not worth effort so I highly advise people find a different reason to do it if they chose to.
So true! I have more than 3k subscribers on my other channel and I just post things that I'm interested in. I've been monetized but I'm earning $2 a month haha
@GReimerGaming you say "highly competitve" but your videos are doing random stuff Minecraft mods? Buddy you need to stop lying to yourself, you probably just saw that minecraft streamers are getting high views because they cater to younger audiences. There is nothing competitive/unique/differentiate yourself for any of the 1000 other channels that are trying to copy the 5 top minecraft youtubers. Well as long as you keep it as a "hobby" and you dont keep lying to yourself that you are a "highly competitve gaming channel". If you still dont get it take for example mister caleb over here , he made a video about his paycheck as a small content creator ------> me random guy clicks on the video because its unique and im curious . Couple of more videos like this and mister caleb will pool in a bunch of random subs from everywhere and start getting youtube algorithms on his side. Meanwhile ur posting copy cats minecraft videos that are just worse products that top 5 minecraft channels. Hope this helped, also Caleb great video! "
4 year and still not many subs i feel for ya man its already a satuated market and even more so with cgaming, its like sure its a gr8 revenue stream but 2023....for every 1 youutbe channel making it 1000s more get no where even if they produce good content
@@refkibouslama7480I think they meant to say that the gaming niche is a very competitive field, as in he recognizes that thousands of other people are doing the same thing.
Its about time someone really give a realistic break down of the process and an explanation of the process and what is actually earned because most content creators give the impression a person can Strick it rich quickly thank you for this video.
Good job man, your videos will inspire many people to keep on going and not to give up. I'm surprized that your channel doesn't have milions of subscribers and views yet
You're one of the best creators out there😀 I still remember my first TH-cam 'paycheck'. I was so proud of myself. If it wasn't for my consistency (and a little bit of Famester of course), I probably wouldn't have made anything.
@@CalebBaleFinance I even posted my first short on this channel because of your video :) Thank you so much again. I hope you have lifelong success in all you do!
Now your check will be a lot fatter this time around, this video got hooked into the algorithm hard, 2700 views per hours almost according to my analytics! killing it bro
I only started to engage in content creation and uploads on my new channel about a month ago, and I seem to go from 13 sub to 1000+ in 2 weeks. I think it really helps to engage with your audience and stick with an upload schedule. TH-cam algorithms likes it enough to help organically promote your videos.
Nice video Caleb and thanks for breaking that down. I started my TH-cam channel somewhat recently and I've been doing more and more research and seeing what others before me have done. You've over tripled your subscribers since posting this, so you're killing it!
I really appreciate this. I work with special needs kids. A lot of them think they can just "become a youtuber". It's clearly not that easy and takes some hard work for the average person. This gives a more realistic outline of what it might take (obviously numerous variables make translating this exactly not really possible) however it shows a path that one can research from. Again, much appreciated, keep it up!
Thank you SO much for your transparency and willingness to show this info. Really helpful in understanding and knowing where someone close to those thresholds can expect to be at!
I went through all the OPs in this comment section and threw them all a sub. I have thought about becoming a content creator for some possible side cash down the road. Your channel is really funny, I'll be checking out more of your content and am certainly glad I went through this comment section and found your channel.
I subscribed to you a long time ago, and for some reason you just slowly dropped out of my feed, and then now you suddenly popped back up. But I am glad that you finally got monetized and you're getting paid for your videos. That's cool.
Congrats. Love your content around debit cards with benefits. Too few financial channels cover this topic, but it’s a great niche for you. Keep up the good work. 😊👍
Thanks so much, Shaun! I appreciate the feedback and the encouragement! Let me know if there are any debit cards you think would be good to cover and I'll check them out.
This video was super helpful… we have a new-ish channel. 6 months old and it’s nice to see what a realistic first paycheck could look like. Hoping to be monetized before the end of this year 🤞🏻🙏🏻
Glad it could be of help! And good luck JJ! Looks like you're posting consistently so if you do that along with improving every video, you'll be golden.
@@CalebBaleFinance THANK YOU for taking a look at the channel. I’m actually JJ’s Mom Rose. I manage his channel for him since he’s just 11. Your feedback is much appreciated! I’m glad I found your channel. I don’t watch a lot of finance videos on TH-cam but I probably should …Subscribed and ready to learn some things!
@@WanderingWizardChannel My pleasure! I actually thought it might be his mom but thought I'd go with JJ since he's the face of the channel. That's okay, finance videos aren't always the most interesting! Hopefully I make them at least a little better. I'm honored to have you as a subscriber and am happy to answer any questions you may have!
Shorts have helped insanely with subs! Watch hours were 25%, and 35% on public short views. My way to hopefully combat this is bringing on a full time cam/edit guy to help boost the whole content. The content he brought to the table was unreal instantly! And watch hours are starting to climb! Less than 200 to 5k!🤷🏼♂️
Nice! I want to do more shorts but I'm honestly short on time lol. Good luck on full time cameraman and editor! Hopefully that'll help with the growth.
I just recently started my content creation journey and the past week has been tough to stick with it because of discouragingly slow growth. This video was a healthy reminder that success does not happen over night. Congratulations on monetization and keep it up!
More channels should do this and it's nice to see a smaller channel showing the behind the scenes as it is really inspiring. Everyone starts from 0! Here's some advice for those scrolling by: I used to upload nearly every day, but I've taken a lot of breaks and changed niches every time. Consistency is definitely key and don't stop. Consider creating shorts (there's AI tools that will automate the process for you) and take advantage of other platforms (1 or 2 at the most just starting out). I'd say Twitter and TikTok. I'd also say GET GOOD AT THUMBNAILS. You don't need to be a graphic designer, if you're in the gaming niche then you should use programs like SFM. Most importantly, don't obsess over the numbers, it'll drive you crazy.
This inspiring to see as I've been on the grind myself and sometimes it seems like it's just so unobtainable but a key thing I took away from this video is quality and consistency, congrats on the first of I'm sure many youtube paychecks to come.
This guy is legit. THIS is a realistic take on how the content creator thing works. I saw a video (and there are many just like it), where a guy talked about how he got over 500k subscribers and made over $600k in his first year on TH-cam. $600k. In his first year. That's insane. He then went on to say that his goals for the next year was $2 million. That kind of success is so, so, so rare. So rare that it should be illegal for them to post videos touting their success without including a disclaimer saying something like: Results represent about 0.00000000000001% of people. Seriously, I think these people are so delusional that they think their insane success is due to their "hard work", when in reality they got crazy lucky and just won the YT lottery.
lol right? plus there's a lot of people who leverage with other platforms (i watched one guy who was giving advice on how to grow a youtube channel and how his first video had a ton of views--i watched it, and it was decent, but certainly it didn't add up--well come to find out he had retired as a pastor, so i'm sure his entire congregation was sharing it amognst themselves which really helps for the algorithm). the true reality comes when u browse channels on the "youtube help niche" and see how many channels are, for lack of a better word, 'failing' despite having relatively decent to mediocre content. Generally, i'd say youtube has to be one of the WORST ways to make money if that's the main driving force of the creator.
They have new requirements. 500 subscribers, provided you have uploaded at least 3 public videos in the last 90 days with a minimum of 3,000 watch hours or 3 million short views.
Yeah, my understanding is the 500 sub mark is for creators to be able to actually do more crowd funding from their channel with channel memberships, super chats and other things. I believe monetization for ad revenue is still at 1000 subscribers.
I got partner around the same time period, literally. Though I am a gaming creator, so that changes things a bit and I went for mostly shorts before they were monetized and lost out on a HUGE potential income earning position as a result. I literally post 3 shorts a day and have been doing that for about a year and a couple months now. Before that time period I'd either "mistakenly" upload like 10 shorts not realizing the harm of posting "too much" (yes it's actually a thing) or I wasn't consistent. Once I decided to go consistent with shorts was when the numbers starting going up at an alarming rate. It also took me a year, roughly, to go from almost no subscribers to the 1000 and 4k watch hours. Now I average around 5k-7k views per day. Though shorts monetization is stupid low, so you have to make up with that low payment with more vods to get more views, etc etc. It's slowly growing, however, and I know eventually I'll be where I want to be as long as I continue to stay as consistent as possible. I've still yet to get my first payout, which is gonna be probably the bare minimum or near it. If i wasn't a one man show I'd start up some of my other projects on new channels of course. The one thing that people don't know or don't realize is that if you start a channel as variety of content you have to continue to be a channel that has a variety of content. If you grow a channel on one type of content, it has to stay that same type of content for that channel because if you deviate from the "norm" TH-cam will give you a friendly slap on the hands saying nope. And how I came across your channel...TH-cam recommended it to me because I'm constantly "learning" new techniques from "TH-cam University" (LOL) on ways to better manage a youtube channel. I always strive to try to learn something new about the process so that I can make adjustments that will maybe, hopefully, help increase traffic. Thanks for the insight and vod. It affirms what I tell people that ask me the how and why, which is that, consistency, no matter how much you can do on your channel, is the key to growth.
Dang that's quite a bit of insight into your journey. Thanks for dropping that here. And congrats on the growth and daily views! Hopefully shorts revenue increases soon. I know it's pretty low right now. And thanks! I appreciate it.
thank you for uploading this. i struggle with the fact that it feels like i have very little growth but being able to see the exact metrics of your channel i feel like im on pace with how your was. this give me alot of hope and motivation that it is possible to grow on this site!
I started 2 months ago. I love checking the monetization progress in YT Studio simply as a visualization of a goal. I have my doubts there’s money to be made in finding rocks and talking to myself in the desert lol
Congrats on getting into content creation, Griffin! lol, I’ve seen people make an impressive amount with a niche topic. People will watch if you make it entertaining haha
September 13th is my birthday. And congratulations. I hope my channel one day reaches it, though I’m in a highly saturated field of video games, but it is fine if takes awhile.
Thanks so much! I'll have to tell my wife about your channel because she absolutely LOVES the idea of homesteading. We need more land first but the goal is to get into more homesteading as time and space allows!
wow congratulations!! this video was super helpful, I just started my channel a few days ago and trying to figure out how long it's taken other people to get monetized has been difficult! thanks for this info!
This was on my homepage. Congratulations on getting paid for content! It looks like over 400k have watched this video, I hope you make way more than those other annoying influencers!
A bud and I have a small, niche' channel focused solely on a Japanese rock band (I told you it was niche). We hit monetization in about 90 days but we have a pretty low critical mass based on our subject matter. We hit 1000 subs in about 2 weeks but the 4000 hours took the 90 days. We pull about what you are doing ($120 a mo) and we are at 2200 subs with between 2 and 8 uploads a month. Just depends on what is going on with the band. During a tour, we are VERY busy but off tour we get pretty quiet. If you're a small creator, you have to do it for the love of it.
My brotha, I started YT a long time ago, back when the qualifications were nothing and everyone could make money off content. I have still not broken the 1k sub... I did a daily vlog for a year plus... A ton of art and restoration content... Im still waiting. Congrats brother!!!
Dang, I've had a ton of people tell me that. Lots of people started when they didn't have qualifications. Actually I had a channel at the time too. Keep it going, there's tons of content out there to help you grow your channel!
Nice work! Congratulations! I just got monetised, but I haven’t reached 100$ threshold So maybe next month!😀 I am uploading daily now, and it’s fun now😀 Keep Going 🎉
Well done. I first posted on TH-cam about 9 years ago and was an irregular poster. About 5 years ago I began to post weekly and pushed that to a couple of times per week at times. Obviously viewers are more interested in money. 👍
Thank you for sharing. I was feeling really discouraged about my Channels growth. It is hard to overcome looking at things like views, subs, watch hours and instead just trusting the process.
I started my channel as a fan project 2 years ago, then decided to do it more serious since a little over a year by making guides, content previews, meme clips and other stuffs for a game I'm passionate about. Made it from 11 to 687 subs in about 14 months. It's kinda hard since I focus so much on a specific niche and it's not even a mainstream game or anything like that so the target group is much smaller, but on the other hand there's gonna be less competition and there's always a certain minimum income of views for guide videos, even if youtube doesn't push them on recommendation or front page, just from people searching on youtube and google how to solve stuff in the game.
@@CalebBaleFinance Thanks a lot bro. It's the trade off some content creatures must make for finding a Niche that works for them. A niche can only be successful for a creator, if it's something you can talk about every single day for years and years to come, without getting bored or literally dreading making anymore videos on the subject.
For sure! I'll be making an update video at my year mark of monetization in September. I did make one for my 6 months of monetization though if you're interested! th-cam.com/video/wDzsJcDdYKc/w-d-xo.html
It's beyond hard to grow on TH-cam, i started my tik tok page a few months ago and I'm already up to 600 followers. It's kinda pushing me away from TH-cam tbh, gonna try to get back in it but congrats!
Subscribed! I just came across this video, and as someone who only started posted consistently this year, this was really informative about the TH-cam monetization process. Hoping I get to that point one day!
Never watched you before, don't know why this appeared in my feed but it was an interesting watch, even as someone that has no interest in "TH-cam-ing". Liked and subbed. Keep it up.
Thanx a bunch for sharing the real numbers, we are getting close and trying to figure out the "how much" is almost impossible. Glad you kept it real so we aren't anxiously waiting for our 10K check. LOL Be Safe!!
Thanks for sharing this, Mr. Bale. That was really inspiring!! Watching you give me a lot of courage to keep on going. I'm in my 4th month. I hope you can keep continue inspiring people! Greetings from Indonesia!💛
I do regular personal finance content to help you control your money! So subscribe if you'd like to keep up on regular budgeting videos or FinTech reviews.
💵💵Also, if you liked this video, check out what I made in my first 6 months of monetization here! th-cam.com/video/wDzsJcDdYKc/w-d-xo.html💵💵
🎬🎬AND if you want to see the ways I made $2500 through TH-cam BEFORE I got monetized, watch this: th-cam.com/video/pG_1ABcqs8Y/w-d-xo.html🎬🎬
Damn you make a lot of money for the size of the channel.
I have over 100k views in the last year and as I do shorts I have to hit 90 million in 90 days and 1000 subs !!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!
Noice brother, thank you for the info!
I know, that's an insane number! Shorts are definitely different than long form content!
Well, it's the same advice as what I said in this video. Keep improving the content and focus on putting effort into the videos that gain traction. And do it consistently!
The hardest thing for me is being consistent with uploads. And when you see people unsubscribe it just demotivates you even further
Oh I GET it. I remember many times it felt like I was NEVER going to make it to 1000, especially when people unsubscribed. Those were some rough days
@@shapeshifterstudios884 thats good advice, i wish yall success
omg your videos are amazing!
@@xgalphaz Thank you very much! Appreciate the kind words
@@shapeshifterstudios884 I don't take it personally, I just feel I don't deliver the quality
I'm typically not the biggest watcher of finance videos on here but I love your transparency of how much you make on TH-cam. So many people say they will tell you but they give you rounded numbers or don't actually show all the figures like you did. I appreciate your transparency and have subscribed to check out more from your channel moving forward =^_^=
That's fair haha. Well I'm happy I could help. One of my goals is certainly to be transparent about numbers. I hope that you can find some benefit from the finance content here! Coming from someone who doesn't tend to watch finance, if you think of any topics to cover, hit me up and I may add them to my content ideas!
Thank you Caleb for letting us aspiring creators peek behind the scenes of what happens surrounding monetization. I’ve grown to 768 subscribers but I’ve recently been posting a lot of Short videos. Those “Shorts” views don’t count towards the 4,000 watch hour requirement so I’ll have to start posting more long How-To computer videos to reach the threshold. My content is focused on several different topics which it makes it harder for TH-cam to figure out who my core audience is. I just like so many different things and want to share all of them. Congrats on your channel’s growth and thanks for giving everyone motivation to continue! Cheers - Jason
Absolutely, Jason! I certainly get the struggle with different topics. But for what it's worth, you can try a lot of different things within a niche too. I'm still doing that and that can be pretty fun.
@@CalebBaleFinance Hi Caleb! Here's an update on what ended up happening on my TH-cam journey. I decided to focus on posting only I.T. / Windows PC related videos and my channel finally reached 1,000 subscribers. The watch hours were under the 4,000 threshold so I had to wait until the channel had almost 1,200 subscribers before it hit the 4,000 hour target. TH-cam quickly monetized my channel on December 7th. A few months prior, one of my tech videos started taking off and after the channel got monetized, TH-cam sent it another 100,000 viewers over the next two months! My subscriber count zoomed up to 3,245 (as of today) and since December 7th my channel revenues have exceeded $400. Like you said in your video, it sure does feel good to finally get rewarded for all of the hard work. Thanks again for posting this video and getting everyone excited about what's to come. I see that your channel is growing and I wish you the best for the future! Cheers! -- @JasonBagnell
Thanks for showing what people make on yt I’ve always been interested and I have never found any other creators that are willing to share it
Absolutely! Happy to
Congrats Caleb!!! 🤩
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! You'll be there before you know it!
Thanks for sharing this Caleb! I’m in my 4th month with only a bit over 200 subscribers, and of course some days just as you say feel a bit discouraging - but I really enjoy the creation peocess and remind myself that growth takes time. So let’s keep going 🤗
Hey it took you way less time than me to hit 200! Seriously took me over 6 months for 100 haha. Imagine how discouraging that was but I've been continuing to post and that's been worth it. Keep it up!
I agree with Caleb just dont Quit.. it really is hard work. You can only fail if you Quit
Keep going you got this!🤗
@@Ms.Frazier hey, thanks, will do :))
@@solozerogaming hi there! I also agree, will keep going:) This is a fun experiment, good luck to all of us!
It’s stupid hard to grow here on TH-cam! You used the word “resilience” and that is definitely something any content creator needs to have! I’ve been at this nonstop, posting 2-3 videos a week, for going on 4 years as a gaming channel (highly competitive) I do this mainly because it’s my passion and not so much for the attention or revenue so I might be an odd one but I totally understand why so many creators drop out. The amount of money earned is definitely not worth effort so I highly advise people find a different reason to do it if they chose to.
Agreed, it definitely takes more than ad revenue for most people to make it as creators. It's a grind for sure.
So true! I have more than 3k subscribers on my other channel and I just post things that I'm interested in. I've been monetized but I'm earning $2 a month haha
@GReimerGaming you say "highly competitve" but your videos are doing random stuff Minecraft mods? Buddy you need to stop lying to yourself, you probably just saw that minecraft streamers are getting high views because they cater to younger audiences. There is nothing competitive/unique/differentiate yourself for any of the 1000 other channels that are trying to copy the 5 top minecraft youtubers. Well as long as you keep it as a "hobby" and you dont keep lying to yourself that you are a "highly competitve gaming channel". If you still dont get it take for example mister caleb over here , he made a video about his paycheck as a small content creator ------> me random guy clicks on the video because its unique and im curious . Couple of more videos like this and mister caleb will pool in a bunch of random subs from everywhere and start getting youtube algorithms on his side. Meanwhile ur posting copy cats minecraft videos that are just worse products that top 5 minecraft channels. Hope this helped, also Caleb great video!
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4 year and still not many subs i feel for ya man its already a satuated market and even more so with cgaming, its like sure its a gr8 revenue stream but 2023....for every 1 youutbe channel making it 1000s more get no where even if they produce good content
@@refkibouslama7480I think they meant to say that the gaming niche is a very competitive field, as in he recognizes that thousands of other people are doing the same thing.
Its about time someone really give a realistic break down of the process and an explanation of the process and what is actually earned because most content creators give the impression a person can Strick it rich quickly thank you for this video.
Thank you for the kind words. That was the goal of this video is to be transparent about the journey and what to expect along the way.
Good job man, your videos will inspire many people to keep on going and not to give up. I'm surprized that your channel doesn't have milions of subscribers and views yet
Wow, what an endorsement. Thanks! Just gonna keep putting out content.
i started my TH-cam journey last month, this motivated me a lot.
Glad to hear it!
Hey I enjoy this video and I really enjoy the love and support that the people of the youtube community shows
Thanks so much! And I know, it's insane the amount of support there is from the TH-cam community
You're one of the best creators out there😀 I still remember my first TH-cam 'paycheck'. I was so proud of myself. If it wasn't for my consistency (and a little bit of Famester of course), I probably wouldn't have made anything.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Mark! It is a great feeling for sure. Keep it up!
@markkelderman2439 Any advice for me? 🙏
Sure...
You have 45 subscribers.
@@AJ-tk1uo Ye this bro a fraud
That’s awesome Caleb!! I’m currently trying to get monetized as well :) this was a wonderful video and super motivating. Thank you again!!
Absolutely, Spence! I appreciate it and super glad you found it motivating for your own journey
@spencercreates just keep pushing forward
@@CalebBaleFinance I even posted my first short on this channel because of your video :) Thank you so much again. I hope you have lifelong success in all you do!
@@MommyEms1983 ❤we got this
@@SpencerYonce i just subscribe to your account
Keep up the good work, congratulations on the first paycheck, brother!
Thanks, Ari!
Now your check will be a lot fatter this time around, this video got hooked into the algorithm hard, 2700 views per hours almost according to my analytics! killing it bro
Haha, yes it has definitely blown up compared to my other videos. Thanks!
I only started to engage in content creation and uploads on my new channel about a month ago, and I seem to go from 13 sub to 1000+ in 2 weeks. I think it really helps to engage with your audience and stick with an upload schedule. TH-cam algorithms likes it enough to help organically promote your videos.
Great job! I agree.
It's a journey, that's for sure! Enjoyed the video, Caleb! Keep it up!
For sure! And thanks, I appreciate it!
Congrats! I dont know you but your consistancy is impressive. Not giving up is admirable!!! 🎉🎉🎉 commented for your algorithm. Wish you all the best.
Thanks! Consistency has been one of my strongest things in my TH-cam channel so far. Thanks for the comment!
Interesting to note and encouraging for new creators I'm sure. As Always, May God Bless you and yours!
Thanks so much! You too!
Nice video Caleb and thanks for breaking that down. I started my TH-cam channel somewhat recently and I've been doing more and more research and seeing what others before me have done. You've over tripled your subscribers since posting this, so you're killing it!
Absolutely! Yeah, insane about the subscribers! And weird that it popped off after 5 months
I really appreciate this. I work with special needs kids. A lot of them think they can just "become a youtuber". It's clearly not that easy and takes some hard work for the average person. This gives a more realistic outline of what it might take (obviously numerous variables make translating this exactly not really possible) however it shows a path that one can research from. Again, much appreciated, keep it up!
Happy to help! Unfortunately it isn't easy at all. Doable! But not easy.
Well you’re at 440K views today for this video alone so it looks like the channel is taking off! Good luck to you!
It has popped off recently for sure! Thanks!
Keep going, I’ll share your video!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Thank you SO much for your transparency and willingness to show this info. Really helpful in understanding and knowing where someone close to those thresholds can expect to be at!
Absolutely!
I went through all the OPs in this comment section and threw them all a sub. I have thought about becoming a content creator for some possible side cash down the road. Your channel is really funny, I'll be checking out more of your content and am certainly glad I went through this comment section and found your channel.
LOL The video of the Presidents playing 2K23 is hilarious!!!
Congrats man, I'm starting back working hard on my TH-cam to get where you are! May we all get there one day
Thanks! Keep posting that content!
Thank you! It feels impossible but it can happen. I have to keep posting🌿
Absolutely!
I subscribed to you a long time ago, and for some reason you just slowly dropped out of my feed, and then now you suddenly popped back up. But I am glad that you finally got monetized and you're getting paid for your videos. That's cool.
Well that's interesting. Thanks so much! I appreciate it and the support, even if I dropped out of the feed for a while.
Congrats. Love your content around debit cards with benefits. Too few financial channels cover this topic, but it’s a great niche for you. Keep up the good work. 😊👍
Thanks so much, Shaun! I appreciate the feedback and the encouragement! Let me know if there are any debit cards you think would be good to cover and I'll check them out.
That was really inspiring!! Watching you give me a lot of courage to continue my TH-cam journey! ❤ I hope you will grow more recognition!
I'm happy to help and thanks so much!
Wow. This gives me a lot of hope for the future. I make Travel vlogs solo.
I'm 2 months in with 100 subs, 10.6k views, 145 hrs. Let's keep it going.
That's awesome to hear. Heck yeah, congrats on your progress so far!
Thanks Caleb... Just what I needed to hear
Absolutely, happy to help!
Congrats! Love your channel so I’m glad you’re holding strong and staying motivated.
Thanks so much! I always appreciate the support and your comments!
This video was super helpful… we have a new-ish channel. 6 months old and it’s nice to see what a realistic first paycheck could look like. Hoping to be monetized before the end of this year 🤞🏻🙏🏻
Glad it could be of help! And good luck JJ! Looks like you're posting consistently so if you do that along with improving every video, you'll be golden.
@@CalebBaleFinance THANK YOU for taking a look at the channel. I’m actually JJ’s Mom Rose. I manage his channel for him since he’s just 11. Your feedback is much appreciated! I’m glad I found your channel. I don’t watch a lot of finance videos on TH-cam but I probably should …Subscribed and ready to learn some things!
@@WanderingWizardChannel My pleasure! I actually thought it might be his mom but thought I'd go with JJ since he's the face of the channel. That's okay, finance videos aren't always the most interesting! Hopefully I make them at least a little better. I'm honored to have you as a subscriber and am happy to answer any questions you may have!
@@CalebBaleFinance I’m sure I’ll have many!
Thanks, this video is actually motivating me towards the first thousand :D
Awesome, glad to hear it!
I like hearing from small TH-cam channels. Thanks for the video
Absolutely, I'm happy to help. Thanks, Kelly!
Shorts have helped insanely with subs! Watch hours were 25%, and 35% on public short views.
My way to hopefully combat this is bringing on a full time cam/edit guy to help boost the whole content. The content he brought to the table was unreal instantly! And watch hours are starting to climb!
Less than 200 to 5k!🤷🏼♂️
Nice! I want to do more shorts but I'm honestly short on time lol. Good luck on full time cameraman and editor! Hopefully that'll help with the growth.
Also, I see you hit 5k subs so congrats!
I just recently started my content creation journey and the past week has been tough to stick with it because of discouragingly slow growth. This video was a healthy reminder that success does not happen over night. Congratulations on monetization and keep it up!
Hey Dorsey, I get it. It seriously took me over 6 months to even get 100 subscribers. It's been a challenge but rewarding as well. Good luck!
@Simply Casley Wild, let me tell you! This is not the video that I thought would cross that threshold first
Thanks for really explaining because I’ve looked and watched other videos and they never really break it down this far! Thank you.
Happy to help!
More channels should do this and it's nice to see a smaller channel showing the behind the scenes as it is really inspiring. Everyone starts from 0!
Here's some advice for those scrolling by:
I used to upload nearly every day, but I've taken a lot of breaks and changed niches every time. Consistency is definitely key and don't stop. Consider creating shorts (there's AI tools that will automate the process for you) and take advantage of other platforms (1 or 2 at the most just starting out). I'd say Twitter and TikTok. I'd also say GET GOOD AT THUMBNAILS. You don't need to be a graphic designer, if you're in the gaming niche then you should use programs like SFM.
Most importantly, don't obsess over the numbers, it'll drive you crazy.
Thanks so much! Absolutely agree. Great suggestions all around.
This inspiring to see as I've been on the grind myself and sometimes it seems like it's just so unobtainable but a key thing I took away from this video is quality and consistency, congrats on the first of I'm sure many youtube paychecks to come.
So glad you got something out of it. Keep it up!
this was super interesting, thank you caleb.
Absolutely!
Seeing this pop up on my feed from 5 months ago and now seeing you’re at 4.5K followers!
Yeah, wild! It just popped off for some reason
This guy is legit. THIS is a realistic take on how the content creator thing works. I saw a video (and there are many just like it), where a guy talked about how he got over 500k subscribers and made over $600k in his first year on TH-cam. $600k. In his first year. That's insane. He then went on to say that his goals for the next year was $2 million.
That kind of success is so, so, so rare. So rare that it should be illegal for them to post videos touting their success without including a disclaimer saying something like: Results represent about 0.00000000000001% of people.
Seriously, I think these people are so delusional that they think their insane success is due to their "hard work", when in reality they got crazy lucky and just won the YT lottery.
Haha, yeah I saw that video too. It's pretty insane and I think this is more realistic when it comes to the normal creator.
lol right? plus there's a lot of people who leverage with other platforms (i watched one guy who was giving advice on how to grow a youtube channel and how his first video had a ton of views--i watched it, and it was decent, but certainly it didn't add up--well come to find out he had retired as a pastor, so i'm sure his entire congregation was sharing it amognst themselves which really helps for the algorithm). the true reality comes when u browse channels on the "youtube help niche" and see how many channels are, for lack of a better word, 'failing' despite having relatively decent to mediocre content. Generally, i'd say youtube has to be one of the WORST ways to make money if that's the main driving force of the creator.
Wonder if those subs are real or if he paid someone to generate bots to watch and sub for his channel in order to boost himself up.
@@renevil2105 who?
@@oopalonga the guy who made millions in a few months.
They have new requirements. 500 subscribers, provided you have uploaded at least 3 public videos in the last 90 days with a minimum of 3,000 watch hours or 3 million short views.
Yeah, my understanding is the 500 sub mark is for creators to be able to actually do more crowd funding from their channel with channel memberships, super chats and other things. I believe monetization for ad revenue is still at 1000 subscribers.
Congrats man, that's really awesome, just getting a check, at all is badass!
Thanks man! Yeah, I'm just happy to get something from all the work at this point. Helps me provide more good content.
Thanks for sharing! It's exciting being near that threshold. Regardless of the monetization, I love sharing content on youtube
Absolutely! That's all you can do is focus on your why, especially if you like posting the content. Keep it up!
@@CalebBaleFinance Thanks man! Really appreciate the pep talk!
This is a great straight to the point Video && it’s also VERY realistic for us smaller channels
Thanks, glad it could help!
I got partner around the same time period, literally. Though I am a gaming creator, so that changes things a bit and I went for mostly shorts before they were monetized and lost out on a HUGE potential income earning position as a result. I literally post 3 shorts a day and have been doing that for about a year and a couple months now. Before that time period I'd either "mistakenly" upload like 10 shorts not realizing the harm of posting "too much" (yes it's actually a thing) or I wasn't consistent. Once I decided to go consistent with shorts was when the numbers starting going up at an alarming rate.
It also took me a year, roughly, to go from almost no subscribers to the 1000 and 4k watch hours. Now I average around 5k-7k views per day. Though shorts monetization is stupid low, so you have to make up with that low payment with more vods to get more views, etc etc. It's slowly growing, however, and I know eventually I'll be where I want to be as long as I continue to stay as consistent as possible.
I've still yet to get my first payout, which is gonna be probably the bare minimum or near it. If i wasn't a one man show I'd start up some of my other projects on new channels of course. The one thing that people don't know or don't realize is that if you start a channel as variety of content you have to continue to be a channel that has a variety of content. If you grow a channel on one type of content, it has to stay that same type of content for that channel because if you deviate from the "norm" TH-cam will give you a friendly slap on the hands saying nope.
And how I came across your channel...TH-cam recommended it to me because I'm constantly "learning" new techniques from "TH-cam University" (LOL) on ways to better manage a youtube channel. I always strive to try to learn something new about the process so that I can make adjustments that will maybe, hopefully, help increase traffic.
Thanks for the insight and vod. It affirms what I tell people that ask me the how and why, which is that, consistency, no matter how much you can do on your channel, is the key to growth.
Dang that's quite a bit of insight into your journey. Thanks for dropping that here. And congrats on the growth and daily views! Hopefully shorts revenue increases soon. I know it's pretty low right now. And thanks! I appreciate it.
So your audience is children...nice
thank you for uploading this. i struggle with the fact that it feels like i have very little growth but being able to see the exact metrics of your channel i feel like im on pace with how your was. this give me alot of hope and motivation that it is possible to grow on this site!
Absolutely! Keep it up, it's definitely a grind
Wow. This was very helpful, and informative. Thanks!
Happy to help!
you look like mrbeast if he went to college
Lol, it seems multiple people think I look kinda like Mr. Beast.
It's taking me almost 5 years to get 374 subscribers.
Oh yeah that's a long time. Have you been consistently posting and/or considered changing your content at all?
@@CalebBaleFinance I started off doing political videos. Now I do local news videos around my area with sports videos.
Ah so incredibly niche. I gotcha
Me too I was stuck at 38 subs then skyrocketed to 100 and gained traction and it motivated me to keep going 🔥🥇
Nice!
Very good video! Keep it up!
Thanks so much!
At first i thought it was Jacksepticeye in the thumbnail 😅
Same
Haha, you're the second person to say that
I started 2 months ago. I love checking the monetization progress in YT Studio simply as a visualization of a goal.
I have my doubts there’s money to be made in finding rocks and talking to myself in the desert lol
Congrats on getting into content creation, Griffin! lol, I’ve seen people make an impressive amount with a niche topic. People will watch if you make it entertaining haha
@@CalebBaleFinance working on a vid now with a tarantula encounter as the hook. Let’s hope that doesn’t turn away the arachnophobics 🤣
Maybe it'll help you're on the other side of the camera from your viewers 🤣🤣
@@CalebBaleFinance distance is key with spiders. Haha, thanks again for the video. Concise and really well done!
And now this video alone has more views then your lifetime views at the time of making this video.. Way to go working the YT algorithm man. Good job.
Yeah, how wild is that? Didn't see this coming. Thanks!
September 13th is my birthday. And congratulations. I hope my channel one day reaches it, though I’m in a highly saturated field of video games, but it is fine if takes awhile.
Haha, nice! Yeah, video games is a tough niche but it helps if you love it at least.
Congrats! So awesome!
Thanks so much! I'll have to tell my wife about your channel because she absolutely LOVES the idea of homesteading. We need more land first but the goal is to get into more homesteading as time and space allows!
@@CalebBaleFinance That’s awesome homesteading is great!
it took me two and half years to monetized my channel and you are correct you can earned money before getting monetized
Very nice!
wow congratulations!! this video was super helpful, I just started my channel a few days ago and trying to figure out how long it's taken other people to get monetized has been difficult! thanks for this info!
Thanks so much! I'm so glad. It definitely took me a while but it's been worth it. Keep pushing, Emily!
It takes time but its worth it keep it up pal
Absolutely. Thanks!
Well done man! i just got monetized and will be documenting this journey as well, for now only a few cents lol
Thanks so much! And congrats! I get it, it starts slow haha
amazing one day all young creators will get this experience of getting their first paycheck.
Here's to hoping because it's definitely rewarding
Congrats on your first paycheck! I was just accepted into the program and am excited to grow like you. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! You too!
Thanks! This is so encouraging my friend. I just started my channel and it’s doing well at 11 hours so far. Thank you✊🏼
Absolutely, keep it up!
Also just for my first YT check and do finance videos! I feel you here! Congrats and hoping your channel will continue to grow.
No way and congrats! Nice, I saw you're doing the cash stuffing so I subscribed. Same to you, Eileen!
Congratulations bro popped on home page .., just subbed with notis ❤️✝️
Thanks! Hope you like finance content!
This was on my homepage. Congratulations on getting paid for content! It looks like over 400k have watched this video, I hope you make way more than those other annoying influencers!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. I'm trying not to be an annoying influencer myself haha.
A bud and I have a small, niche' channel focused solely on a Japanese rock band (I told you it was niche). We hit monetization in about 90 days but we have a pretty low critical mass based on our subject matter. We hit 1000 subs in about 2 weeks but the 4000 hours took the 90 days. We pull about what you are doing ($120 a mo) and we are at 2200 subs with between 2 and 8 uploads a month. Just depends on what is going on with the band. During a tour, we are VERY busy but off tour we get pretty quiet. If you're a small creator, you have to do it for the love of it.
Oh yeah super niche! Lol. Yeah, I totally agree, if you're a small creator, you gotta love the content
My brotha, I started YT a long time ago, back when the qualifications were nothing and everyone could make money off content. I have still not broken the 1k sub... I did a daily vlog for a year plus... A ton of art and restoration content... Im still waiting. Congrats brother!!!
Dang, I've had a ton of people tell me that. Lots of people started when they didn't have qualifications. Actually I had a channel at the time too. Keep it going, there's tons of content out there to help you grow your channel!
This is a good perspective. Thanks for sharing your experience with those of us working to get monetized to know what to expect.
Absolutely!
Congrats I remember my first TH-cam pay check it was hard to get that first paycheck
Thanks, and yeah, it's a heck of a grind
Nice work!
Congratulations!
I just got monetised, but I haven’t reached 100$ threshold
So maybe next month!😀
I am uploading daily now, and it’s fun now😀
Keep Going 🎉
Thanks man! Keep it up and I hope you hit the threshold next month!
@@CalebBaleFinance Thank You!
Well done. I first posted on TH-cam about 9 years ago and was an irregular poster. About 5 years ago I began to post weekly and pushed that to a couple of times per week at times.
Obviously viewers are more interested in money.
👍
Props to you because I started by doing a couple times per week and couldn't keep up.
Considering your content and your personality/persona, this is very encouraging info. Thanks!
Thanks so much! My pleasure
@@CalebBaleFinance Well that went over your head. lol Nevermind.
Thanks for sharing your success! Awesome channel!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it!
Thank you for sharing. I was feeling really discouraged about my Channels growth. It is hard to overcome looking at things like views, subs, watch hours and instead just trusting the process.
Absolutely! And trust me, I've been where you're at. It takes a lot of determination and knowing why you keep putting up that content.
Great work mate! Still grinding
Thanks so much, keep it up!
This video just made me more excited to keep grinding
That's the goal!
I started my channel as a fan project 2 years ago, then decided to do it more serious since a little over a year by making guides, content previews, meme clips and other stuffs for a game I'm passionate about. Made it from 11 to 687 subs in about 14 months. It's kinda hard since I focus so much on a specific niche and it's not even a mainstream game or anything like that so the target group is much smaller, but on the other hand there's gonna be less competition and there's always a certain minimum income of views for guide videos, even if youtube doesn't push them on recommendation or front page, just from people searching on youtube and google how to solve stuff in the game.
That's a pretty good perspective overall. Also, if you have a tight niche, the subscribers you have will probably be more loyal. Keep it up!
That crazy high RPM makes me want to cry, congrats.
Sorry to hear you have a low rpm. It's certainly a challenge for some niches, I understand. Keep up the hard work!
@@CalebBaleFinance Thanks a lot bro. It's the trade off some content creatures must make for finding a Niche that works for them. A niche can only be successful for a creator, if it's something you can talk about every single day for years and years to come, without getting bored or literally dreading making anymore videos on the subject.
@@angryguymwa So true!
keep grinding we will all get there!
Thanks!
6 months in, and the algo has blessed you. We're gonna need an update video!
For sure! I'll be making an update video at my year mark of monetization in September. I did make one for my 6 months of monetization though if you're interested! th-cam.com/video/wDzsJcDdYKc/w-d-xo.html
Here it is! th-cam.com/video/0fgd6Fz9BMo/w-d-xo.html
It's beyond hard to grow on TH-cam, i started my tik tok page a few months ago and I'm already up to 600 followers. It's kinda pushing me away from TH-cam tbh, gonna try to get back in it but congrats!
It's definitely hard. Also quite different with short form content both in the vitality and the amount of revenue you can earn. Thanks!
Great encouragement and good to know!
Happy to help!
Congrats man I just reached my 1,000 Subs this year, its been 10 years since ive been doing youtube back in 2012! Took me alot alot of grind 💪
Thanks so much and congrats! It definitely takes a grind. Nice job!
@@CalebBaleFinance yes it does thank you 😁
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉. Hope mine too 😊
Thank you so much for this video!
Absolutely!
Huge inspiration! Thank you for persevering and posting the results.
Absolutely! I'll likely post an update in September or October.
Here's the update if you're interested! th-cam.com/video/0fgd6Fz9BMo/w-d-xo.html
Congrats!!! Just monetized my channel on Wednesday, after roughly 3 years and over 300 videos lol. Feels good though!
Heck yeah, congrats, Brandon! Yes, it feels good, especially after that much work. Keep it up!
Subscribed! I just came across this video, and as someone who only started posted consistently this year, this was really informative about the TH-cam monetization process. Hoping I get to that point one day!
Thanks so much, hope you like finance content! Keep it up and good luck!
Congrats ! It's a great feeling, I also got my first paycheck of YT last year :)
Ah nice, congrats! And thanks!
Keep grinding! Proof of concept is there, now all ya gotta do is execute!
Absolutely!
Thanks for sharing your journey! It really motivates me to keep aiming to grow my channel also! Good luck mate!
Absolutely, keep it up!
Subscribed. Keen to see your journey!
Thanks so much, James!
Never watched you before, don't know why this appeared in my feed but it was an interesting watch, even as someone that has no interest in "TH-cam-ing". Liked and subbed. Keep it up.
That happens with TH-cam haha. Thanks!
Thanx a bunch for sharing the real numbers, we are getting close and trying to figure out the "how much" is almost impossible. Glad you kept it real so we aren't anxiously waiting for our 10K check. LOL Be Safe!!
I get that, I was in the same position when I was getting close haha. Keep it up!
Thanks for sharing this, Mr. Bale.
That was really inspiring!! Watching you give me a lot of courage to keep on going.
I'm in my 4th month. I hope you can keep continue inspiring people!
Greetings from Indonesia!💛
My pleasure! And good luck!
Thank you for your content. It’s helped me develop my channel. ❤
Happy to help!