This is true. I've been sharing at least one video a week on TH-cam for almost 7 years and my income each month still doesn't even cover a week's worth of groceries. This said, without TH-cam, I wouldn't be getting traffic to my Patreon, website, etc., where I am able to make a living. I see it as an investment of my time, and a way to build my audience while providing free value for people, instead of paying for advertising. It's also a much better platform than Instagram and social media, where posts are gone in a second. Here on TH-cam, if you create valuable evergreen videos, you can have people subscribing to your channel for years to come. And because TH-cam is part of Google, you're also easier to find online. TH-cam is also a search engine and not so much a social media channel, and if we strategically treat it as such, it's definitely helpful in growing any type of business. The problem is that lots of people fall into thinking that they can start a TH-cam channel and that this, in and of itself, is a good business plan. It is not. It is a way to grow your audience, build connections, gain experience creating valuable videos for people, and to market your products and services. Thank for the video!
Long story short. I was dreaming about becoming a TH-camr and getting paid gazillion $ per second. After a solid month of research got so excited about all the successful people in the field, decided to buy ThinkMedia course for nearly $4k. Spent 1 solid year on trying to develop my channel in the blogging niche and my result is 200+ subs. None of ThinkMedia mentors tips were helping my videos, at some point I started to think that I am super ugly and people don't want to look at me. Then I just dropped this idea and deleted all the videos. Stopped thinking about YT and started to learn game developments. 2 years after I am happy having a good job that pays my bills and smart people around me. Will I give a YT another try? Probably no. TH-cam is not the best time invesment and not the best traffic funnel you can find. But I will try to complete some video editing projects for some TH-camrs just because I am very interested in video editing. Paulius, thanks for a good video 🚀 🔥
It depends on what was your blogging content about. If you're now a game developer then that might be something that you could also run a YT channel on a side with it.
@@Tell.Me.Something It was a Casey style video blog about living in London. Running YT channel is definitely not a "side business" or "side option", simply because of how much time it takes to produce 1 video being not a "talking head" footage. I'd rather prefer to play MK1 with my wife just for fun (she beats me badly) ✌️ Anyway, thanks for keeping it positive ⭐
With all respect, it really depends though. I am making videos of what I do in my garden and I now have almost 2k subs in a little over a year. Some niches might be harder then others as well... I think thats what Tell Me Something is trying to say.@@alexdefi
sorry to hear things did work out, but no offense but 200 subs in 1 year is not very good. youtube has become a thing where you need to follow trends and making engaging content. I been on the youtube grind for 3.5 months and try for daily uploads to get traffic to my videos
@@alexdefiI don't wanna be rude, but I will shed some light. We watch Casey Niesta because he is an excellent video creator + story-teller who is wealth and live in New York. Also he was a professional video maker before enter youtube, he basically level up the online vlog game. You can't just be a successful vlogger like Casey Niesta by being an average Joe living a normal life, there's need to be something about you that the audience want watch over and over again. So, if you don't meet any of the criteria that Casey Niesta has (like being a good storyteller, living am exciting city like NYC, going cool stuff, and being pro video editor), you pick the wrong form of content.
TH-cam is hard because its like running a business. Aside from offering value, having experience in making videos is necessary in this creator business. I learned that the hard way! It took me about 1500 hours of experience in making videos to finally learn how to make somewhat decent content for my audience. I'm not sure how many people actually have that type of patience and persistence, which is where you get the 10% statistic of channels with 1K+ subs. 9-5 is necessary for the paycheck, but if you don't have to live near a major city and you are comfortable being a minimalist, this path is for those who don't care about making big paychecks straight away. This path is for people who value creativity over money.
Very good advice Paulius. Trying to find a balance and doing TH-cam is no joke. And I don't even have a 9-5. People might look at my videos thinking oh that probably takes her 20 minutes to do. Where infact it takes me more than 10 hours per video to do. And if I'm not doing a video I'm thinking of ideas for the next one. And I recorded my videos when everyone else is sleeping. And only go to bed at 4am 😅 ✨🌺✨
I needed to hear this . I stopped uploading videos for 4 months, I deeply regret it because looking back I noticed I was getting subscribers at a good rate. I came back uploading videos people want to watch.
Really enjoyed this video. I agree with absolutely everything you say. ....Not many emphasize how much time it takes. One content creator said something like: "Yes, I work a LOT more than my 9-5 BUT I'm doing what I love!" and I'm thinking: "Yea, but how long are you gonna love it when you're stressed all the time and never see your family and friends" . 🙄
bro, you are 100 and 1% right. this video is THE MOST HONEST AND SANE analysis of YT. For me YT today looks like Hollywood back in 1930's and 1940's when bunch of people was trying to become famous. And by what I can see what is happening in US I believe that (unfortunately) history does repeats itself. Good luck to everyone, creators and viewers alike.
Thanks for sharing this! As a mom-to-be soon, trying to juggle a job, social media, and pregnancy, this is very, very humbling and helps me think what this will look like long-term.
No need to quit your 9-5, I still have mine and run TH-cam during white space time. No issues with that until you are 100% certain the channel revenue will consistently support your life before making the leap.
*I've been Doing TH-cam since it's inception and Haven't Stopped and won't stop. I'm not by No means quitting My F/T job to Do this. I like the Hustle of Working F/T and Doing TH-cam P/T. It's Nice to see more videos like out there*
Why do you like the hustle of balancing both? I’m curious to know because I know it will take years before I can even get close to full time but it is hard to balance for me.
Because I've been doing TH-cam since the beginning. I also LOVE my Current Job and have no plans to quit it. TH-cam is Awesome and Love creating content but I'm not lookin to go F/T because I don't need to @@spanishblueprints
There is SO MUCH truth in this video. Thank you SO MUCH for getting this out there for "aspiring" creators who probably haven't thought about the downsides of content creation. Well done.
If you are made for it, you can definitely become fulltime relatively quickly. Unfortunately most people are absolutely not made for this. They lack the energy in front of the camera, they are not patient enough, they dont put in the work and they are just too scared. You also need to be really really strong mentally, as TH-cam is soo much pressure. So, it is really hard to be that person, but if you are, you can go fulltime usually after 1-2 years.
I like the topics you touched on. What really resonated with me is when you touched on how hard TH-cam can be, especially for new creators who jump on board expecting instant success. It's fun but hard work, just keep working and it'll pay off someday 🙏🏾
Yes, very true! I work as a nurse assistant full time and enjoy creating videos on a side! Working, being a wife, a mom, and enjoying making videos is teaching me how to organise my busy life in order to have balance and still be able to be productive in all areas of my life! Wishing everyone the best on their TH-cam journey!
@@LearnEnglishWithJess Prayers for a great rest of your pregnancy. You will do great! I hope you will get to spend as much time as you can with your baby!
It is true. There are a lot of youtube channels that are successful with hundreds of thousands of followers and they tell people to buy their courses on how to grow on youtube, but the whole reason their channels are big is because their topic is how to grow on youtube, and they just make the same videos over and over again because they focus on ranking their videos and the youtube algorithm. The straight path to unhappinesss and burndown. Following their advice may not necessarily help, unless you plan to make a channel on how to grow on youtube 😅
True, this is really hard, we've been growing this channel for a bit longer than 2 years, we are at 327k and just two months ago we got a big pay, sadly YT changed the shorts algorithm, and now we are struggling with half the income we had, hope everything gets back to normal =,(
As much as TH-cam can be renumerative,I believe it’s also like a mirror that shows you how you can improve on yourself and challenge yourself everyday to grow… The problem is many of us just want to blow up so fast without submitting to the process(though it’s a difficult one) and quit our job so fast,which can be detrimental at times cause overnight success is never for once sustainable. Overall nice point of view my friend 🙏
Nicely stated and I appreciate your honest expression of reality vs. unrealistic expectations based on published hype. You balanced encouraging creators to continue but be realistic on not falling for “TH-cam fairytales” 👍Thank you! ✌️
People don’t realize how much work TH-cam is. Keep your job, do TH-cam on the side and if your channel is consistently do well… go for it. But I’ve been doing it a long time and man it’s super inconsistent
My plan is to get my degree and do TH-cam on the side. I love doing TH-cam, but I can’t fully commit because I have a job and school. For anyone reading this is build your foundation aka your stable job and do TH-cam on the side if it takes off then you can make your decisions. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. I have another channel aside from this one that got monetized in 1 month and I makes me 100 a month, it’s no where near sustainable but I do have other plans to make more income anyways best of luck dudes
I appreciate this video. I am on year two and almost monetized. It has been a loooong journey of grinding and consistency just to get to the very basic 1000 subs. I have lots of watch time and lots of views, but it is still slow-going. However, it is also a beautiful thing to be able to have a platform where you can express your talents and/or knowledge. I heard another TH-camr once talk about how you know you are doing the right thing when you can't stop doing it. Perhaps that is the lesson here. If you love what you are doing and you are not doing it just to have a job, then the outcome will not matter as much and journey becomes more enjoyable. Admittingly though, it would be a dream to make a few dollars to help pay for all of the costs associated with running a channel. My family gets frustrated with how much I spend without a return. But, again, I can't stop! It's in my blood now. TH-cam is amazing even if you don't make much money. It was nice to hear a realistic side to it. Thanks for doing this video. It is so good that those who want to start...understand how long and difficult the journey can be. Best wishes!!
I think the biggest thing you miss with those numbers though is that it includes everyone that just creates a profile but never post anything. In other words, they just have a login.
Great video Paulius. I really like your realistic take on the TH-cam dream. A quick question, what is your cavalier mic? It sounds quite good and I feel you had it already on your first videos.
Very based and solid advice tou share. Hope many will watch this video and actually get a second thought about doing YT fulltime. Many are sold a dream. Dreams are really monetizable
I started a youtube channel as a way to sell my courses for English. I realized that I wouldn't be able to rely on youtube as another way to make money though as advertising for non-English speaking audiences (outside of France, Germany, Hong Kong maybe) pay pennies to what English-speaking countries earn. Keeping up with making good content and consistently uploading was a job on its own. It also could be a liability for future employment or privacy/safety concerns. With English teaching, I didn't care if future employers saw that as it was professional, but it makes me not want to do travel or personal vlog type videos as people could be judging you over anything you say or do in these vids and in the US you'd be "canceled". Though I love watching your videos about Barcelona because I used to live there and miss it, it's just not the type of content that will make a channel blow up. If you're not trying to sell anything (tourism in BCN for example), I would only do it with the expectation that it's helping me grow in my content creation skills. I'm only saying this because I too have thought about doing a channel like yours, but it wouldn't be worth the effort for me personally. Currently, my channel to teach English to Spanish speakers has less than 1k subscribers because I quit making videos after around 6-7 months into it when my channel tanked after initial success since I stopped uploading for about a month due to morning sickness. I think I'm going to start up another channel, but for a US-based audience and have it be about a topic in the corporate world to help me get freelance clients/get hired. I don't think youtube is a good thing to bank on for anyone wanting to start a channel. With more creators joining everyday, everyone's earnings continue to go down. I will continue to watch your videos about Barcelona though so I hope you don't stop making them!
I’ve just started posting video. Not planning to quit my job, but the main reason, as you rightfully said at the beginning, is to grow as a person. Best paycheck ever 🚀
Personally TH-cam has helped me develop skills to use on my 9 to 5. Just started my channel 5 months ago, and I've been able to practice more on my editing and marketing skills to attract an audience. My goal is to use this platform for passive income in the future. I have a career and I'm fully invested with my retirement plan, so to QUIT..... ummm absolutely not. And to my young people, please keep in mind HEALTHCARE!!!! Why pay full price when you can pay a group rate for benefits. You will get older, so just some additional knowledge to chew on. ;)
If they are successful and enjoy freedom, why be handcuffed to a job just for the group rate? I've never understood that honestly. You may pay more but you've got more to pay. I'm genuinely curious about this.
@TheNPMogul "handcuff" is taking away someone choice to choose. And they shouldn't stay anywhere they're not happy. Yes, they can absolutely pay more when they're earning more, but why? I guess it's a personal preference. You see it one way and I see it another. We can agree that WE ( you and I ) will never understand each others way of thinking, and it's totally ok. I'm constantly mentoring to individuals that if they're not a hustler by nature...keep that 9 to 5. Find something you enjoy doing so it's not a burden to show up daily. Benefits (retirement, medical, dental, short term, long term, and accident insurance is very expensive So if one is willing to pay 100% verses half because they can....then have at it. 😉
you got it right, data which we have are not correct, we are just looking to the successful ones, without knowing how many didn't, and the other thing , the most fast growing niche is to say for other people how to become youtubers,
The sunset is a metaphor that fits the tone of the video. Proof of concept - very important. I'll add this - the goal should never be merely success on TH-cam itself. Rather, the goal is to lead a community of interest, and then use content to develop and accomplish that. You softly fall back on 2%, or 1 in 50 chance of success. That's actually not a bad probability, but I agree, not enough to forego an income. Last point - I agree, don't buy a course, just make videos, you will learn more. (If you MUST learn something in a course format, there are amazing, inexpensive options on Udemy and Skillshare.)
Thank you for this video. I am struggling to grow my channel even though I’m doing “all the things” and I’m getting frustrated for all the work I put in. (Just came back from filming in New York) I hate my day job and my goal is to become full time travel content creator. I have taken courses from my favourite travel creators and am starting to wonder if it’s just that my content sucks or I’m too old for people to want to watch me when there are so many younger people in this niche. Really want to quit my job but hanging in there…just. Thanks for putting things into perspective.
Maybe if you posted more consistently, that would help. Sometimes you go a whole mpnth without posting. Same thing I'm dealing with. I think consistency will help the both of us. 😅
I'd say continue creating and improving. At the same time , how much effort/money it would cost for you to change the job ? Can it be done in parallel while growing a channel ? Maybe your channel can be a leverage in getting that new position ?
Love this it was actually on my list to do a video just like this. Unfortunately I did quit my job 😢 I’m the channel you described. Been busting my arse and still struggling. I get brands reaching out and ethics come in to play all the time or they want to give you some samples 😂 lol Samples don’t pay the bills. Ok let me watch a couple more of your videos and see if I wanna stay 👀 btw I didn’t search this topic. Algorithm sent you to me but maybe it was reading my notes 😂 lol Oh love the accent
I’m a new creator to promote the 3D terrain I design to sell the digital files and eventually printed. I was terrified making those videos and I am starting to enjoy it.
Agreed! Thanks for speaking the truth. When you consider the US dollar's exchange rate to the local currency in many developing countries, you realise why many are drawn to the fairytale of overnight success on TH-cam.
I was thinking of making a same kind of a video because I see so many influencers selling dreams like everyone can get rich overnight from you tube and it bothers me. I am monetized and I haven't made more than $6 so far since then and I don't think much will change for quite some time. People should make content and try to get monetized but don't expect to be a millionaire as soon as you do.
Oh-gosh , allot of TH-camrs start off as rich kids, really! It takes a lot of money to be a filmmaker, and a lot of creators have •money• and are well off on cash , even living with people who have a lot of cash or cut them a break
other hand people with wonderful workplace strengths and capability are leaving the workforce making more money on YT when they're more useful in the workplace
@@PauliusCreates lmfaooo, this is really funny... But oftentimes than not.. you would find people watching this a lot, people want to attain financial freedom at all costs, that's why your video on how much you made..attracted alot of people...if you notice the creators who paint this dream of TH-cam are mostly creators of that niche... We know Mr beast earns ALOT for him to quit his job.. but I don't think he has ever mentioned that in his videos..
@@KarlSkorger I am with you. I understand that after hard day of work, last thing people want to hear is "keep working because chance to make it big on youtube are slim". At the same time, if you're someone who keeps on seeing videos of people blowing up after "3 months". It might be encouraging to keep going when you know that what you see is 1-2%. Video probs not going to be viral. But if someone stumbles upon it and goes like "oh maybe before I quit, let me see if this could work" type of thing, then I think I succeeded :)
According to my calculation I would need one million subscriber for my first channel, since we are two and the production is quite expensive, and the other would need around 200000. This is to keep my current life style.
The smart way to go about this is to just make content while still working your 9-5 job until maybe one day your TH-cam channel pays you more than your 9-5 job. Then if you want to quit your 9-5 job, quit. Theres more time in a day than people realize, you just have to be willing to give some things up in order to work towards your goals.
Totally, shifting priorities and going about how you use your time is key. Giving up certain things is also something I probably should have brought up in the video. Because definitely, it takes a lot of time to make videos and you could be spending your time doing other things ( which in some cases might be bringing more joy ).
@@PauliusCreates It blows my mind sometimes when people think making videos is easy, I honestly want to be like alright you give it a try 😂 recording is the fun part now you have to sit down and edit all that footage
I agree with that. The quality of your work / videos reflects how much effort/ time you invested in your channel. The time frame to become popular on TH-cam definitely will stretch out for a person who work 9-5 and treat TH-cam as a hobby instead of a full time job. I rather you quit your job and go all in for a period of time and if you fail just go back to 9-5 no big deal. I don't even think you should associate TH-cam with income source if you actually treat it as a hobby cos it drains your energy over time for like let say 6 years. @@DBlegacy-tp3sb
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I agree with the premise, but those stats about how many subscribers the average youtube channel has is waaaay out of context. Over 40 million (¬35%) of those channels included have uploaded a whopping 0 videos. Wouldn't really count that as a youtuber my self. I wouldn't count any channel with less than 10 videos actually *trying* to actively be a youtuber. I'm not sure how many more channels this culls, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it brings the total down to ¬30 million channels. This means that '2%' with 10k+ subs is much closer to 8%. Which sounds very reasonable odds to me. Many of these channels make very poor videos (by standard metrics, no shade to them learning/having fun/trying something new). Same as any other skill people dabble in. I wonder if you framed this in other fields (ignoring things like acting/sports) what the stats would look like: How many professional photographers are there compared to amateur? Hobbyist coders? How about chefs? I'd honestly expect the numbers to look very favourable to youtube if put that way.
yea you bring a very good point, that I didn't investigate further just mentioned in the video that large volume of those channels are not necessarily active. Your estimate of active users is pretty accurate, what I found on www.wyzowl.com/youtube-stats/ it says 36mil so 2mil with 10k is around 6.25%. I think it's still pretty low number considering that this is not niche specific. But rather a global number. It would be interesting to see stats per niche with numbers, but I don't expect it to favour youtube though.
Some full time youtubers dont even deserve the views they get with how inconsistent they upload. If you do youtube full time there is no excuse for you not to upload regularly
My advice don't sit in a place and explain the topic.. Go out and place camera where ever you can and make it live. . Especially cut videos and change places and wear cooler or stuff like Casey . Because it's boring to see your face in a same place.. Because you are not saying news.. You are saying your life experience.. ❤ Hope it helps 🎉.. I am sure you will get more videos if you smile and be more energetic.. I will subscribe once you change your " Way of Presenting "😃
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" Everyone is going to die one day and after death comes a place for all sinners called hell which is eternal torment, but there is no need to fear because we were given a savior 2,000 years ago and his name is Jesus, so trust in Jesus today as your savior from hell. Christ is the only solution to the sin problem in our world and the eternal penalty as a result, which is ultimately part of our nature passed down from adam and eve due to their rebellion against God. The good news is that there is a savior from the penalty of sin that God the father sent, and that is his only Son Jesus Christ, born of a virgin and without a sin nature like the rest of mankind. The father established the Old Testament law, which was morally perfect to show man's imperfection in attempting to keep it. But Jesus, being perfect, kept the law perfectly, thus fulfilling the law. However, he didnt just fulfill the law, he also died on the cross as a substitute for all mankind's sin. The penalty for sin is death, so God sent his own son to pay the penalty for Mankind so we dont have to go to hell. The lake of fire is referred to as "eternal/spiritual death" so when Christ died for you and me, he satisfied the father's wrath against our sin. Afterwards, he was buried and then rose again after 3 days, conquering the grave. He did this so that mankind can recieve eternal life as a free gift, all you have to do is believe it was done for you. The gospel of john states "He that believeth on the son hath everlasting life, but he that believeth NOT the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him." Believe in the original Greek language translates to "pistueo" which means to entrust, in this case, to entrust ones eternal destination to Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and not of yourselves it is a GIFT of God. Not of works lest anyman should boast." Simply believe what Christ already did for you to receive eternal life. After this, you are given the righteousness of Christ to be just before the father. Romans 4:6 "just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works"
"let's make a video to ensure that no other youtubers are added, that's it, I don't want others to do it, I want to be me, I do not want them to copy me"
@Prego307 It is about taking less risk. You could try youtube as a part time thing while keeping your regular job. It is like the usual advice people get when they hate their job, which is to look for another job first before quitting. We all need money to survive, so if you quit your job to start a channel that might take a while to make you any money, unless you have a lot of savings, how would you pay your bills?
For non-believers : twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1768431267505213672
This is true. I've been sharing at least one video a week on TH-cam for almost 7 years and my income each month still doesn't even cover a week's worth of groceries. This said, without TH-cam, I wouldn't be getting traffic to my Patreon, website, etc., where I am able to make a living. I see it as an investment of my time, and a way to build my audience while providing free value for people, instead of paying for advertising. It's also a much better platform than Instagram and social media, where posts are gone in a second. Here on TH-cam, if you create valuable evergreen videos, you can have people subscribing to your channel for years to come. And because TH-cam is part of Google, you're also easier to find online. TH-cam is also a search engine and not so much a social media channel, and if we strategically treat it as such, it's definitely helpful in growing any type of business. The problem is that lots of people fall into thinking that they can start a TH-cam channel and that this, in and of itself, is a good business plan. It is not. It is a way to grow your audience, build connections, gain experience creating valuable videos for people, and to market your products and services. Thank for the video!
What a great comment! 💯 I just subsrcribed to you 🥰 I am starting here 🥹 Love to do videos about my life 😇💚
A healthy sense of realism is always a good thing! Thank you for the refreshing and honest view on the "small youtuber channel dream".
Long story short. I was dreaming about becoming a TH-camr and getting paid gazillion $ per second. After a solid month of research got so excited about all the successful people in the field, decided to buy ThinkMedia course for nearly $4k. Spent 1 solid year on trying to develop my channel in the blogging niche and my result is 200+ subs. None of ThinkMedia mentors tips were helping my videos, at some point I started to think that I am super ugly and people don't want to look at me.
Then I just dropped this idea and deleted all the videos. Stopped thinking about YT and started to learn game developments. 2 years after I am happy having a good job that pays my bills and smart people around me.
Will I give a YT another try? Probably no. TH-cam is not the best time invesment and not the best traffic funnel you can find. But I will try to complete some video editing projects for some TH-camrs just because I am very interested in video editing.
Paulius, thanks for a good video 🚀 🔥
It depends on what was your blogging content about. If you're now a game developer then that might be something that you could also run a YT channel on a side with it.
@@Tell.Me.Something It was a Casey style video blog about living in London. Running YT channel is definitely not a "side business" or "side option", simply because of how much time it takes to produce 1 video being not a "talking head" footage. I'd rather prefer to play MK1 with my wife just for fun (she beats me badly) ✌️
Anyway, thanks for keeping it positive ⭐
With all respect, it really depends though. I am making videos of what I do in my garden and I now have almost 2k subs in a little over a year. Some niches might be harder then others as well... I think thats what Tell Me Something is trying to say.@@alexdefi
sorry to hear things did work out, but no offense but 200 subs in 1 year is not very good. youtube has become a thing where you need to follow trends and making engaging content. I been on the youtube grind for 3.5 months and try for daily uploads to get traffic to my videos
@@alexdefiI don't wanna be rude, but I will shed some light. We watch Casey Niesta because he is an excellent video creator + story-teller who is wealth and live in New York. Also he was a professional video maker before enter youtube, he basically level up the online vlog game. You can't just be a successful vlogger like Casey Niesta by being an average Joe living a normal life, there's need to be something about you that the audience want watch over and over again. So, if you don't meet any of the criteria that Casey Niesta has (like being a good storyteller, living am exciting city like NYC, going cool stuff, and being pro video editor), you pick the wrong form of content.
TH-cam is hard because its like running a business. Aside from offering value, having experience in making videos is necessary in this creator business. I learned that the hard way! It took me about 1500 hours of experience in making videos to finally learn how to make somewhat decent content for my audience. I'm not sure how many people actually have that type of patience and persistence, which is where you get the 10% statistic of channels with 1K+ subs. 9-5 is necessary for the paycheck, but if you don't have to live near a major city and you are comfortable being a minimalist, this path is for those who don't care about making big paychecks straight away. This path is for people who value creativity over money.
Very good advice Paulius. Trying to find a balance and doing TH-cam is no joke. And I don't even have a 9-5. People might look at my videos thinking oh that probably takes her 20 minutes to do. Where infact it takes me more than 10 hours per video to do. And if I'm not doing a video I'm thinking of ideas for the next one. And I recorded my videos when everyone else is sleeping. And only go to bed at 4am 😅 ✨🌺✨
I needed to hear this . I stopped uploading videos for 4 months, I deeply regret it because looking back I noticed I was getting subscribers at a good rate. I came back uploading videos people want to watch.
Really enjoyed this video. I agree with absolutely everything you say. ....Not many emphasize how much time it takes. One content creator said something like: "Yes, I work a LOT more than my 9-5 BUT I'm doing what I love!"
and I'm thinking: "Yea, but how long are you gonna love it when you're stressed all the time and never see your family and friends" . 🙄
Absolutely right, I’m also experiencing now how much time you need to make videos!
I have almost 9k subscribers and not even close to quitting my job 😂 But I love creating content and will keep grinding.
bro, you are 100 and 1% right. this video is THE MOST HONEST AND SANE analysis of YT. For me YT today looks like Hollywood back in 1930's and 1940's when bunch of people was trying to become famous. And by what I can see what is happening in US I believe that (unfortunately) history does repeats itself. Good luck to everyone, creators and viewers alike.
Thanks for sharing this!
As a mom-to-be soon, trying to juggle a job, social media, and pregnancy, this is very, very humbling and helps me think what this will look like long-term.
No need to quit your 9-5, I still have mine and run TH-cam during white space time. No issues with that until you are 100% certain the channel revenue will consistently support your life before making the leap.
*I've been Doing TH-cam since it's inception and Haven't Stopped and won't stop. I'm not by No means quitting My F/T job to Do this. I like the Hustle of Working F/T and Doing TH-cam P/T. It's Nice to see more videos like out there*
Same here! 🚀
Why do you like the hustle of balancing both? I’m curious to know because I know it will take years before I can even get close to full time but it is hard to balance for me.
Because I've been doing TH-cam since the beginning. I also LOVE my Current Job and have no plans to quit it. TH-cam is Awesome and Love creating content but I'm not lookin to go F/T because I don't need to @@spanishblueprints
There is SO MUCH truth in this video. Thank you SO MUCH for getting this out there for "aspiring" creators who probably haven't thought about the downsides of content creation. Well done.
Yeah im a small youtuber been at it for 3 months parttime and already got 240 subscribers. I really enjoy it.
If you are made for it, you can definitely become fulltime relatively quickly. Unfortunately most people are absolutely not made for this. They lack the energy in front of the camera, they are not patient enough, they dont put in the work and they are just too scared. You also need to be really really strong mentally, as TH-cam is soo much pressure. So, it is really hard to be that person, but if you are, you can go fulltime usually after 1-2 years.
Thank you for sharing!!! Small TH-camr here!! Creating simply because I enjoy it! 🥰
yes same!
Same here ! Keep going ❤
I like the topics you touched on. What really resonated with me is when you touched on how hard TH-cam can be, especially for new creators who jump on board expecting instant success. It's fun but hard work, just keep working and it'll pay off someday 🙏🏾
Yes, very true! I work as a nurse assistant full time and enjoy creating videos on a side! Working, being a wife, a mom, and enjoying making videos is teaching me how to organise my busy life in order to have balance and still be able to be productive in all areas of my life! Wishing everyone the best on their TH-cam journey!
agreed
looks like you have a lot to balance all at once, well done !
@@PauliusCreates Thank God, I’m managing it pretty well!
Thanks for sharing this. As a mom-to-be soon, trying to juggle a job, social media, and pregnancy, this is very encouraging. Thank you!
@@LearnEnglishWithJess Prayers for a great rest of your pregnancy. You will do great! I hope you will get to spend as much time as you can with your baby!
It is true. There are a lot of youtube channels that are successful with hundreds of thousands of followers and they tell people to buy their courses on how to grow on youtube, but the whole reason their channels are big is because their topic is how to grow on youtube, and they just make the same videos over and over again because they focus on ranking their videos and the youtube algorithm. The straight path to unhappinesss and burndown. Following their advice may not necessarily help, unless you plan to make a channel on how to grow on youtube 😅
yup, it's ironic, funny, but hard to argue against 😂
totally agree, they success because talking about same content over and over again 😪😪
Definitely just gonna keep TH-cam as side hustle. The extra $1k/month from ads makes a big difference but not anywhere close replacing my career 😅
True, this is really hard, we've been growing this channel for a bit longer than 2 years, we are at 327k and just two months ago we got a big pay, sadly YT changed the shorts algorithm, and now we are struggling with half the income we had, hope everything gets back to normal =,(
Long form videos earn much more than shorts. May be the way forward is to focus on long videos.
Good points. Always good to be realistic and aware of the big picture.
Well that destroyed my confidence and only on my second vid😂 really appreciate the honesty in your content!!
That wasn't necessarily the purpose. Please keep on creating :)
@@PauliusCreates will do! Appreciate it:)
As much as TH-cam can be renumerative,I believe it’s also like a mirror that shows you how you can improve on yourself and challenge yourself everyday to grow…
The problem is many of us just want to blow up so fast without submitting to the process(though it’s a difficult one) and quit our job so fast,which can be detrimental at times cause overnight success is never for once sustainable.
Overall nice point of view my friend 🙏
oh definitely, it's great for some self reflection and at times quite a bit of self doubt !
Thanks mate !
You made some valid points. Good video!
Your video is spot on and right on the money. I enjoyed watching it.
Nicely stated and I appreciate your honest expression of reality vs. unrealistic expectations based on published hype. You balanced encouraging creators to continue but be realistic on not falling for “TH-cam fairytales” 👍Thank you! ✌️
Thanks for educating others. It's good to be realistic.
So refreshing to hear it!
People don’t realize how much work TH-cam is. Keep your job, do TH-cam on the side and if your channel is consistently do well… go for it. But I’ve been doing it a long time and man it’s super inconsistent
My plan is to get my degree and do TH-cam on the side. I love doing TH-cam, but I can’t fully commit because I have a job and school. For anyone reading this is build your foundation aka your stable job and do TH-cam on the side if it takes off then you can make your decisions. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. I have another channel aside from this one that got monetized in 1 month and I makes me 100 a month, it’s no where near sustainable but I do have other plans to make more income anyways best of luck dudes
I appreciate this video. I am on year two and almost monetized. It has been a loooong journey of grinding and consistency just to get to the very basic 1000 subs. I have lots of watch time and lots of views, but it is still slow-going.
However, it is also a beautiful thing to be able to have a platform where you can express your talents and/or knowledge. I heard another TH-camr once talk about how you know you are doing the right thing when you can't stop doing it. Perhaps that is the lesson here. If you love what you are doing and you are not doing it just to have a job, then the outcome will not matter as much and journey becomes more enjoyable.
Admittingly though, it would be a dream to make a few dollars to help pay for all of the costs associated with running a channel. My family gets frustrated with how much I spend without a return. But, again, I can't stop! It's in my blood now. TH-cam is amazing even if you don't make much money.
It was nice to hear a realistic side to it. Thanks for doing this video. It is so good that those who want to start...understand how long and difficult the journey can be.
Best wishes!!
Thank you for your very honest insights.
Thank you for your well thought out video. I think it is really important to do this because you enjoy it. If not, do something else. Just my take.
I think the biggest thing you miss with those numbers though is that it includes everyone that just creates a profile but never post anything. In other words, they just have a login.
Great Video, It's not an easy journey. Thank you for sharing.
Great video Paulius.
I really like your realistic take on the TH-cam dream.
A quick question, what is your cavalier mic?
It sounds quite good and I feel you had it already on your first videos.
Thanks ! Mic is Boya BY-M1 :)
Very based and solid advice tou share. Hope many will watch this video and actually get a second thought about doing YT fulltime.
Many are sold a dream. Dreams are really monetizable
I started a youtube channel as a way to sell my courses for English. I realized that I wouldn't be able to rely on youtube as another way to make money though as advertising for non-English speaking audiences (outside of France, Germany, Hong Kong maybe) pay pennies to what English-speaking countries earn. Keeping up with making good content and consistently uploading was a job on its own. It also could be a liability for future employment or privacy/safety concerns. With English teaching, I didn't care if future employers saw that as it was professional, but it makes me not want to do travel or personal vlog type videos as people could be judging you over anything you say or do in these vids and in the US you'd be "canceled". Though I love watching your videos about Barcelona because I used to live there and miss it, it's just not the type of content that will make a channel blow up. If you're not trying to sell anything (tourism in BCN for example), I would only do it with the expectation that it's helping me grow in my content creation skills. I'm only saying this because I too have thought about doing a channel like yours, but it wouldn't be worth the effort for me personally. Currently, my channel to teach English to Spanish speakers has less than 1k subscribers because I quit making videos after around 6-7 months into it when my channel tanked after initial success since I stopped uploading for about a month due to morning sickness. I think I'm going to start up another channel, but for a US-based audience and have it be about a topic in the corporate world to help me get freelance clients/get hired. I don't think youtube is a good thing to bank on for anyone wanting to start a channel. With more creators joining everyday, everyone's earnings continue to go down.
I will continue to watch your videos about Barcelona though so I hope you don't stop making them!
Interesting insight and yea you're absolutely right that it's not for "every niche" as some people want to portray. Thanks a lot for watching !
The most realest video on TH-cam Dream.
Thank you, this is super helpful
I’ve just started posting video. Not planning to quit my job, but the main reason, as you rightfully said at the beginning, is to grow as a person. Best paycheck ever 🚀
Always told myself that if I ever get big on TH-cam, I’d still be working my job now. Can’t always rely on TH-cam to make money tbh
Personally TH-cam has helped me develop skills to use on my 9 to 5. Just started my channel 5 months ago, and I've been able to practice more on my editing and marketing skills to attract an audience. My goal is to use this platform for passive income in the future. I have a career and I'm fully invested with my retirement plan, so to QUIT..... ummm absolutely not. And to my young people, please keep in mind HEALTHCARE!!!! Why pay full price when you can pay a group rate for benefits. You will get older, so just some additional knowledge to chew on. ;)
If they are successful and enjoy freedom, why be handcuffed to a job just for the group rate? I've never understood that honestly. You may pay more but you've got more to pay. I'm genuinely curious about this.
@TheNPMogul "handcuff" is taking away someone choice to choose. And they shouldn't stay anywhere they're not happy. Yes, they can absolutely pay more when they're earning more, but why? I guess it's a personal preference. You see it one way and I see it another. We can agree that WE ( you and I ) will never understand each others way of thinking, and it's totally ok. I'm constantly mentoring to individuals that if they're not a hustler by nature...keep that 9 to 5. Find something you enjoy doing so it's not a burden to show up daily. Benefits (retirement, medical, dental, short term, long term, and accident insurance is very expensive So if one is willing to pay 100% verses half because they can....then have at it. 😉
you got it right, data which we have are not correct, we are just looking to the successful ones, without knowing how many didn't, and the other thing , the most fast growing niche is to say for other people how to become youtubers,
The sunset is a metaphor that fits the tone of the video. Proof of concept - very important. I'll add this - the goal should never be merely success on TH-cam itself. Rather, the goal is to lead a community of interest, and then use content to develop and accomplish that. You softly fall back on 2%, or 1 in 50 chance of success. That's actually not a bad probability, but I agree, not enough to forego an income. Last point - I agree, don't buy a course, just make videos, you will learn more. (If you MUST learn something in a course format, there are amazing, inexpensive options on Udemy and Skillshare.)
Thank you for this video. I am struggling to grow my channel even though I’m doing “all the things” and I’m getting frustrated for all the work I put in. (Just came back from filming in New York) I hate my day job and my goal is to become full time travel content creator. I have taken courses from my favourite travel creators and am starting to wonder if it’s just that my content sucks or I’m too old for people to want to watch me when there are so many younger people in this niche. Really want to quit my job but hanging in there…just. Thanks for putting things into perspective.
Maybe if you posted more consistently, that would help. Sometimes you go a whole mpnth without posting. Same thing I'm dealing with. I think consistency will help the both of us. 😅
I'd say continue creating and improving. At the same time , how much effort/money it would cost for you to change the job ? Can it be done in parallel while growing a channel ? Maybe your channel can be a leverage in getting that new position ?
Love this it was actually on my list to do a video just like this. Unfortunately I did quit my job 😢 I’m the channel you described. Been busting my arse and still struggling. I get brands reaching out and ethics come in to play all the time or they want to give you some samples 😂 lol
Samples don’t pay the bills.
Ok let me watch a couple more of your videos and see if I wanna stay 👀 btw I didn’t search this topic. Algorithm sent you to me but maybe it was reading my notes 😂 lol
Oh love the accent
I swear, these apps have started reading. Bc I've been seeing ads on what I've typed. Lol. 😂😂
I think you should go for it , I am sure a lot of people are interested in hearing from small creators about their experience :)
@@PauliusCreates thanks I just might 😏
Thank you for this transparency in this video.
I’m a new creator to promote the 3D terrain I design to sell the digital files and eventually printed. I was terrified making those videos and I am starting to enjoy it.
Hi, these thoughts are very interesting. I love that you say your thoughts and don't try to string us along. I like these videos, thank you
People who quit their jobs to pursue content creation before they have monetized and grown an audience deserve the hard lesson.
Awesome video, Thank you Paulius 👏🏻
Agreed! Thanks for speaking the truth. When you consider the US dollar's exchange rate to the local currency in many developing countries, you realise why many are drawn to the fairytale of overnight success on TH-cam.
Exactly, not everyone can do it.
I was thinking of making a same kind of a video because I see so many influencers selling dreams like everyone can get rich overnight from you tube and it bothers me. I am monetized and I haven't made more than $6 so far since then and I don't think much will change for quite some time. People should make content and try to get monetized but don't expect to be a millionaire as soon as you do.
But what if my 9-5 job also is content creation? ^^
Oh-gosh , allot of TH-camrs start off as rich kids, really! It takes a lot of money to be a filmmaker, and a lot of creators have •money• and are well off on cash , even living with people who have a lot of cash or cut them a break
Yea that's true, I suppose ability to make youtube videos is somewhat of a privilage on its own.
Very wise level headed perspective - subbefd!
Tienes razón, eres el único que hablo de esto y es inteligente de tu parte , gracias
other hand people with wonderful workplace strengths and capability are leaving the workforce making more money on YT when they're more useful in the workplace
Don't quit your job...make videos people want to watch
Ok, how to become a millionaire in 2 days coming up
@@PauliusCreates lmfaooo, this is really funny...
But oftentimes than not.. you would find people watching this a lot, people want to attain financial freedom at all costs, that's why your video on how much you made..attracted alot of people...if you notice the creators who paint this dream of TH-cam are mostly creators of that niche... We know Mr beast earns ALOT for him to quit his job.. but I don't think he has ever mentioned that in his videos..
@@KarlSkorger I am with you. I understand that after hard day of work, last thing people want to hear is "keep working because chance to make it big on youtube are slim".
At the same time, if you're someone who keeps on seeing videos of people blowing up after "3 months". It might be encouraging to keep going when you know that what you see is 1-2%.
Video probs not going to be viral. But if someone stumbles upon it and goes like "oh maybe before I quit, let me see if this could work" type of thing, then I think I succeeded :)
Thank you for your insight!
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According to my calculation I would need one million subscriber for my first channel, since we are two and the production is quite expensive, and the other would need around 200000.
This is to keep my current life style.
If you don’t quit now you never will
might be right.
Doesn't mean that it's a good idea.
I hope you didn't quit though. I meant the videos. Good job!
Thanks ! I have some videos cooking ! :)
Good points
😊🎉❤You are amazing Paulius 🎉. Thank you for sharing this video.
Appreciate it , thank you !🙌🙌
True ☘️
But what if you have already quit your 9-5 job ?
Create as much as you can in the time you have and see where it gets you and re-evaluate I suppose after 2-3 months. Best of luck !
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The smart way to go about this is to just make content while still working your 9-5 job until maybe one day your TH-cam channel pays you more than your 9-5 job. Then if you want to quit your 9-5 job, quit. Theres more time in a day than people realize, you just have to be willing to give some things up in order to work towards your goals.
Totally, shifting priorities and going about how you use your time is key. Giving up certain things is also something I probably should have brought up in the video. Because definitely, it takes a lot of time to make videos and you could be spending your time doing other things ( which in some cases might be bringing more joy ).
@@PauliusCreates It blows my mind sometimes when people think making videos is easy, I honestly want to be like alright you give it a try 😂 recording is the fun part now you have to sit down and edit all that footage
I agree with that. The quality of your work / videos reflects how much effort/ time you invested in your channel. The time frame to become popular on TH-cam definitely will stretch out for a person who work 9-5 and treat TH-cam as a hobby instead of a full time job. I rather you quit your job and go all in for a period of time and if you fail just go back to 9-5 no big deal. I don't even think you should associate TH-cam with income source if you actually treat it as a hobby cos it drains your energy over time for like let say 6 years. @@DBlegacy-tp3sb
Hey Paulius , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Highly Engaging Thumbnail + Video Editing which will surely increase your CTR & AVD which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ! Please Lmk what do you think ?
If you are not in job and if your wife need your help and ask you to find job? 😢
I agree with the premise, but those stats about how many subscribers the average youtube channel has is waaaay out of context.
Over 40 million (¬35%) of those channels included have uploaded a whopping 0 videos. Wouldn't really count that as a youtuber my self.
I wouldn't count any channel with less than 10 videos actually *trying* to actively be a youtuber. I'm not sure how many more channels this culls, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it brings the total down to ¬30 million channels.
This means that '2%' with 10k+ subs is much closer to 8%. Which sounds very reasonable odds to me.
Many of these channels make very poor videos (by standard metrics, no shade to them learning/having fun/trying something new).
Same as any other skill people dabble in.
I wonder if you framed this in other fields (ignoring things like acting/sports) what the stats would look like:
How many professional photographers are there compared to amateur?
Hobbyist coders?
How about chefs?
I'd honestly expect the numbers to look very favourable to youtube if put that way.
yea you bring a very good point, that I didn't investigate further just mentioned in the video that large volume of those channels are not necessarily active.
Your estimate of active users is pretty accurate, what I found on www.wyzowl.com/youtube-stats/ it says 36mil so 2mil with 10k is around 6.25%.
I think it's still pretty low number considering that this is not niche specific. But rather a global number. It would be interesting to see stats per niche with numbers, but I don't expect it to favour youtube though.
Selling dreams is the specialty of Americans, that's why there are so many videos selling that.
TH-cam is about luck if you don't have views around 10-30K after your 50th video probably you will stuck on 100-2K
Plus noone really knows the algorithm even mr beast he just started when anything could go viral
half of youtube viewers are creating content too,
hey man, you need an editor?
hey , I am good, thanks :)
@@PauliusCreates okay
@@IndoGamer93Heyy not to bug or take from the original content creator you asked. But maybe you could edit some my videos?
@@moxoxx what kind of videos bro? TH-cam? Tiktok? Instagram?
@@moxoxx what kind of videos? TH-cam or tiktok or instagram?
Too late 😂
Some full time youtubers dont even deserve the views they get with how inconsistent they upload. If you do youtube full time there is no excuse for you not to upload regularly
What do you mean by uploading regular? Do you mean like daily or weekly, or just on a predictable schedule?
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My advice don't sit in a place and explain the topic.. Go out and place camera where ever you can and make it live. . Especially cut videos and change places and wear cooler or stuff like Casey
. Because it's boring to see your face in a same place.. Because you are not saying news.. You are saying your life experience.. ❤ Hope it helps 🎉.. I am sure you will get more videos if you smile and be more energetic.. I will subscribe once you change your " Way of Presenting "😃
Yeah, yt is full of snake oil salespeople: 'Buy this course and your parents will love you' type of stuff :D
"snakeoil salespeople" 🤣🤣
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
Everyone is going to die one day and after death comes a place for all sinners called hell which is eternal torment, but there is no need to fear because we were given a savior 2,000 years ago and his name is Jesus, so trust in Jesus today as your savior from hell. Christ is the only solution to the sin problem in our world and the eternal penalty as a result, which is ultimately part of our nature passed down from adam and eve due to their rebellion against God.
The good news is that there is a savior from the penalty of sin that God the father sent, and that is his only Son Jesus Christ, born of a virgin and without a sin nature like the rest of mankind. The father established the Old Testament law, which was morally perfect to show man's imperfection in attempting to keep it. But Jesus, being perfect, kept the law perfectly, thus fulfilling the law. However, he didnt just fulfill the law, he also died on the cross as a substitute for all mankind's sin. The penalty for sin is death, so God sent his own son to pay the penalty for Mankind so we dont have to go to hell.
The lake of fire is referred to as "eternal/spiritual death" so when Christ died for you and me, he satisfied the father's wrath against our sin. Afterwards, he was buried and then rose again after 3 days, conquering the grave. He did this so that mankind can recieve eternal life as a free gift, all you have to do is believe it was done for you.
The gospel of john states "He that believeth on the son hath everlasting life, but he that believeth NOT the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him." Believe in the original Greek language translates to "pistueo" which means to entrust, in this case, to entrust ones eternal destination to Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and not of yourselves it is a GIFT of God. Not of works lest anyman should boast." Simply believe what Christ already did for you to receive eternal life. After this, you are given the righteousness of Christ to be just before the father. Romans 4:6 "just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works"
"let's make a video to ensure that no other youtubers are added, that's it, I don't want others to do it, I want to be me, I do not want them to copy me"
15:33 here you go buddy
it is ok buddy, thanks for the comment; but maybe it is like:" I do not say it for that but I say it"@@PauliusCreates
Wow, great job Debbie Downer. I guess everyone should just quit.
you missed the point
@Prego307 It is about taking less risk. You could try youtube as a part time thing while keeping your regular job. It is like the usual advice people get when they hate their job, which is to look for another job first before quitting. We all need money to survive, so if you quit your job to start a channel that might take a while to make you any money, unless you have a lot of savings, how would you pay your bills?
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