YouTube's New Monetization Rules

[Mechaghostman2]

[CapnAwesome]

YouTube is stupid.

[emjay]

What I find amazing is that they pay anyone anything, not that they pay too little... I've never understood this ad funding lark when the whole world hates adverts and avoids them like the plague. But anyway, how does it breakdown... how does it work? After you've got the minimum requirements, how is it worked out... is it a commission based on views, likes, or subs or is it a fixed rate? Just out of curiosity.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's only about the money these days. The Cold War was nothing compared to the Cash War.

[Mechaghostman2]

What I find amazing is that they pay anyone anything, not that they pay too little... I've never understood this ad funding lark when the whole world hates adverts and avoids them like the plague. But anyway, how does it breakdown... how does it work? After you've got the minimum requirements, how is it worked out... is it a commission based on views, likes, or subs or is it a fixed rate? Just out of curiosity.

They put ads on your videos, and every time someone clicks on one, the companies that are advertising pay money. And the content creators keep 60% of that.

[mlmooney89]

I subscribed just for the hell of it because I know what it's like to need followers for your personal work.

[emjay]

What I find amazing is that they pay anyone anything, not that they pay too little... I've never understood this ad funding lark when the whole world hates adverts and avoids them like the plague. But anyway, how does it breakdown... how does it work? After you've got the minimum requirements, how is it worked out... is it a commission based on views, likes, or subs or is it a fixed rate? Just out of curiosity.

They put ads on your videos, and every time someone clicks on one, the companies that are advertising pay money. And the content creators keep 60% of that.

Right, thanks for that So it's not what I thought at all... it's nothing to do with hits, likes, and subs... only indirectly in that they increase exposure of the ads.

[Mechaghostman2]

I subscribed just for the hell of it because I know what it's like to need followers for your personal work.

Thank you.

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They put ads on your videos, and every time someone clicks on one, the companies that are advertising pay money. And the content creators keep 60% of that.

Right, thanks for that So it's not what I thought at all... it's nothing to do with hits, likes, and subs... only indirectly in that they increase exposure of the ads.

Yeah pretty much. It's just based on how many ads the viewers click, and how much money each ad is worth.

[vulcanlogician]

I don't really see why advertisers have the same mentality that they've always had. It's a new game. It used to be that companies would specifically sponsor a given program. If the program then delivered a controversial message, advertisers would withdraw their support.

But these days, with algorithms determining where ads end up, no one holds sponsors responsible for endorsing unpopular material.

Side note: If anyone watches pseudoscience debunking vids on youtube, it's funny to see that often the ad is often for the thing being debunked-- because ads for products are often selected due to the name of a particular thing being mentioned in the title of the video. (ie. a video which examines the lack of efficacy of essential oils will feature ads for essential oils.) It's hilarious.