YOUTUBE AS A CAREER

WHAT IS A YOUTUBER?

• A YouTuber is a person on YouTube who uploads their own created and edited videos for their subscribers to watch and like.
• A YouTuber can make money off the amount of views their videos get once posted and those views benefit from the amount of subscribers that YouTuber has.
• The more subscribers, the more views your videos will usually get unless it is a viral video that is popular with or without subscribers.

A WORLD OF OPPROTUNITY

• Many well known public figures have been found through YouTube.
• YouTube allows a person to put their talents out into the world via video whether that being filming,acting,singing, editing, etc.

PUBLIC FIGURE EXAMPLE

• Ted Williams
• "A HOMELESS Ohio man has been offered a job with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers after a YouTube video was posted showing him demonstrating his made-for-radio voice. The video of Ted Williams was shot by a reporter who had seen Williams on the side of the road using his voice to collect money from passersby." (Infohio- Article "YouTube Creates Career)
• https://youtu.be/jaGLDKBE8Ho

TED WILLIAMS CONTINUED

• "The video was viewed more than 4 million times in 24 hours after it was posted on Tuesday. The offer to Williams was made by a woman claiming to represent the Cavs. Darren Rovell from TV network CNBC also said NFL Films was interested in hiring Williams. The Cavaliers' offer includes voiceover work on radio and television, and on a new website."
• (Infohio.com- YouTube Creates Careers)

JUSTIN BIEBER

• Justin Bieber was discovered by his manager Scooter when Scooter was scrolling through videos of talent shows to look for young talent.
• He came across a video of a talent show that Justin was in, and later found Justin's YouTube account his mom set up to post various videos of Justin singing.

SUCCESS FROM BEING DISCOVERED ON YOUTUBE

• Justin's old and current YouTube channel where his mom posted videos of him singing is "kidrauhl".
• Since being discovered Justin has an estimated 70 million person fan base and has created over 10 albums.
• He makes up to $60-$80 million a year and has a net worth of $200 million.

BEING A YOUTUBER

• "A YouTuber is estimated to earn about $7.60 per 1,000 ad views, down from $9.35 in 2012, according to TubeMogul, which buys and sells video ads. Ads are only run on a minority of videos shown. Roughly, a video creator will earn $2,000 for every million views. "And then YouTube takes 45 percent,"
• (Www.businessinsider.com)

JENNA MARBLES

• Jenna Marbles has almost 17 million subscribers on YouTube and over 2 billion views.
• "According to this article (6 YouTubers making more money than you), Jenna Marbles' "estimated annual earnings from YouTube is $71,800 to $1.1 million." (2014)That's a huge variance. If you break that down, she makes approximately $5983 - $9,166 per month after taxes."
• (Www.quora.com)

PEWDIEPIE

• Pewdiepie is the most popular YouTuber on YouTube with over 54 million subscribers and over 14 billions views.
• He uploads videos of him everyday doing various things like doing challenges, playing video games and commentating, etc.
• He is considered a comedian of YouTube and is THE public figure of the YouTube community.
• In 2016, Pewdiepie was named the highest paid YouTuber for the second year in a row according to Forbes.
• It was estimated that in the year 2016 Pewdiepie earned up to $15.1 million by the end of the year.

WHAT I LEARNED

• There are so many creative jobs in the world that we are blind to.
• If you have a passion for anything (like Pewdiepie) you can end up making a mass amount of money depending on the effort you put into that passion.
• Media, like YouTube, is such a huge part of entertainment that you can make large amounts of money due to the high demand in YouTube users.