Archived Why almost no one is making a living on YouTube (washingtonpost.com)
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Archived Why almost no one is making a living on YouTube (washingtonpost.com)
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https://unvis.it/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/02/why-almost-no-one-is-making-a-living-on-youtube/ :
'But a new study finds that the odds of striking it rich on YouTube — or even making a modest living — are small. '
'Now, YouTube is taking steps that make it even harder for creators at the bottom. '
'YouTube offers 18 genrelike categories, and selecting the right one “is a highly significant predictor of channel success,” Bartl wrote. '
'The chance of a channel making into the rarefied top 3 percent was best for comedy, entertainment, how-to and style, and gaming. '
'The median views per video plummeted to 89 in 2016; a decade earlier, that number was 10,262. '
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