How YouTube works

[Bob Of Burleson]

Ask Mr. Modem:

Q. When something goes “viral” on YouTube, do all those hits generate money or do people upload their videos just to get their 15 minutes of so-called fame. Why do people do it?

A. Videos that do go viral can generate money — sometimes very big money. If your YouTube channel has enough followers, you can make money every time someone watches one of your videos. And if your followers watch oodles of videos, it can translate into hundreds of thousands and perhaps even millions of dollars.

In a ’Net shell, every 1,000 times an advertisement is seen (views or CPM), YouTube is paid a certain amount of money, typically between $20 and $25. When a YouTube channel has enough followers, the owner of the account can apply to become a member of YouTube’s Partner Program and then earn a percentage of the CPM earned from videos on their channel. YouTube takes 45 percent of whatever the partner’s channel earns. The CPM price can vary quite a bit, but typically a YouTube Partner ends up earning a roughly $5 to $7 per CPM, so that means for every 1,000 times an advertisement is shown on their channel, the Partner earns $7 and YouTube receives $18. For more information or to see who is raking in the big YouTube bucks, visit http://tinyurl.com/n56vze7. Bear in mind, however, that the average doofus who uploads a video of his cat coughing up a fur ball need not spend any time waiting for royalty checks. There are hundreds of thousands of videos that have been on YouTube for years and have perhaps 40 or 50 views, most of them from the person who uploaded the video.

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