The True Costs of Being on YouTube : creator degoogle
The True Costs of Being on YouTube : creator degoogle
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The True Costs of Being on YouTube
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Typical foodie blog with having to read about her life story before getting to the actual recipe!
$3500 per episode sounds like she was going a bit overboard & could easily refactor her costs without sacrificing quality
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Jeez, I still remember when the production cost of videos was "I bought this camcorder a while back, so I guess, I might as well use it".
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Honestly, it sounds like she’s overdoing it on the production quality of her videos if it’s costing her $3500 per 20 minute video. It’s just YouTube.
She also says her best video got like 350,000 views, I’ve seen crappy reaction videos that get more than that. And Google takes 2/3 of the ad revenue for everything she makes.
I have no idea about production cost, but 3500€ sounds like a lot. Still, the days of "broadcast yourself" are clearly over (just look at the production value of philosophy tube, not to mention MrBeast). Unfortunately, cooking videos are notoriously demanding videos, at least when it comes to lighting and camera, etc. It's really easy to make food look gross on camera.
Here's an interesting video on cooking on youtube
From my TV exp. any "show and tell" videos are surprisingly hard, but food is a nightmare. Still it sounds like some really high costs.
i think philosphy tube is broadcasting herself though, she's an actress and likes to put on a show, of course she's started to put on more of a show once she's gotten comfy in her skin & has a budget to do it
she's having fun whilst making educational videos, it's a win/win
it is a shame that everyone feels a pressure to perform to such high standard. if "yourself" isn't selling well enough you're either dropping out of youtube or ending up changing yourself into someone you're not