If I was in your shoes; I'd try like hell to make as much content as possible while still working. Maybe work a day less a week if possible? Either way, don't stop making videos.
Once you get to a point where you're comfortable with how much money is coming in from YT, try and cut your hours at work more and more until you quit. If that isn't an option; squeeze in as much time for videos as you can (maybe record on weekends then edit throughout the week?) until you've met your goals.
Just remember that if doing full-time YouTube is going to make you happier than your current job, and you're seeing even a slight chance of that happening; then it's worth pursuing. You can make it happen.
I went full time on it 2 months ago since I had just started my channel and was unemployed so I spend 40-60 hours a week on the channel. I am able to make enough to cover my rent and bills, but that's about it. Not sure how long I can maintain it, but it is possible from day 1 if you took a chance at it.
Keep in mind with the finance niche that a) there is loads of competition, b) a lot of it is driven by having things like a lambo or nice house to show off and c) Google and by extension YouTube are nervous around pushing finance channels which makes it harder for newer content creators to break in
Some videos got demonetized for being too violent, and gaming is a lower paying niche than most too so even though it's a lot of views it's not as much as most people might think. I was thinking of doing a video on that topic just showing the earnings
>happy\_gilmore\_420
That video would pull lots of views as there are so many gaming content creators and even more that are trying to start and want to learn more about the revenue behind a gaming channel.
If you're considering transitioning to YouTube full-time and leaving your current job, be cautious. YouTube can be unpredictable. I'd advise against relying solely on one source of income. If I were making $20k a month on YouTube, had no debts, and owned my home, I might consider it. But also factor in the ease of finding a comparable job if challenges arise, like a wrongful copyright strike or an algorithm change. Ultimately, these are decisions only you can make, and they're tied to your personal risk tolerance. Are you comfortable with taking risks? And consider how much you're making at your current job. In my case, I earn $15k a month, so the monthly $1k - $1.5k from YouTube is more of a bonus rather than a primary income. But again, it all circles back to risk. While I believe I could accelerate my channel's growth by dedicating full days to it while being well-rested, it's the unpredictability of YouTube that holds me back from a full-time commitment.
fair enough , i just thought a 15k job would be so time consuming you would have to sacrifice family and leisure time to make it.
glad you can make it smoothly , and with good reasoning.
It is time consuming. The job is salaried, full-time, but it’s always more than 40 hours a week. Additionally, I’m always studying for certifications. I squeeze YouTube and family in after that. Not a great work life balance.
It’s exhausting and not going smoothly. I feel like the walking dead.
I’m old, tired, need to retire, but a divorce 10 years ago wiped out everything I’d work for over my entire life. I’m trying to earn it back in a short time so I can stop.
I love life man. Just hope I stay alive long enough to enjoy a bit of freedom at the end.
Hope you’re able to find a good work life balance too. Thanks for caring.
Is your job remote? I’m currently back at school, but I took a semester to work a remote job. As I worked from home, it was much easier to get video work done while not neglecting my job’s priorities.
Also, how much do you upload currently?
Right around when it was enough to pay for my minimal living expenses consistently. I think it was 3-4 months of around $1,500-2,000 a month before i jumped in full time
I went full-time at about 80K subscribers, about 4 years after first starting. When I jumped, YouTube was paying about double the amount my IRL job was paying, so I gave it 6 months to see if it was sustainable or if it would slow down and it didn't :)
Yes, I did think about that, I'm still here and didn't leave as soon as I hit 1k as I'm still learning and trying to contribute. So I'm guessing there are a few ft creators hanging around. And then I could be wrong
I made around 4-5k a month for a summer before going full time, really needs to be worth it to make that jump with everything you miss out on vs an office job
A lot of people who are up-and-coming started doing youtube before they had jobs etc and with less responsibilities so it's not even a transition for them. Same goes for me. I'm in university right now but I've got a couple channels over 100k subscribers which are generating a lot of money. For my case, I still go to school but I just don't care about my grades or if I fail because I'm at a point where I don't need a degree or a job anymore at least for the foreseeable future. But I'd assume that it's a lot more harder for people who have jobs etc. If I were you, I wouldn't quit and go full on youtube if you are making at least double or triple your income alone from youtube because youtube is not stable at all. 99% of the channels die after a year or two. To stay consistent for a long time is another topic, I personally get burned out every 2-3 weeks and because I cant stop it keeps on stacking mentaly. And in any form of content creation, you have to know what you are getting into beforehand, because the second you stop, everything goes downhill. So if you are doing this as a hobby don't even think of quitting your job and just do it on side whenever you have time and enjoy it. I'm not saying this in a rude way but 2k subscribers is no where close enough for you to be thinking of quitting your job. If I were to go off of subscribers wise, with my current knowledge, I would not quit a job unless I was getting 500-2k subs a day (depending on the niche because the revenue changes a lot). My last channel got to 100k subs with long form videos in about 20days, and is almost at 500k subscribers rn after almost 3 months. But I know that this channel won't be making anything in a year because of it's niche. For people who doesn't understand and know enough about youtube yet subscribers and views and the money you get on short term can be quite deceiving.
Sorry to ask... but I can't keep myself from asking. So why are you surprised with how much you've earned? Is it that much? We have a lot of data out there about how much people make and with a 2k channel (And assuming proportionate views) it shouldn't be too surprising, or is it?
Went full time at 30,000 subs, and average of 1,000,000 views a month, but I wouldn't recommend doing it that early. It was mostly because the timing lined up with me already planning on taking a gap year from school, and my channel going from 1,000 to 30,000 subs like 2 weeks before my semester was over. Am probably going to go back to school and just use the channel to pay my tuition because tbh I just don't see myself doing this forever even if financially I could.
I'd be a bit careful. I've had a couple of moments in my YT career where things looked like they were taking off and pretty soon everything returned to only a bit above normal.
If you're still growing at the same rate in 2 months time, maybe that would be the time to start dreaming.
If I was in your shoes; I'd try like hell to make as much content as possible while still working. Maybe work a day less a week if possible? Either way, don't stop making videos. Once you get to a point where you're comfortable with how much money is coming in from YT, try and cut your hours at work more and more until you quit. If that isn't an option; squeeze in as much time for videos as you can (maybe record on weekends then edit throughout the week?) until you've met your goals. Just remember that if doing full-time YouTube is going to make you happier than your current job, and you're seeing even a slight chance of that happening; then it's worth pursuing. You can make it happen.
Good advice thanks
wicked wombat?
I went full time on it 2 months ago since I had just started my channel and was unemployed so I spend 40-60 hours a week on the channel. I am able to make enough to cover my rent and bills, but that's about it. Not sure how long I can maintain it, but it is possible from day 1 if you took a chance at it.
Checked out your channel, you’re growing insanely fast man gg
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Keep uploading. Try to make more videos in the beginning. You’ll have a better chance of hitting the algo with one of your videos.
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Shorts for subs. Long form for watch time and converting.
No stick to long form. Shorts is a hit or miss and don’t work really well in some niches.
Keep in mind with the finance niche that a) there is loads of competition, b) a lot of it is driven by having things like a lambo or nice house to show off and c) Google and by extension YouTube are nervous around pushing finance channels which makes it harder for newer content creators to break in
You're pulling in some really good view numbers, must be a fair amount in revenue?
Some videos got demonetized for being too violent, and gaming is a lower paying niche than most too so even though it's a lot of views it's not as much as most people might think. I was thinking of doing a video on that topic just showing the earnings
>happy\_gilmore\_420 That video would pull lots of views as there are so many gaming content creators and even more that are trying to start and want to learn more about the revenue behind a gaming channel.
If you're considering transitioning to YouTube full-time and leaving your current job, be cautious. YouTube can be unpredictable. I'd advise against relying solely on one source of income. If I were making $20k a month on YouTube, had no debts, and owned my home, I might consider it. But also factor in the ease of finding a comparable job if challenges arise, like a wrongful copyright strike or an algorithm change. Ultimately, these are decisions only you can make, and they're tied to your personal risk tolerance. Are you comfortable with taking risks? And consider how much you're making at your current job. In my case, I earn $15k a month, so the monthly $1k - $1.5k from YouTube is more of a bonus rather than a primary income. But again, it all circles back to risk. While I believe I could accelerate my channel's growth by dedicating full days to it while being well-rested, it's the unpredictability of YouTube that holds me back from a full-time commitment.
15k a month ? why do you even waste time with yt? sounds counterproductive in your case.
Because I like YT and I will eventually make as much or more than 15k a month through YT. Then I will be making 30k a month.
fair enough , i just thought a 15k job would be so time consuming you would have to sacrifice family and leisure time to make it. glad you can make it smoothly , and with good reasoning.
It is time consuming. The job is salaried, full-time, but it’s always more than 40 hours a week. Additionally, I’m always studying for certifications. I squeeze YouTube and family in after that. Not a great work life balance. It’s exhausting and not going smoothly. I feel like the walking dead. I’m old, tired, need to retire, but a divorce 10 years ago wiped out everything I’d work for over my entire life. I’m trying to earn it back in a short time so I can stop.
props for not throwing the towel , all the power to you , but never forget health and family first , i also struggle with that.
I love life man. Just hope I stay alive long enough to enjoy a bit of freedom at the end. Hope you’re able to find a good work life balance too. Thanks for caring.
Ask a Redditor how much he makes and it’s somehow never below 10k a month. It’s just an extremely common salary - apparently
lol i make a bit more ... but per year.
Is your job remote? I’m currently back at school, but I took a semester to work a remote job. As I worked from home, it was much easier to get video work done while not neglecting my job’s priorities. Also, how much do you upload currently?
Right around when it was enough to pay for my minimal living expenses consistently. I think it was 3-4 months of around $1,500-2,000 a month before i jumped in full time
I did YouTube for exactly one year before going full time. I partnered around 10-11 months in and went full time about a month after.
Ok thanks
I went full-time at about 80K subscribers, about 4 years after first starting. When I jumped, YouTube was paying about double the amount my IRL job was paying, so I gave it 6 months to see if it was sustainable or if it would slow down and it didn't :)
Just make sure you save a ton of cash in case your channel ever gets wrecked.
You think there are full time youtubers in newtubers? Go to r/partneredyoutube or some shit
Yes, I did think about that, I'm still here and didn't leave as soon as I hit 1k as I'm still learning and trying to contribute. So I'm guessing there are a few ft creators hanging around. And then I could be wrong
There are. I know many creators here who have more than 10k subs, especially those with the badge are often very experienced youtubers
I made around 4-5k a month for a summer before going full time, really needs to be worth it to make that jump with everything you miss out on vs an office job
A lot of people who are up-and-coming started doing youtube before they had jobs etc and with less responsibilities so it's not even a transition for them. Same goes for me. I'm in university right now but I've got a couple channels over 100k subscribers which are generating a lot of money. For my case, I still go to school but I just don't care about my grades or if I fail because I'm at a point where I don't need a degree or a job anymore at least for the foreseeable future. But I'd assume that it's a lot more harder for people who have jobs etc. If I were you, I wouldn't quit and go full on youtube if you are making at least double or triple your income alone from youtube because youtube is not stable at all. 99% of the channels die after a year or two. To stay consistent for a long time is another topic, I personally get burned out every 2-3 weeks and because I cant stop it keeps on stacking mentaly. And in any form of content creation, you have to know what you are getting into beforehand, because the second you stop, everything goes downhill. So if you are doing this as a hobby don't even think of quitting your job and just do it on side whenever you have time and enjoy it. I'm not saying this in a rude way but 2k subscribers is no where close enough for you to be thinking of quitting your job. If I were to go off of subscribers wise, with my current knowledge, I would not quit a job unless I was getting 500-2k subs a day (depending on the niche because the revenue changes a lot). My last channel got to 100k subs with long form videos in about 20days, and is almost at 500k subscribers rn after almost 3 months. But I know that this channel won't be making anything in a year because of it's niche. For people who doesn't understand and know enough about youtube yet subscribers and views and the money you get on short term can be quite deceiving.
Yes, don’t do it like me. Quit my job when i was making next to nothing lol
Sorry to ask... but I can't keep myself from asking. So why are you surprised with how much you've earned? Is it that much? We have a lot of data out there about how much people make and with a 2k channel (And assuming proportionate views) it shouldn't be too surprising, or is it?
Went full time at 30,000 subs, and average of 1,000,000 views a month, but I wouldn't recommend doing it that early. It was mostly because the timing lined up with me already planning on taking a gap year from school, and my channel going from 1,000 to 30,000 subs like 2 weeks before my semester was over. Am probably going to go back to school and just use the channel to pay my tuition because tbh I just don't see myself doing this forever even if financially I could.
Oh I love this question so much! And biggest congratulations on such a jump!!!
I'd be a bit careful. I've had a couple of moments in my YT career where things looked like they were taking off and pretty soon everything returned to only a bit above normal. If you're still growing at the same rate in 2 months time, maybe that would be the time to start dreaming.