Jacksepticeye

Mint Aero

Is making more money than you...

Who?

Whadda'ya mean who?

He's Irish, he's a celebrity, he's actually probably more famous than Joe Duffy and Sharon Ní Bheoláin combined and he's only in his mid twenties...

Ahright a 20 something...that's why I don't know him. I'm not down with the kids.

Well if you have kids....grandpa, chances are you've heard of him. I did a quick search on boards and he hasn't been mentioned once. That's funny considering he's earning more money than you for doing nothing other than playing video games on YouTube.

So how's work going for ya? Bet you're delighted it's Friday and you get to browse boards at 1, when you're not allowed out of the office and have to eat at your desk because everyone else does....

I'm just joking with ya

Point of the thread being, there's money to be made in that there Youtube. For some.

anncoates

Wtf

Matt_Trakker

I will also be getting drunk today OP, but not till at least 1pm

Wetbench4

Down with begrudgers

Mint Aero

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

I will also be getting drunk today OP, but not till at least 1pm

I started at 11:30, it's fine. I'm fine.

frozenfrozen

Mint Aero wrote: »

I started at 11:30, it's fine. I'm fine.

is that still the morning?

anncoates

Mint Aero wrote: »

I started at 11:30.

Yesterday?

BMJD

Haill Satan!

CFlat

That's my aim in life, to be more famous than Joe Duffy and Sharon Ni Something.

I have lofty ambitions, don't ya know.

syklops

If its not on Boards then no wonder I've not heard of him/it.

Also, this single mention of him/it on boards doesn't exactly clue you in to what the F%^k he/it is about, does it?

Micky Dolenz

I feel violated after reading that. There are some things in this world I don't need to know.

c_man

Mint Aero wrote: »

Point of the thread being, there's money to be made in that there Youtube. For some.

... I feel like I should start removing items of clothing? Will you make me famous?

Mint Aero

syklops wrote: »

If its not on Boards then no wonder I've not heard of him/it.

Also, this single mention of him/it on boards doesn't exactly clue you in to what the F%^k he/it is about, does it?

Mint Aero wrote: »

he's earning more money than you for doing nothing other than playing video games on YouTube.

What's more to be said? :pac:

Oh yeah nosey posters questioning my drinking that's what! :mad:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

tl;didn't watch.

bjork

My internet only has boards.ie on it.

I wouldn't satisfy the feckers to pay the premium for the other channels

Stone Deaf 4evr

Mint Aero wrote: »

Is making more money than you...

Who?

Whadda'ya mean who?

He's Irish, he's a celebrity, he's actually probably more famous than Joe Duffy and Sharon Ní Bheoláin combined and he's only in his mid twenties...

Ahright a 20 something...that's why I don't know him. I'm not down with the kids.

Well if you have kids....grandpa, chances are you've heard of him. I did a quick search on boards and he hasn't been mentioned once. That's funny considering he's earning more money than you for doing nothing other than playing video games on YouTube.

So how's work going for ya? Bet you're delighted it's Friday and you get to browse boards at 1, when you're not allowed out of the office and have to eat at your desk because everyone else does....

I'm just joking with ya

Point of the thread being, there's money to be made in that there Youtube. For some.

I've been a follower of numerous youtube personalities over the years, and most will share the same story, its not all playing games , editing and let the cash roll in. lots of them work upwards of 18 hours a day, playing games trying to get 15 minutes of footage that 'clicks'. also, you're constantly writing your own material for commentating over the vids. not to mention that youtube is full of hateful wasters, who do nothing only post trolling comments and insults, not to mind the whole "swatting" aspect to it.

CruelCoin

SPEED IS KEY!

Anyway, fair play to him. Nice energetic style to his videos, and he focuses on the smaller indie games i like.

Some back of a hankerchief maths:

Youtube + ads pay around €500-€2000 per million views.
In terms of viewership and subscribers, and comparing him to much more popular channels, he's middle of the road, so lets call it €1000 per video.
Youtube takes half: €500. Video editing fees can be anything from free-€500 per video. but if he's to be believed, he edits himself, so thats €0.
So we're at €500 per video, at 3 videos per week = €1500 weekly.
Then lets give him some holidays and its ballpark : €75000 pre-tax for a 60-70hr workweek.

I'm not particularly jelly. I'm at similar € p/hr for my 50hr workweek.

Mint Aero

CruelCoin wrote: »

SPEED IS KEY!

Anyway, fair play to him. Nice energetic style to his videos, and he focuses on the smaller indie games i like.

Some back of a hankerchief maths:

Youtube + ads pay around €500-€2000 per million views.
In terms of viewership and subscribers, and comparing him to much more popular channels, he's middle of the road, so lets call it €1000 per video.
Youtube takes half: €500. Video editing fees can be anything from free-€500 per video. but if he's to be believed, he edits himself, so thats €0.
So we're at €500 per video, at 3 videos per week = €1500 weekly.
Then lets give him some holidays and its ballpark : €75000 pre-tax for a 60-70hr workweek.

I'm not particularly jelly. I'm at similar € p/hr for my 50hr workweek.

He uploads 2 or 3 a day from what I can see. So that's 5 big ones per week we'll say.

CruelCoin

Mint Aero wrote: »

He uploads 2 or 3 a day from what I can see. So that's 5 big ones per week we'll say.

Huh.

He used to be slower.

I stand corrected.

2-300000 per year so.

Yes, am now jelly.

sjb25

that would be an ecumenical matter

FluffyAngel

What's you tube ?

Mint Aero

FluffyAngel wrote: »

What's you tube ?

It's the telly tube of you.

sbsquarepants

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I've been a follower of numerous youtube personalities over the years,.

There are youtube personalities?
I really have to start watching more than stolen movies, ted talks and lesbian porn:D

CFlat

FluffyAngel wrote: »

What's you tube ?

I'm not sure but I think it's a subteranean vehicle found in and around the Greater London area. You know, one that you can travel in.

biko

Good for him.


/care

Mint Aero

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I've been a follower of numerous youtube personalities over the years, and most will share the same story, its not all playing games , editing and let the cash roll in. lots of them work upwards of 18 hours a day, playing games trying to get 15 minutes of footage that 'clicks'. also, you're constantly writing your own material for commentating over the vids. not to mention that youtube is full of hateful wasters, who do nothing only post trolling comments and insults, not to mind the whole "swatting" aspect to it.

I highly doubt anyone is playing and editing 18 hrs a day to get 15 mins of footage. I'm not gonna listen to such crap in my thread.

MRnotlob606

That's like a euphemism for a stubborn foreskin. But I'm sure there is a comparison between a useless piece of skin and flesh and an integral part of a mans anatomy.

Pewdiepie made €3m from YouTube.

Mint Aero

Deleted User wrote: »

Pewdiepie made €3m from YouTube.

Made? You mean makes per year at least.

King George VI

I still don't know what a tracker mortgage is

You know what that tells you? Be an annoying f*cker and you get rich. This is the world we live in.

Mint Aero

Deleted User wrote: »

You know what that tells you? Be an annoying f*cker and you get rich. This is the world we live in.

I'm trying my best but boards isn't making me no dough.

Mint Aero

c_man wrote: »

... I feel like I should start removing items of clothing? Will you make me famous?

shhh the camera is rolling. More nude less talk c_man.

Corvo

I watch him a lot.

When I first switched it on, I was like "Who is this gimp?" but after watching a few videos and finding a lot of them hilarious, I thought - fair play to you. Better than some wasters doing nothing. He found a niche market of being a overly loud, energetic gamer who posts videos on Youtube and made cash from it.

Anyone that watches his Vlogs/Comment Readings knows he seems pretty sincere and just a normal bloke at the end of the day.

His videos often cheer me up on a Monday evening after work, I wish him the best.

Duggy747

Spotted him doing Oculus Rift stuff when his channel was small and he was getting a few thousand views per video, that was actually the perfect time to get your channel out there more and I think gave him good coverage since I saw his videos appear on a lot of VR sites.

But I can't stand that style of special kind of Youtuber shouting, screaming and over-exaggerating everything like a child. It's painful stuff that seems to be gobbled up on Youtube but it works.

Fair play to him, though. I checked up on his channel a few weeks back and was genuinely surprised at how massive he's gotten, I know it's not an easy task all the same but just not my flavour at all.

CruelCoin

Duggy747 wrote: »

But I can't stand that style of special kind of Youtuber shouting, screaming and over-exaggerating everything like a child. It's painful stuff that seems to be gobbled up on Youtube but it works.

He's nothing compared to this goon:

Opening picture says it all really.

Sterling Archer

I've watched his stuff for a while.. I think he falls into a nice section where he is loud and energetic, but to the point when I think it's ok...

The work behind the scenes for youtubers like him can be insane, he was describing it on one of his videos how he often recorded into the early early morning, edited and then slept while the videos processed, then woke up, uploaded videos and then interacted with fans through social media, basically all work and no play..

He seems like a solid guy and genuinely works hard at his job.

Schwiiing

Basically, if it's not current FrankieonPC or Seananners before he sold out I'm not interested.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The only youtubers I watch are Trucker Josh and Luke Vernon. Fair play to this kid for doing well out of it though.

Mars Bar

I went to college with him. Lovely fella. I didn't know he was so big in to gaming though so it was a surprise when I found his youtube channel and saw all of his subscribers! He churns out two vids a day I think. That is a serious amount of work.

wendell borton

Banana republic,
Jacksepticeye,

sparksfly

I'm totally lost here folks. I think I've become dyslexic or suffered a mild stroke.

Mint Aero

sparksfly wrote: »

I'm totally lost here folks. I think I've become dyslexic or suffered a mild stroke.

It's the latter. Get yourself to a hospital and post a thread about it and a vlog.

sparksfly

Mint Aero wrote: »

It's the latter. Get yourself to a hospital and post a thread about it and a vlog.

Righty oh.
Christ, I was just taking to herself this morning about how well I felt.

pmasterson95

I couldn't stand him at first. Thought he was an American playing the "Irish" card to get attention. He seems to horribly overact/shout/accent up some things way too OTT in some vids. When I realised hes actually Irish I gave few more a watch, in his "calmer" vids I enjoy him and he comes across as a nice genuine guy. He can go very OTT tho.




And if you want youtube as a guide look at Smosh. Two guys that released a video singing the pokemon theme song now have a company, a website, crew of hosts for their gaming channel, crew of actors and working main duo now on making a movie.

Mars Bar

pmasterson95 wrote: »

I couldn't stand him at first. Thought he was an American playing the "Irish" card to get attention. He seems to horribly overact/shout/accent up some things way too OTT in some vids. When I realised hes actually Irish I gave few more a watch, in his "calmer" vids I enjoy him and he comes across as a nice genuine guy. He can go very OTT tho.




And if you want youtube as a guide look at Smosh. Two guys that released a video singing the pokemon theme song now have a company, a website, crew of hosts for their gaming channel, crew of actors and working main duo now on making a movie.

He said he had to take on a more American accent coz a lot of foreign viewers were struggling with his Irish accent.

pmasterson95

Mars Bar wrote: »

He said he had to take on a more American accent coz a lot of foreign viewers were struggling with his Irish accent.

Wait so he "un-irishes" his accent? Crap I thought he magnified it. I'll just put him alongside Kerry Condon in the truly bizzare Irish accent category.

pmasterson95

He now has a vibrant green died into his hair. Hes getting calmer but hes milking the irish angle.

Fukuyama

Why are people so obsessed with the fact that a few people make money off YouTube?

Who gives a crap. It's not a new concept or even that exciting. They upload videos, get ad revenues or sell crap.

It definitely takes talent, confidence and commitment. I'm not knocking it, even if watching "vlogger" isn't my thing at all. But it's hardly worthy of the kind of awe some seem to have for them.

Earthhorse

I am Jack's lack of YouTube subscribers.

The_Valeyard

Earthhorse wrote: »

I am Jack's lack of YouTube subscribers.

I see what you did there


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