Unlike the other categories of the 'Products & Services' section of this website. YouTube (being the category) has an entire catalogue of training modules and hints & tips for the 'wannabee' YouTube creator, and unless you've already started this journey, there are a few questions that you need to ask yourself. It is clearly a very profitable niche to be in with literally hundreds of thousands of self made millionaires, with followings of multiple millions of fans.
Creators such as 6 year old Ryan, likely the envy of elementary school kids worldwide, 6-year-old Ryan of YouTube's "Ryan's Toys Review" makes millions for his family every year by opening and reviewing new toys. The family-run channel has over 10 million followers.
So what do you need to be successful as a YouTube Star?
Firstly you need a really good subject. Revenues from 'Products & Services' are really a bonus if you are doing this properly as your subject, your personality and the entertainment value is what ultimately defines your success.
So how do you become successful on YouTube?
To gain a wider and bigger viewership, you need to produce a more sophisticated and attractive YouTube channel. This can be achieved by following these suggestions, many of which are overlooked by many users when trying to become successful on YouTube.
Check out this excellent (13) step by step guide from
WikiHow that graphically takes you on a walk through the process. building your channel,
But, ... before you start, spend some time evaluating the keywords that your audience is likely to search on, this will save you many hours of frustration and heartache later in the process of becoming a star in your own right.
To give you a better understanding of what works on YouTube, we have listed aside the Top 10 YouTube stars of 2017.
At #10: Lilly Singh — $10.5 million
Lilly Singh produces comedy sketches, music videos, and other media on her one-woman YouTube channel, "Superwoman," where she has a rabid fan base of over 12.7 million followers.
At # 8 (tie): Ryan ToysReview — $11 million
Likely the envy of elementary school kids worldwide, the 6-year-old Ryan of YouTube's Ryan ToysReview makes millions for his family by opening and reviewing new toys. The family-run channel has over 10 million followers.
At # 8 (tie): Smosh — $11 million
Smosh, started by comedy duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, was one of the first YouTube sensations, becoming well known for the duo's slapstick comedy videos that parodied video games and pop culture.
At # 7: Jake Paul — $11.5 million
Jake Paul started out as a personality on the now-defunct Vine, creating comedic shorts with his older brother, Logan Paul (the fourth-highest earner on this list). Jake Paul now posts comedy videos, original music, and other material on his personal YouTube account, which has over 12 million followers.
At # 6: Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie) — $12 million
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is a boisterous Swedish video game commentator whose videos feature him playing various video games, while a box in the top corner of the screen shows his reactions to what's happening. His YouTube account has over 58 million followers.
At # 4 (tie): Mark Fischbach (Markiplier) — $12.5 million
Mark Fischbach, known as Markiplier, is a YouTuber focused on gaming. He has an energetic style, and his site has over 18 million followers. Fischbach has ambitions beyond YouTube, as well.
At # 4 (tie): Logan Paul — $12.5 million
The former Vine star and older brother of Jake Paul has over 14 million followers on his personal YouTube account, where he posts vlogs and comedic reaction videos.
At # 3: Dude Perfect — $14 million
Dude Perfect is a channel from twins Cory and Coby Cotton and three other "best buddies" from Texas A&M, all former high school basketball players. They do sports tricks and comedy, some of which makes fun of sports stereotypes.
At # 2: Evan Fong (VanossGaming) — $15.5 million
VanossGaming (or Vanoss) is the YouTube name of Evan Fong, a 25-year-old Canadian. While not much is known about Fong, he posts comedy videos that show him playing various video games. What sets his videos apart is the quality of his editing — he frequently posts montages that compress his hours of gaming into one compact video of funny moments.
At #1: Daniel Middleton (DanTDM) — $16.5 million
26-year-old Daniel Middleton, otherwise known as TheDiamondMinecart, is a popular YouTuber focused on the game Minecraft. Middleton posts daily reviews and gameplay videos. He is married to another popular Minecraft YouTuber, JemPlaysMC. This year, he had a world tour that included four sold-out nights at the Sydney Opera House.
While the Top 10 are not your everyday experts on cooking gardening, car maintenance, hobbyists, musician's or anyone we would generally classify as normal, they are the highest earners for 2017.
Finding ideas for YouTube videos that make money is the first simple step. You know yourself better than anyone else. Choose your genre/niche and search for other videos that fall into your chosen category, take your phone out of your pocket, hit record and start talking into it. Ask friends and family to critique your first attempt, ask for direction and opinion, ascertain what you need to do to make your next attempt better.
Rinse & Repeat!
Just look at the top 10 aside, being 100% professional, doesn't stop you achieving fantastic fame & fortune.
The beauty of making money on YouTube is, you don't have to be great to succeed!
YouTube gets more than one billion unique visitors a month and boasts one million creators in its YouTube Partner Program alone.
With every 1,000 views, you should be able to get an approximate return of $2-$4 per view. This might not seem a lot, but if you considered making 100 videos with 5,000 views each (5,000 views is very low numbers), that could generate $100,000-$200,000 a year after YouTube takes their 45%.
So, if you've got the personality to put yourself out there, it has to be one of the easiest and plausibly cheapest ways to become not only Rich, but Famous also!
