{"id":136820,"date":"2019-05-03T18:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T18:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=136820"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:01:44","slug":"youtube-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I realistically have a career as a YouTube content creator?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YouTube<\/p>\n

We’ve all thought about doing it: Quitting your job and becoming YouTube sensation.<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what Nick a.k.a.\u00a0Sacred\/SacredAlmighty <\/a>decided when he was 16.<\/p>\n

“I just remember watching old let’s play-style videos back in 2009 and thought ‘I could do this too,'” Nick said. “I was always fond of video games and ended up meeting friends real quick once I started.”<\/p>\n

At the age of 22, Nick has about 150,000 subscribers on his main YouTube channel, and more than 22,000 followers on Twitch.\u00a0<\/a>His content is focused on gaming with a heavy concentration on Pok\u00e9mon games.<\/p>\n

\"SacredAlmighty\"<\/p>\n

Although being a content creator wasn’t Nick’s first choice of career, he can’t imagine pursuing a different career at this point in his life.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been doing this since I was 16 and I know everybody has a normal job, but I genuinely don’t see myself being happy working and doing anything else<\/strong> for right now, at least,” Nick said. “I used to always want to be a police officer growing up but lord knows where that road went.”<\/p>\n

No guaranteed success<\/h2>\n

Nick does not have a job outside of being a content creator. He supports himself through the money he makes from YouTube and Twitch.<\/p>\n

“Being able to pay bills and buy gifts with money is something that I didn\u2019t expect to have in the first place,” Nick said. “I didn\u2019t see YouTube or Twitch becoming a thing at 16, but here I am.”<\/p>\n

Although Nick has found success in his career, he does stress the unlikelihood of becoming the next sensation.<\/p>\n

“No matter how much money or time you put into this you’re not guaranteed to become the next PewDiePie<\/a> or Markiplier<\/a>,<\/strong>” Nick said. “You can’t quit your job and blow up; that’s not the case at all. There are so many other people that have put hours into this, more than me, and haven’t gotten a scrap of anything. I spent the past six to seven years doing this and I just now hit where I am, and there’s so much work to do. “<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to estimates in a Medium.com post, less than 1%<\/a> of content creators can financially support themselves solely off their channel.<\/p>\n

Learning how to make videos<\/h2>\n

\"Content<\/p>\n

Some channels with millions of subscribers have content teams who help out with production. However, most of them started as solo efforts. A great example would be JonTron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The work that goes into building a channel includes audio recording, video editing, and even marketing<\/strong>. This makes just picking up becoming a content creator a bit difficult to do.<\/p>\n

“There are\u00a0so many things you can do in Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere that you just can’t pick up immediately,” Nick said. “You have to sit down for hours<\/strong> and pay attention to frames, transitions, and making sure the video is presentable. Audio always has to universally be sound enough for every device that YouTube is on so everyone hears it correctly. ”<\/p>\n

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How much money can I make?<\/h2>\n
The actual money you can make is not quite as high as you might imagine. Your average content creator is making about $0.0042 per view.\u00a0<\/a>This money comes from advertisers. Let’s say you publish a video that gets about 50,000 views.\u00a0 On average, you will only make maybe a few hundred dollars for that video.<\/div>\n
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Reaching 50,000 views per video is a nice goal, but it probably isn’t going to happen for your first few years on YouTube.<\/div>\n
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Even if you make a video that gets hundreds of thousands or even millions of views, that doesn’t necessarily mean your video will make thousands of dollars.<\/div>\n

Abiding by YouTube<\/h2>\n

In order to become a partner on YouTube and monetize your channel, you need to abide by the company’s rules:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n