{"id":12563,"date":"2018-03-19T09:42:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=12563"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:36:54","slug":"making-money-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/making-money-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Step Guide To Making Money On YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YouTube is big business and not just for Google (the company that owns it).<\/p>\n

Over a <\/span>billion people use YouTube<\/span><\/a>. That number sounds big enough on its own, but to really it put it into perspective, that\u2019s about a third of the people on the internet. And some of those users are on YouTube just about every day. <\/span><\/p>\n

We can pretty well bet that if you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019re one of the more than a billion people that watch videos on YouTube, so you know that when you watch a video you normally see an ad. Naturally, some of the money for those ads goes to Google. In some cases though, the people who created the video get a cut too.<\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube has paid out $2 billion to content creators and rights holders that have taken the proper steps to claim their part of the earnings. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re looking to join their ranks, then read on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Can Make Money on YouTube?<\/b><\/h2>\n

We already covered the good news: YouTube does pay content creators. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bad news is that most people that load videos to YouTube will never see a dime. And many of those that do actually get paid won\u2019t be making enough to leave their day jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n

For you to earn anything, your videos have to attract not only a lot of viewers, but also viewers that are willing to <\/span>engage with the ads.<\/span><\/a> That means they have to actually watch a decent portion of the ad before clicking that 'skip'\u009d button (you know the one, you\u2019ve probably clicked lots of times yourself), or actually click on the link that shows up at the bottom of the screen during the ad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Those who are popular enough can <\/span>reach the point of earning thousands<\/span><\/a> on the website, but it\u2019s a rare few that reach that point. The platform hosts billions of videos, so your competition is pretty fierce.<\/span><\/p>\n

So don\u2019t quit your job or base all your future hopes on YouTube. But if you like creating videos anyway and you want to see if your hobby can start to pay off, it doesn\u2019t hurt to take the proper steps that make it possible to get paid by YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: In early 2018, YouTube made changes to its Partner Program<\/a>. In order to be eligible for monetization, accounts must have accrued 4,000 hours of watch time in the past year and reach 1,000 subscribers. Follow the steps below to opt-in to the program so once you reach that threshold, you can make money on YouTube!<\/em><\/p>\n

7 Steps to YouTube Monetization<\/h2>\n

If you want at least a chance at making money on YouTube, here\u2019s what you need to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: Set up your YouTube channel.<\/h3>\n

If you already have a Google account, as most people do, then use that to login to YouTube. If you don\u2019t yet have a Google account, start by <\/span>creating one here<\/span><\/a>, and then go ahead and log in to YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re logged in, click the Upload button in the top right of the screen and you\u2019ll receive a prompt to create a channel.<\/span>
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Click 'Create Channel'\u009d and you\u2019re done.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2: Create your video plan.<\/h3>\n

Now you need to make some decisions about the videos you\u2019re going to upload. If you really want to gain YouTube subscribers<\/a> and encourage engagement, then your goal should be to build a following of people that like your videos enough to subscribe to your channel and return again and again.<\/span><\/p>\n

A good video plan therefore needs to do a few things:<\/span><\/p>\n