YouTube is one of the best Content hosting websites for watching funny and educational videos in 2024; with new social media strategies and the emergence of artificial intelligence, it has never been easy for African youths to earn money online, mainly through YouTube.
For instance, Nigerian YouTuber Mark Angel established a comedy empire through her funny skits. AI has also accelerated content creation and revenue rates for another article. Still, This article brings you the secrets of making money on YouTube.
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About Youtube
YouTube is a Google(Alphabet)-)-owned online video-sharing and social networking website created in 2005 in the United States, with 2.7 billion monthly users by 2023. It is available on both desktop and mobile platforms. Users use it to share videos (Content) on their accounts called channels, which the public (viewers) may see, like, share, and subscribe to.
Quick stats About YouTube
- As of 2024, there are more than 113.9 million YouTube channels.
- Over 500 hours of Content is uploaded per minute
- Over 1 billion videos are watched every day worldwide
- Over 2.6 billion users per month
How African Youths Are Making Money From Youtube
As previously stated, creative youths and professionals publish videos on YouTube doing what they do best, and people watch, subscribe, and share these videos.
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When you watch a video on YouTube, an advertisement appears at the beginning, middle, or end of the video; with those advertisements, YouTubers earn 45% of the cost the advertiser paid for that advertisement, and 55% is paid to the creator.
To simplify it, consider YouTube as a local television station in Nairobi; a particular company submits an advertisement to the station for distribution, the ad is broadcast on your television screen, and the firm is compensated for each time the ad is presented on your screen. That is the fundamental business concept for YouTube.
YouTube has a partner program where it displays adverts on eligible channels. The money accumulates, and it’s paid on the 21st of every month through Adsense when the account reaches the minimum YouTube payout value of 100 dollars.
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Affiliate Marketing
Content Creators join affiliate marketing platforms like Skillshare and Impact, where they add links to some products. The creator is paid a small commission when you purchase or follow the link.
Brand Deals
Brands/Companies give deals to content creators to promote their brands in their videos.
The requirement to Get Started With YouTube
It’s completely free to join YouTube. All you need is an email address with Google and the Content you will share. I made a video on creating a YouTube channel from scratch; click here to watch it.
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A YouTube channel must meet the following requirements to be allowed into the YouTube partner program.
Basic Requirements:
- Live in a YPP-eligible country/region
- No active Community Guidelines strikes
- Two-Step Verification enabled
Watch Time and Subscriber Thresholds:
You need to meet ONE of the following options:
- 1,000 subscribers
- 4,000 valid public watch hours in the past 365 months
Option 2: Shorts-Focused Path
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- 1,000 subscribers
- 10 million public short views in the past 90 days
When you meet all of these requirements, your YouTube channel is monetized, and you can begin earning money from your YouTube channel. Don’t forget to get more details from the YouTube Creator Academy.
Donts Of Youtube.
New YouTubers make these mistakes, and you shouldn’t make them
- Never use copyrighted music
- Avoid reusing other creators’ Content
- Using bots for views
- Using bots for subscribers
- Self-watching of Content.
- Hate language and adult content.
- “Auto-generated Content”
Conclusion
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