Side Hustle Project: YouTube Channel

 YouTube has been around since 2005 and is widely used by everyone. From gaming to cooking videos, this platform has a plethora of content creators ready to suit anyone's needs. But the question here is, can you make money off "YouTubing"?

The short and simple answer is "Maybe". Most of us who use YouTube frequently enough, know that there are large channels with few thousands to few million subscribers and their videos usually chalk up crazy amounts of views. Content creators on YouTube earn revenue when they become YouTube Partners and their content qualifies for monetisation. So those ads you see placed at the start and in between your videos, that is where the money is made.

Now for someone to even qualify for the YouTube Partnership Program, there are a few criteria that needs to be met: 1) Minimum of 1000 subscribers 2) 4000 watch hours. Only after reaching these benchmarks would YouTube extend an invitation out for your channel and content to be reviewed for partnership.

In my personal opinion, the initial impetus for creating a YouTube channel should not be for revenue. If so, your channel will become dry of new content very quickly and you probably just give up. For myself, my channel serves as an area for me to document for journey into my various hobbies and to connect with others in the community. With the right mindset, you will probably last longer doing this and hopefully, in the long run, it can generate some side income for you. 

So that's why my answer is a "maybe". The hours that go into filming your content, editing and rendering is long and tedious. For those that are on the fence about doing so, my advice would be to just go ahead and get your first video out. The inertia and initial experience will always be awkward. But if you never try, you never know.

If you are interested, you can check out my channel here. Any feedback, comment or subscription is deeply appreciated.

SG FI Dad, out