Making Money From Videos: Which is the Best Platform For Vlogging

Making money from videos is one of the best methods to make money online. Youtube is considered the best platform to make money from videos.

Is Youtube The Best Platform For Publishing Video

A lot of people think that youtube is a passive income site, however, in my opinion, youtube is not a passive income site. First of all, you need to spend a lot of time making videos and you should be making videos on regular basis. Secondly, when you upload videos, you should also spend a lot of time doing SEO and digital marketing. You might even have to run ad campaigns. You will have to work hard to build subscribers and views so that you can pass the monetization threshold. Even when your channel is monetized, you will have to work hard to make sure that your channel is not demonetized. This calls for regular work. Some people like to label youtube as a passive income source because as long as your videos are generating views, you will continue to make money, which means if the videos that you published 5 years ago still generate views you will be making money from those videos. However, for old videos to generate views, they should be very good and you should have done SEO and digital marketing. If you look at successful youtube channels, you will see they are publishing videos regularly.

Youtube does not pay a flat rate per video. Youtube offers a certain rate for 1000 views. The rate differs according to the video niche and traffic location. Generally speaking, you earn more if the traffic on your videos comes from the US or other tier 1 countries compared to lower-tier countries. Furthermore, your channel can be de-monetized any time if your watch time goes below 4000 hours in the last one year. Therefore, you need to consistently generate views. If you use copyrighted materials on your video, you will never be accepted for monetization.

Which is the Best Platform For Short Videos?

Youtube started as a platform to share longer-length videos, however, later it allowed content creators to post short videos called Youtube shorts. TikTok started as a short video-sharing platform, and now it is allowing users to post longer videos (up to 10 minutes). 

Youtube is available worldwide for making money (except in a few countries), Tiktok’s earning program is not globally available, however, TikTok allows users to make money through brand promotion, receiving gifts from other users, etc. However, TikTok and Youtube are not the only platforms for sharing videos and earning from videos. You can also earn from your short videos on Facebook and  Instagram.

Youtube short videos are called Youtube shorts and the short videos on Facebook are called Facebook Reels. Facebook Reels and Youtube shorts work in the same manner. By publishing short videos, you will be eligible to share the funds for the short video content creators. Facebook has 1 billion USD funds for Facebook Reels.

Facebook short videos are called Facebook Reels, whereas Instagram short videos are called Instagram Reels, which was launched before Facebook Reels. By publishing Instagram Reels, eligible short videos will have money-making opportunities. Earning is based on your video performance.

Have you tried earning from short videos?

The Best Alternatives to YouTube For Video Content Creators

Here I am going to talk about some of the best alternatives to YouTube for video content creators to make money.

Twitch: Twitch is a platform to watch and stream videos. Originally, Twitch was meant for gamers to stream games or watch game stream, however, these days, you can stream or watch almost any creative content.

Rumble: Rumble is just like Youtube. However, one feature makes Rumble better than Youtube. Youtube recommends videos based on your watch and searches history, however, Rumble sends videos from the content creators you follow. You can earn through many ways and Rumble monetization is one of them.

Dailymotion: Monetization is really easy, you will have to sign up for a partner program, upload videos from your channel, and reach 1000 views on your videos. You will earn from ad impressions on your videos.

Vimeo: This is an ad-free platform, you will earn from a subscription. You can also earn by selling videos, which is called Video On Demand.  Instead of ruing your videos with ads, this platform allows you to find a private sponsor for your videos so that you can make money.

These are just a few examples. Even though Youtube has a better reach, other video-sharing platforms are also good when it comes to making money from videos.

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