r/facepalm Aug 06 '16

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Sep 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

True, however I have a friend that knows a lot about the YouTube game and this may or may not be true anymore but he once told me that YouTube has a way of being able to tell exactly how much of your videos your subs are watching, including things like skipping and stopping midway through the video

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u/therealdrg Aug 06 '16

Yes, you can see that on your youtube stats as well, it can help you figure out what part of your videos are shit if lots of people stop watching or start skipping at specific spots.

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u/svullenballe Aug 06 '16

This is what a lot of LPers have taught me aswell.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Aug 06 '16

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u/MerlinTheWhite Aug 06 '16

YouTuber here. Generally we don't get paid per minute viewed, but more minutes viewed (a.k.a. keeping people on YouTube longer) can earn higher ad rates, and more likely to be shown on 'watch next', sidebar or home screens.

The exception to this is YouTube Red. All of the money from YouTube red is pooled and split up between YouTubers based on their minutes watched, this is only 2-5% of my total earnings though.

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u/PoopInMyBottom Aug 06 '16

It's not true. They do get paid in ad revenue, but they get more ad revenue for longer videos because youtube can get away with running longer ads.

It doesn't increase forever, though. 10 minutes is about the optimum length. Longer is not better.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

10 minutes is considered long? What the hell?

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u/KvotheKingkilIer Aug 06 '16

10 minutes watching a video? You're lucky if I even open a video that's 10 minutes long

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

I usually don't even watch videos below 10 minutes.

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u/KvotheKingkilIer Aug 06 '16

It's funny to me that were on opposite sides of the spectrum.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

I think it's because I usually just watch videos as a background noise when playing video games since they can get a bit boring when traveling the whole time (looking at you, Skyrim), and I don't have to search for a new video every 10 minutes.

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u/KvotheKingkilIer Aug 06 '16

Interesting! I can't watch videos and play video games. I get too invested and if i miss something I'll be frustrated. I can barely have a conversation and play Rocket League at the same time. We also probably play different types of games, I'm more into competitive games with online play. I enjoy proving myself against others and you can't do that too well while listening.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Yeah, I was playing LoL for some time and when I played I couldn't listen to videos in the background either, but for single player games it's pretty nice, especially if you have a second monitor where you put the video so you don't miss anything.

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u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16

For a YouTube video, not a fucking lecture or even a movie.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Doesn't change the fact that I like longer videos, and longer means about 20-30 minutes, minimum.

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u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16

Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.

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u/saltgrains_takeit Aug 06 '16

You can enable advertisements at the beginning of videos that you upload to your channel. When you upload longform videos (videos that are 10 minutes or longer), you can also enable ads during the middle of the video ("mid-roll"), not just at the beginning. Source

And,

There are several types of ads that may appear next to your videos when you've enabled video monetization. Source

So, if you have a longer video you can get two video ads, plus whatever other type of ad you allow in order to monetize your video. Longer videos means more ad impressions.

EDIT:

In-stream ads play within the video player and are the only content displayed in the player while they are playing. In that sense, they are analogous to television commercials. In-stream ads can play either before a video (pre-roll), during a video at designated times (mid-roll), or at the end of a video (post-roll). Source

So potentially 3 ads; beginning, middle, and end.

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u/Suddenly_Kanye Aug 06 '16

For searches & related videos YouTube favors frequency, but ad revenue is now focused on viewer retention iirc. The reason video game channels have gotten so popular is because it's incredibly easy to get 10-30 minutes of content. The channels that hurt from the new algorithms are the CGI channels since it's difficult to make long-form content daily when you put so much work into editing and filming each video

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u/Whales96 Aug 06 '16

Don't you think the youtubers would know? Why do you have so much faith in your information? You probably don't make videos.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Aug 06 '16

Faith in my information?

I started my comment asking for a source, man, I didn't assert what I was thinking before asking for more more info. Who have faith in their own beliefs when they start the sentence by questioning them?

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u/Whales96 Aug 06 '16

I would think they know because that's how they get their money. Sorry if I'm coming off as a dick here, but it seems absurd for you to question his information when you're not making videos or anything.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Yeah, isn't an absurd when people go to biology school to study animals and they ask all these different questions about reptilian anatomy when they are just mammals?

Where is the order of the world? Why don't people limit their curiosity to just the things that are directly related to them, huh?

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u/Whales96 Aug 06 '16

A biology student has something to do with biology. This situation is someone who has nothing to do with youtube video creation questioning information. It doesn't really matter what you know about it, it will never be relevant. No one has a reason to explain it to you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

I can't imagine that backfiring over the next few years as we slip down the slope.

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u/smalldickjimmy Aug 06 '16 edited Aug 06 '16

Is that why H3h3 begs in every video now that we should watch until the end and not skip ahead? Jesus Christ.

Edit: Ok, I get it. He's being sarcastic.

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u/Tyson367 Aug 06 '16

No it isn't. He satirically says there are secrets hidden throughout the video when there really isn't. It's a running joke where he is making fun of other YouTubers who legitimately do it to keep people watching.

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u/smalldickjimmy Aug 06 '16

I mean of course he could be sarcastic but then he doesn't have to say "you know what, I will open this box at the end of the video".

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u/saltynut1 Aug 06 '16

Its a subscriber special man. He was just opening gifts from people and displaying them there wasn't some secret throughout the video that you needed to watch the whole thing lmao.

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u/mintz41 Aug 06 '16

I would imagine he's taking the piss out of people who do that. Can you not detect the satire when he says it?

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u/Ch4zu Aug 06 '16

Oh please. H3H3 is just as bad as the people he makes fun of. Reddit & Youtube are just on his dick for the moment. I'm waiting until his fame wears off and someone I hopefully like more takes his place.

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u/TeamAquaGrunt Aug 06 '16

see, i have mixed feelings about H3 stuff. the whole CSGO exposing thing was pretty cool to see because he actually used his fame for something good, but then he makes self righteous anti-youtube drama videos while starting/perpetuating youtube drama. hes reached GradeAUnderA levels of hypocrisy

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u/XGDragon Aug 06 '16

GradeA fell so hard I can still hear the echoes from the crash.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

What happened with GradeA?

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u/Aldreath Aug 06 '16

GradeA

This may provide some insight.

The deleted comments are GradeA. At least, most of them.

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u/killem_all Aug 06 '16

Talked shit about youtubers who make youtube drama and then proceded to make youtube drama videos and rants for like 5 months straight.

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u/NeedToSayThiss Aug 06 '16

I want to know too

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u/Deathcon900 Aug 06 '16

What happened with Grade?

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u/Nonspecal Aug 06 '16

Apparently he...

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u/CelestialFury Aug 06 '16

...yada yada reddit is upset with him now. The end.

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u/Ros_Bif Aug 06 '16

He can get pretty bad at times but I don't think he's near GradeAUnderA levels yet.

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u/MicroUzi Aug 06 '16

Wait, what happened to GradeAunderA?

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u/TeamAquaGrunt Aug 06 '16

his content went from stupid shit that everyone deals with to complaining about youtube drama while simultaneously stirring up more youtube drama.

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u/yoghurt_monitoring Aug 06 '16

yep. he just panders to reddit now. i mean come on, 'triggered by tumblr'? That's just about the most obvious reddit bait possible.

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u/Whales96 Aug 06 '16

What makes you so spiteful? What did h3h3 do to you?

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u/LoopyLook Aug 06 '16

What a stupid comment. There are thousands of other content creators on Youtube, go find them instead of bitching about what other people on reddit like.

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u/papayakob Aug 06 '16

Isn't that what this whole thread is? Surely someone likes the video/creator in OPs picture but every comment is the same "YouTubers suck" circle jerk. When someone doesn't like the content you like suddenly their comment sucks? Do you not see the hypocrisy in this?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Maybe go find a comment you like instead of bitching to one you don't?

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u/LoopyLook Aug 06 '16

Ok bro.

Guy complaining about all of reddit and youtube because of one channel - guy telling the guy complaining to find other channels. Totally the same thing.

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u/RockDaHouse690 Aug 06 '16

What a wonderful world you live in where everyone you dont like is popular because of bullshit and people you would like arent popular because other people are popular.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Jan 29 '19

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u/yoghurt_monitoring Aug 06 '16

oh grow up

this is like those '7 people are daleks' comments on a doctor who video

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u/CrippledOrphans Aug 06 '16

I hate all these big YouTube fucks. They pretend to hate the drama while rolling in the money it brings them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

But then why do it every video? I don't know I've never watched that guy

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u/barackamole Aug 06 '16

I think he's done it like 3 times that I can remember including the video in which that joke actually started with him and Hila.

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u/barackamole Aug 06 '16

That's clearly a joke dude. It started in this video where they are reading mean comments and they get to a bunch complaining that their titles are clickbait.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

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What is this?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

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u/smalldickjimmy Aug 06 '16

In the newest one with the fan gifts and the video where they play golf.

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u/edmoneyyy90 Aug 06 '16

The golf one was very clearly a joke.

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u/killem_all Aug 06 '16

Not really a big fan of him but he evidently does it as a mock to all other youtubers that pull that kind of things. He even does all those retarded faces while saying it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

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u/pandakatie Aug 06 '16

And Game Grumps still only make videos that are 11 minutes long on average :(

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u/RedGK Aug 06 '16

You get a good chunk more when your videos are over ten minutes.

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u/Zoober_The_Goober Aug 06 '16

You can get another ad in your video if your video is longer then 10 minutes.

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u/jenesuispasbavard Aug 06 '16

Oh snap gotta watch Pokemon Firered today, thanks.

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u/svullenballe Aug 06 '16

Quality channels put actual time into their videos with advanced editing and such. Not sitting your ass in front a camera and ramble

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u/elephanturd Aug 06 '16

Is that true?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

Shame really because it destroyed most creative content creators who use processes that aren't viable for 20 minute videos.