Serious question: but aren't there thousands of other guys doing almost the same...

aurareturn · 2026-02-18T19:09:28 1771441768

But there are many Youtubers making a decent living doing it as a one person shop or a small team. In the past, you needed to a large team with a large budget and buy in from TV/DVDs/VHS to get an audience.

Wilder7977 · 2026-02-19T09:06:42 1771492002

https://alanspicer.com/what-percentage-of-youtubers-make-mon...

Claims 0.25% of channels makes any money at all. The amount that make a decent living is realistically even smaller, possibly < 0.1%.

To me the YouTube example seems to be the exact demonstration that markets saturate and market distribution is still a winner-takes-all kind of deal.

aurareturn · 2026-02-19T12:55:20 1771505720

0.25% of channels, how many of them even want to make money?

0.25% of how many?

Average size of YouTube channel team that makes money vs TV channel team in the 2000s?

Wilder7977 · 2026-02-19T17:53:20 1771523600

There are no such detailed numbers as far as I know. No platform (twitch, YouTube etc.) generally provides this information. Thinking bad one could assume it's because most people would realize it's one in a million who makes it.

Channels that make money consistently also have teams behind. Sure, probably they are smaller then TV studios, but TV studios do also other jobs compared to youtubers.

Anyway, these are the only numbers available. If there are numbers that show that masses of individuals can make a living in a market with so many competitors like YouTube I am happy to look at them. Until then, I will observe what is known for almost everything: a small % takes the vast majority of resources.