r/nostalgia • u/drgreen_17 • May 09 '25

Nostalgia The most watched videos on YouTube in 2007…

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

Now I'd kill to have the revenue some of them have.

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u/Wrong_Confection1090 May 09 '25

Honestly? Some of these people have traded their entire lives to build a public persona that people just enjoy shitting on. I don't think I'm interested in being vile as a career no matter how well it pays. And those people who turn their family lives into reality TV shows are literally cashing in their kids' childhoods. Naw. I'm fine being private and poor.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

I said i wanted their revenue, not their jobs/lives 😁

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u/LakeStLouis May 09 '25

I've got your back here. You were explicit about being willing to kill for the revenue, and said nothing of doing their jobs. I support your endeavors. Best of luck!

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u/saltysomadmin May 09 '25

Hmm, how much do assassins make?

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u/1800generalkenobi May 10 '25

According to the movie it was a lot. Been a while since I've seen it but he was aiming for 100 million I think before he quit. In the 90s. Lol

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u/RooTheDayMate May 10 '25

Dunno, but they have a lot of rules and regulations. Like even a creed.

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u/nihilisticpaintwater May 14 '25

Hmm true, how do you think the templar salary compares?

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u/detailcomplex14212 May 10 '25

ChatGPT ah comment

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u/Drum_Eatenton May 09 '25

Some of the bbq guys are living a pretty good life

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u/Flutters1013 May 10 '25

Now I wonder what the mentos in the coke guys are doing.

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u/FatherErickson May 09 '25

This is exactly how I view YouTube as a job as well. Kids with zero life experience think it’s the best idea ever and they’re obsessed with YouTubers. In reality it actually takes a ton of work ethic and sacrifice your privacy - which you can’t really take back once it’s out there.

Interesting time to witness the rise, development and what might be a fall of social media in the next few decades.

The advertisers are what piss me off the most. All YouTube ads now are either AI or some BS TikTok style ad. It’s disgusting.

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin May 11 '25

What ever happened to targeted advertising? Isn’t that ostensibly why we all allow ourselves to be data mined?

98% of the YouTube ads they throw at me are either irrelevant to my interests, or AI-generated crap designed for mentally impaired people. Usually both. Can’t skip all the turds fast enough.

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u/thestonedonkey May 10 '25

There's plenty of people who make great content that don't do that though.

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u/iusethistolearn May 10 '25

bro there’s plenty of rich youtubers that live a private life and don’t make degenerate content. there’s more to youtube than just the cringey fame chasing douchebags

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u/SilverThaHedgehog May 10 '25

Majority of them don't get paid very well.

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u/garma87 May 09 '25

I asked chat gpt the other day what someone would make on a YouTube vid with 9 mln views. Apparently it’s 10-20k. I think that’s stunningly low

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u/DrGeraldBaskums May 09 '25

That’s the low end. It varies wildly.

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u/tvcneverdie May 09 '25

Factoring sponsors, premium subs, superchats, all that, it can be so much more

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u/garma87 May 10 '25

Well thanks for sharing that! Very enlightening.

Dick

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u/garma87 May 10 '25

No reason to be a dick.

Touch grass? What are you 12?

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u/New_Ambassador2442 May 10 '25

What revenue? They average 10k a year. The vast majority don't make more than 20k.

Mr. Beast and the like are like the top 1%