That was a super interesting article. I like an outside view on how things are changing. It's easy to forget how it used to be as someone who's been in the youtube world since 2006. I do still miss when it felt like it was a secret thing that people didn't know about or understand yet, being involved felt like we were getting away with something - some kind of revolution.alittledizzy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:52 pmThat article is really interesting, and kind of the reason I wouldn't hate if Anthony's video were a bunch of old school youtubers chatting shit together about the platform. (It doesn't sound like it is, I just wish it were now.)kavat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:27 pm While we wait for the boys to do something I can recommend this article about youtubers through the years and how we got from webcams in bedrooms to what we have today.
I'm always interested in the career trajectory of OG creators, the fact that Phil has been doing youtube as his only career job (and Dan, tbh) is really fascinating to me. Lots of people from 5AwesomeGays and 5AwesomeGirls, other early collab channels, have moved on to day-job-type-marketing roles with only occasional content (or none at all) and some of the more successful folks have branched off into mainstream TV personality-type work (Hannah Hart, Tyler Oakley) with youtube as the way to keep their brand relevant. Some have gotten into selling their own lines (Jefree Star, Zoella, Sugg). Some of the most financial successful youtubers got involved in making the business building blocks of youtube careers - Hank Green made DFTBA as a record label and then full fulfillment warehouse, Jack Conte built patreon.
Phil and Dan have kinda taken a hybrid approach - they make a living as a combination of personalities (BBC stuff), their own branded lines (books, film, tour) and finally running a business that's the building blocks of other careers (IRL merch.)