In this video, the creator (referred to as "Beast") reflects on the massive earnings potential of YouTube, citing examples like PewDiePie’s $10 million annual revenue and noting that over a thousand channels earn five‑figure incomes. He argues that YouTube is a more reliable source of income than many traditional jobs because viewership is less volatile than corporate layoffs. However, he admits his own lack of financial success is due to focusing on Call of Duty (COD) commentary, a niche he describes as heavily oversaturated—estimating a 1 in 20,000–30,000 chance of standing out. He explains that even high‑quality COD content is unlikely to gain recognition due to market saturation. Consequently, he proposes shifting to a news‑oriented channel, believing that informational content aligns better with search demand and offers a clearer path to growth. Throughout, he advises other creators to abandon COD commentary, explore alternative communities, and treat YouTube as a viable career if they choose a less crowded niche. A brief, unrelated poetic interlude from a second speaker follows the main monologue.
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Recently, I've been watching a lot of my older YouTube videos, in particular the ones where I talk about how much money certain YouTubers make, and I started looking at some of the comments and I realized just how unaware people are of how big the YouTube industry is and just how much income these bigger channels are pulling in. I mean, I could just start throwing out numbers. PewDiePie last year made over $10 million. There's 1,000+ people who make over 5 figures off of YouTube alone. A lot of people, I've noticed, when you talk about YouTube and it being jobs, people say, "Well, what if people don't wanna watch your videos tomorrow?" And I'm just gonna say this: YouTube is more of a reliable job. You can rely more on YouTube being your job than you can most jobs in our current economy. There's a better chance you're gonna get laid off on your job then people randomly just stop watching your YouTube videos. YouTube's actually a really reliable job. I mean, it's insane actually. It really doesn't make sense when you think about it. If you're famous on YouTube, you're gonna be famous next week unless you do something to harm your name or unless you stop uploading. YouTube is actually a really, really reliable job. YouTube is actually taking the entertainment power out of these huge TV corporations and handing it to ordinary people like me and you., and we can become extremely successful off of YouTube with minimal effort. And I know what you're thinking, Beast, if it's that easy, why aren't you making 5 figures a year? Why aren't you successful? And really, the only answer I can give to that question is the reason I'm not successful is because I'm doing Call of Duty commentaries. Heck, I mean, if you're watching this video, you've probably already come across like 7 or 8 other COD channels today. It's really overdone. I've said it before, and I just really need to just stop doing Call of Duty commentaries. It's just so many people do it, and once you click off this video, you're never gonna think of it again. It's just another commentary from another person on YouTube. Like, realistically speaking, because so many people do Call of Duty commentaries, or just commentaries over top of any video game, you know, um, the chances of me getting noticed are like 1 in probably 20,000 to 30,000. That's how unrealistic it is. I like YouTube a lot, and I think I just need to pursue something different on YouTube. I think Call of Duty commentaries, I think I'm good at it, But that doesn't matter. It's, it's a luck game, and the chances of me getting noticed off of it are way too slim, and it would take way too many years to get where I want to on YouTube. Which is why a week ago I posted a news video, and it wasn't the world's best, but I really am thinking about pursuing that area of YouTube because a lot of people search stuff that I could cover on the news. And I'm just, as you could probably tell from this video, I'm interested in YouTube money and just stats like that, and I'd like to cover news over that. I mean, I need to do something besides Call of Duty commentaries, and I think that's the route I want to take. So Beast, why are you making a Call of Duty commentary then? Well, pretty much one of the things I wanted to get across in this video is a lot of people who watch me, they post Call of Duty videos or they post commentaries of some sort. I would recommend to people that you try to pursue something different in your time on YouTube. Call of Duty commentaries are overdone, and realistically speaking, you're not going to get noticed Even if you're posting the greatest content ever, it's just not gonna get recognized. And, but I don't think you should quit YouTube because YouTube's such a good industry and YouTube's growing. Right now is the best time to get noticed on YouTube. I think you should try to pursue something different, something besides Call of Duty. And that's, I just wanted to give that advice to some people. Hopefully this helps someone. I just, I hate seeing people spend hours upon hours every day making Call of Duty videos, kinda like I do. And you're— the chances of you getting anywhere are just so slim, it's not gonna happen. And I just— I'd like to recommend that you pursue something different in YouTube. Don't quit YouTube, just find something different to upload. If you know anything about computers and you've been doing YouTube for a while now, you could very easily stop posting COD and find something else, find a different niche in something else, and turn YouTube into a career. It's not that unrealistic, but I don't think you're gonna find that posting Call of Duty because it's so overdone. And I just like to recommend to you guys that you try to pursue something else on YouTube. There's so many communities outside of the Call of Duty community on YouTube, and if you hop into one of those and you have the slightest bit of computer and, you know, YouTube knowledge, you could really turn it into something. So I just wanted to try to give out a little bit of advice and just try to help some people and let you know what I've been thinking about. That's pretty much all.
No exception to the rule, do what you do to get by, cause I keep sticking like a metronome and my thoughts keep telling me to get me home, but my balls keep telling me to let me go. Just let me out. That clock keeps ticking like a metronome, and my thoughts keep telling me to get me home, but my balls keep telling me to let me out.
