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Careers on Social Media
Today, many people, and even companies, can find huge success making careers on Youtube
The top 40 individual Youtubers all earn over $1 million a year
They create content and earn money from add revenues
Pewdiepie is the individual with the most subscribers on Youtube (27 million)
He makes an estimated $7 million a year
He often uses his reach for charity, raising over $400k for a clean water campaign in the past
Dom Mazzetti is another person who has made a career of his online personality
His “Bro Science” channel is a comedic satire of fitness channels and has 700k subscribers
Rooster Teeth is a limited liability company that thrives off of Youtube
The have 7.5 million subscribers and over 3 billion views
They have many spin off channels
They employee over 50 editors, producers, and writers
Machinima is another example of a company that thrives on Youtube content
They have over 11 million subscribers
Their content covers all video game types
They employee many individual youtubers and help grow their individual channels, notable Youtube stars such as Hutch and
Seananners
Over 1 billion unique users visit Youtube each month, making exposure both rapid and vast for those who make appealing content
With over 100 hours of content uploaded every minute, Youtube has a huge number of users uploading content, creating online personalities
and earning revenue from advertising
Youtube is just one of the new career choices for creative individuals made possible by social media
Sources
• https://my.charitywater.org/pewdiepie
• http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity/the-25-highest-earning-youtube-stars/
• https://www.youtube.com/user/BroScienceLife
• https://www.youtube.com/user/RoosterTeeth
• https://www.youtube.com/user/machinima
• http://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html