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YouTube's Top 1,000 Channels Reveal an Industry Taking Shape

YouTube's Top 1,000 Channels Reveal an Industry Taking Shape | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it
From www.readwriteweb.com - October 17, 2012 10:19 AM

This infographic shows results of an analysis of the top 1,000 YouTube channels: “... over one million YouTubers run ads on their content. To put it another way, YouTube writes checks to more than one million people monthly. That's more than the U.S. television industry employs.

 

“The highest-performing 1,000 make a cool six figures a year. According to OpenSlate, the average revenue for the top 1,000 channels is $23,000 a month for an average annual payout of $276,000.”

 

(Published Oct. 11, 2012.)

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David Skok: Aggregation is deep in journalism’s DNA

David Skok: Aggregation is deep in journalism’s DNA | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it
From www.niemanlab.org - February 8, 2012 10:24 PM

"Meanwhile, the disruptors, once they establish themselves at the market’s low end, move into the space previously held by the incumbents by producing cheaper, personalized content. It is not until the disruption is in its final stages that it erodes the position of the incumbents. This is the definition of the innovators’ dilemma."

 

Aggregation is not bad. Journalists filter the news -- if someone else does a better job of filtering, then naturally the audience will turn to them.

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