Fast and Low-Effort Ways You Can Make Money From YouTube
There are ways you can make money off YouTube without making it a full-time commitment!
Having over 2 billion users, YouTube beats every other social media platform in popularity, so you know it's the best place to make money as a side-hustle. These are some of the easiest and low-effort ways you can make some extra cash from YouTube.
1. Meditation & White Noise Sounds
You can find free to use sounds of rainforests, rain, cafe music and create a video with stock images and videos and upload it on YouTube. Apparently, 200 million - 500 million people use white noise YouTube videos when they're working, studying etc - there is definitely a market for it. You won't have to worry about copyright issues, it will barely take you any time to create and will be highly rewarding!
2. Create music loop videos
This can be a little tricky, if you want to make money from music loop videos you have to make sure you use music that cannot be claimed by another label/artist under copyrights. For example, you could create a classical music loop with Mozart's pieces because that won't cause any copyright issues. You could also use remixes, and potentially make loops of Tik-Tok remixes that is stuck in people's mind and want to listen to all day! If you do make videos with copyrighted music, your video won't be taken down but you won't be able to monetize it!
3. Create “with me” videos
There is research that claims people are drawn to watch “with me” videos. It has proven to help viewers feel more confident and get inspired to achieve their goals. The increased popularity has caused websites that have "study with me" videos. However, YouTube is still the most popular choice for these types of videos.
An easy way would be to record a "study with me" video and upload it. It's a great way to have a stable flow of views. Students are also making huge bank with these types of videos on Twitch!
4. Live-stream a music playlist.
We've all seen the lo-fi music playlist that's always live, you could do something similar - all you need is impeccable music taste which I'm sure you have! You pick the genre and the order of songs. However, make sure there is a purpose for these playlists so it can get you views. It can be anything from a get ready with me hype playlist to a relaxing lo-fi playlist.
5. Play video games and upload a recording
People watch video game playbacks like surgeons watch back surgeries. It's a combination of wanting to understand what the game is like before they purchase/invest in it and also to learn how to play the game well by watching other people ace it. Plus, there are heaps of people that want to live vicariously through other players because they dont have the time/access to play the game but want to know what happens anyway!
So if you're a gamer, all you have to do is record your gaming sessions and can make some extra cash on the side doing what you enjoy!
6. Make compilations videos
This requires a little more effort than the other 5 options, you can make a compilation of ANYTHING from best vines to Tik-Tok videos, bloopers of twitch streamers, celebrity memes or anything and everything under the sun. The more popular your category is the more promising the views will be!
7. Reaction videos
If you're comfortable in front of the camera then you can even make reaction videos, people love watching reaction videos. You can react to recipes, music videos, fashion fails, skincare routines, cringe interview moments, and even video game streams. Plus, if the viewers enjoy your personality and reaction, they'll keep coming back for more!
There are other ways you can make money too, like getting paid $95,000 just to watch Netflix - yup you read the right!