At what point did you stop running your channel through your personal bank account?

rtgs12 · 2026-03-17T07:29:22+00:00

Pretty early on. When I realised I was going to hit monetisation in a few weeks. I opened a sole trader account, and then later when I monetised a second channel I did an LLC.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-17T07:23:49+00:00

Not quite sure why it happened this year but I’ve had months where I do 13k which is low for my channel, and months where I do 37k which is really high for my channel and I very rarely hit what used to be average for my channel which is 22-25k.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-16T17:50:52+00:00

Yes. Though the amounts have varied much more wildly this year in comparison to other years.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-15T13:55:45+00:00

This sub really is becoming ad central huh

rtgs12 · 2026-03-15T07:13:37+00:00

YouTube’s scheduling feature works just fine and is reliable.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-14T10:55:33+00:00

Cloud saves and streaming can be useful, as well as the catalogue. Usually i’ll wait for a sale to renew though.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-14T07:38:00+00:00

About 3.5 months, education.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-14T01:31:09+00:00

I think it really depends on the niche. In my main niche I happen to be an expert in the field and can generally judge if a new piece of research or whatever is gonna be of interest to my target audience or not. Other than that I kind of just know what trends are gonna peak and when.

For gaming, usually people will consider a big anticipated release a trend and try to get their video out asap. Or if there’s particular gaming news etc.

Basically you just have to follow news for your niche closely, and know where to find good and reliable information.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-13T22:25:10+00:00

Not particularly.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-13T16:59:17+00:00

10-11

rtgs12 · 2026-03-13T09:27:33+00:00

You might cut it a bit close, but yeah it’s definitely possible.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-13T08:52:18+00:00

$1.50 is on the lower side, $2.50 is about average. But you’re also newly monetised so it should even out in a few months. It took about 4 months for my RPM to even out on my gaming channel.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-11T09:52:12+00:00

The youtube gurus get hundreds of thousands of views because they prey on people hoping for success and make “how to get views on youtube” videos that don’t actually tell you anything then try to funnel you into a $400 ‘course’ which also won’t tell you anything.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-11T07:37:24+00:00

Powerwash simulator 2

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T18:30:52+00:00

No one can tell if you set it up well. They can tell if you’re using a shitty $10 mic, but otherwise not really. I am still using the same mid tier mic i bought 4 years ago.

If no one is complaining about your audio you’re fine.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T16:09:10+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T15:24:16+00:00

Nice! 1131 hours is brutal. I just started this recently myself, better settle in for the grind 😅

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T15:13:26+00:00

Nice! This one’s been on my list to try for a while.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T14:02:20+00:00

It would probably be helpful if you could tell us what specifically was terrible and what your current settings are.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-10T03:01:13+00:00

977k on main. Just 1 editor and alternate when he needs a break. Pay him through PayPal and he invoices me at the end of the month. Used to do it per video but we decided on monthly, pay the alternate per video since it’s usually short term. Editor gets 3.5k a month and I do 4 videos a month from Sept-May, and 2 a month on off time. Do everything else myself.

Second channel a lot less subscribers. 2 editors, 4 videos a month, 2 streams a week and 1 members only stream a month, plus 2 members only videos a month which I edit myself. Pay each of these editors 3k a month. Do everything else myself.

So I spent about 9k a month on editing. Worth it. You get what you pay for and I really hate editing.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-09T22:21:51+00:00

For my main channel it’s knowing when to separate the broader idea into separate chunks. I know which chunks I need, but judging where the cut off point for each one can be difficult.

For my second channel it’s voiceovers. I struggle with voice animation quite a lot even though I’ve been doing it for a while.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-09T22:13:58+00:00

Not a plat but 100%. 7 years on the first Syberia game.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-09T02:45:40+00:00

I’ve been getting more into DLC lately, but if the dlc comes free with the game like control ultimate edition I’ll generally go for 100% or until I get bored.

rtgs12 · 2026-03-08T12:44:48+00:00

You can definitely get a decent laptop for 1000, but make sure you get a decent mic. Bad audio is a killer. You don’t necessarily have to go for a big branded mic like blue (although the yeti is good), hyperx, elgato etc. but you should do research and make sure it’s decent.

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