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Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube

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321 points Helloworldboy | 1 comments | 17 Nov 17 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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guiomie ◴[17 Nov 17 15:33 UTC] No.15722732[source]▶
"It then displays it in the Brave Payments list, enabling the user to donate back on a monthly" ... So this will block ads on Youtube, and the creators will be compensated on donations? Does someone have a case-study on content/Youtube creators potentially making a living of donations? This seems like a bad business model: make creative videos and expect people to donate so you can feed yourself.
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Raphmedia ◴[17 Nov 17 15:40 UTC] No.15722815[source]▶
> Does someone have a case-study on content/Youtube creators potentially making a living of donations?

https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt - 9,890 patrons - $36,214 per months in donations.

https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey - 7,719 patrons - $19,439 per video in donations.

Edit: And there's https://www.patreon.com/DeFranco at 14,268 patrons. His revenue is hidden but that's at least around 60k/month if not more.

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1. learc83 ◴[17 Nov 17 16:01 UTC] No.15723046[source]▶
AvE has just shy of 12k patrons. https://www.patreon.com/AvE

He doesn't list a dollar amount but my guess is that it's at least $20k a month.