The relationship between the various platforms content creators use is a fickle thing. YouTube has muddied the waters ever so slightly with a new update that requires creators to activate YouTube's ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Crowder sells T-shirts, hats, stickers, and subscriptions for more videos through his website, which is where ...

YouTube has a mission: help make their creators money — but not exclusively through ads. At VidCon last week, the company announced a number of new alternative monetization updates rolling out over ...

YouTube has come under criticism from creators who say they can’t link out to their Patreon accounts on video end slates anymore. A YouTube representative confirmed to Polygon that links to Patreon ...

You’ll need at least 100,000 subscribers to partake in the program You’ll need at least 100,000 subscribers to partake in the program YouTube has announced new features at its VidCon conference today ...

When Amy Landino began making online videos in 2011, her focus was on her YouTube channel AmyTV (359,000 subscribers). But as other money-making platforms have come to prominence, Landino — like many ...

In context: YouTube creators are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the platform in recent years. Algorithmic changes can tank the visibility of videos from both new and established uploaders, ...

YouTube's sometimes uneven crackdown on ads placed on offensive content has driven some video creators to the crowd-funding site Patreon for a more reliable source of income. But that alternative may ...

Being a YouTube star doesn’t actually pay all that well. Just ask Jack Conte, a singer and musician who has scored viral hits mashing up Pharrell songs and stripping down pop hits like Beyonce’s ...

It’s May 7, 2013 and Jack Conte is, in his own words, “totally exhausted, slash, totally wired, in that really weird in-between zone.” He has spent 18 hours per day for the last 50 days building a ...