YouTube Stars: Is This Hype?

Forbes is reporting on the The World's Highest-Paid YouTube Stars In 2015-- "The minimum to make the list? $2.5 million in pretax earnings in the year ending June 1, 2015."

I've been hanging around YouTube since 2005 before Google bought it and I must say I've only heard of one of these, "Rhett & Link". Not that I hang around in the same circles but I find guys like Kurt Hugo Schneider's work a hellva lot more appealing even though he isn't on this list....


Famous for his one take videos

His videos date back six years ago when he was still attending Yale. He made a completely original musical series appropriately entitled "College Musical" along with his buddies he still hangs out with today.

'College Musical' Starring Sam Tsui

Kurt grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Since Google bought it they messed with the algorithms mostly eliminating the original folks that made YouTube great in the beginning. These days if it ain't about the money.. it ain't about you !

Despite what they are reporting these Tubers earn, in February 2015 'Business Insider' reported YouTube still doesn't make Google any money . The 'Wall Street Journal also reported that same month YouTube: 1 Billion Viewers, No Profit As a result I'm a bit skeptical as to what's being reported.

How it can it be YouTubers make millions and yet Google seems to only break even?

Either there's a lot of bullshit being spread around or Google's YouTube has found a way to avoid paying taxes.

Something doesn't pass the stink test.