RE: How Do Steemit Followers Compare to YouTube and Instagram Followers?
What a great topic to talk about! Would like to share some shocking statistics of mine:
It took me exactly 655 days to earn my first 266 subscribers on YouTube. As a comparison, it only took me 112 days to gain the 266 followers on Steemit as of today.
Almost every Steemit post has legit comments on them (which means not counting spam). Less than half of my YouTube videos have comments on them.
My 2.5 year old YouTube channel has gotten a grand total of 649 likes across 189 videos. Compare that with my 112 days old Steemit account, this account has collected 2,029 upvotes across 51 Steemit posts (not including comments), this is nuts!
The same YouTube channel received 282 dislikes across 189 videos. Well, only received one troll downvote so far on one Steemit post.
I earned exactly $97.71 USD across my 166 YouTube videos that did generate ad revenue (that's until YouTube demonetise my channel due to policy changes). Guess what, it only took me 3 DTube videos to surpass that amount (at today's prices). Unbelievable.
In conclusion, there's no need for huge influence to be successful on the Steem blockchain, as of today. We should consider ourselves as the early adopters of this platform that may be as huge as today's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Great opportunity for those who missed out on the early days of those mainstream social media platforms.
Thanks for the stats, I'm just starting to ramp up and this is good input!
Thanks for the stats, I'm
Just starting to ramp up and
This is good input!
- jarotondi
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I agree I tied to start on YouTube and dtube at the Same time but now I just go dtube I get way more engagement over here
That's awesome to hear @supremegold22! I don't want to say that people are "fake" on other content sites - but the level of interaction is just so much more shallow. I love the realness that happens here.
WOW! Thank you so much for sharing your stats. That really helps add to this conversation. I'm so glad you found this place and have been able to shift how you monetize your content. I think you make a great point about being early adopters too.
The idea of making a living by becoming a YouTube star seems silly these days because it is so hard to break through. Here on Steemit - even people that are new users have an opportunity to stand out if their content is good. Of course time and energy building community are needed to sustain that - but it is a very cool opportunity for content creators.