How much money did my channel earn this year

[@WebDevCody]

I just noticed a major issue with my video. I forgot my gumroad course sales is included in the stripe revenue charts, so subtract the $9k from sponsored videos section. I didn’t even think about social security tax and Medicare taxes which is an additional 12.4% and 2.9%, so the final numbers are $58k for sponsored videos, taking the total to $87,818 revenue; subtract $14,654.66 for federal income tax, subtract $10,889 for social security tax, and subtract $2,546 for medicare. So my new total is $59,729 after taxes 🤷‍♂ If I'm in jail next year it's because I calculated this wrong 🤣

[@parlor3115]

Yeah, the government are ripping us off here

[@JEsterCW]

whoopsie

[@kanchanwadhwani7381]

Its good to see such honest video on the internet. Five stars to you, keep it up. 👍🏻

[@ryanbaldwin6820]

Should look into ach transfer for you billing. Sending a bunch of money to stripe.

[@WebDevCody]

@@ryanbaldwin6820 yeah I need to, I do ach transfers for some clients, but others want to pay with credit cards.

[@t3dotgg]

Love that you’re so transparent. Hopefully this helps people realize that sponsors are effectively necessary to make content work as a real job

[@WebDevCody]

thanks Theo! yeah ad sense is a joke, and from what I am being told I'm not charging enough for sponsored videos

[@TomDoesTech]

This is major inspiration for me. Not so much because of the money but because of how much you'd grown in the last 12 months. Congratulations, well deserved!

[@WebDevCody]

thanks Tom!

[@ScottJohnson-cf8fk]

Well done, man. When a side hustle would be considered very good full income for a lot of people you know you are doing something right

[@LlNKENDARK]

Interesting how sponsors are such a big part of your profit

[@yassinesafraoui]

one should not forget that it's your experience in your job that gave you enough knowledge to share at the first place in here, if people are surprised with the 100k, it actually the byproduct of other things and not just this year, it's the same reason why I don't think things wouldn't have gone the same way for junior devs, it would be a different thing where they learn more than they share.

[@WebDevCody]

Yes my 10 years of experience helped with the channel growth for sure and made it easier to churn out videos

[@flowstatevideo]

My jaw dropped when I saw that sponsorship chunk, amazing work definitely gives me and other creators a lot to think about for what areas prove the most lucrative. I hope 2024 is even more prosperous!

[@ardianhotii]

First video of someone showing sponsorship income , thanks for being so transparent and keep going wish you the best next year 💪💪 , I really like your videos they are so helpful and helped me in some scenarios

[@RyanTipps]

Your humility when discussing income is a breath of fresh air - I hope you have even more success next year! Thanks for making useful content.

[@JamesQQuick]

awesome year!

[@sadkebab]

Congrats on the results man, It's cool to see that this platform gives decent chances of growth to creators that do something different than mainstream content. Honestly I thought that a YT channel with 175k subs would pay much less than that. I have extentive experience in multimedia production and thought about content creation for so many years (7-8 at least) but what stopped me so far was the idea that you would not get decent money before you get 7 figure subscribers and views... and this is mainly because nobody shows sponsorship income. Now thanks to this video I know I could make a decent amout of money even if I do more niche stuff than the average gaming youtuber. Thank you)

[@thedute]

Thanks for being so open and transparent. It makes me feel like you're more trustworthy overall.

[@TheViktors11]

You provide insane amount of value on this channel, so you deserve all the numbers you showed. Thanks for being so transparent as well, not many people are comfortable with that. This stuff just inspires!

[@laptopuser5198]

Thanks for taking the time to lay this out. Good perspective.

[@AlanJaison1]

Interesting to see, hopefully you grow consistently, your videos have been super helpful and I wish you all the financial success

[@harshptl14]

first time I have seen a creator sharing his real earning, love that man

[@DevelopersDigest]

Well done mate! I look forward to your 2024 breakdown! Cheers & Happy New Year!

[@discoRyne]

That dad energy has been popping off these past few years! Congrats and hope more sponsorships come your way. Don't even think twice when they do as I know everyone in your community wants you supported in every way possible to keep the content coming.

[@WebDevCody]

Dad energy 😂

[@schism1986]

Love the transparency. You're killing it! Cheers

[@Elvis-is-king-l3s]

Thank you Cody for the whole tramsparency! Great to see the breakdown and all your achievements

[@bandekhoda7801]

Thanks for being upfront about this stuff and shading some light on this topic that 90% of other content creators don't even think about bringing up

[@carlhandy]

Thanks Cody. I was thinking about doing content creation this year to get my name out there and to also make a little bit more money on top my income.

[@WewCode]

damn been here sinc 30k subs congrats cody you deserve it

[@WebDevCody]

Thanks man, you’re a true fan!

[@theskyspace8280]

Thanks cody, These kinda videos helps us to understand real picture.

[@MadaAdrian]

You deserve it, may the new year be greater for all

[@DomskiPlays]

Really interesting, thanks for sharing. What some people will forget here is that most of this is sponsorship money which you will only get once your channel is successful. So quality comes FIRST!

[@lukor-tech]

Great to see some actual breakdown based on somewhat relevant data. Thanks for sharing this!

[@willmakk]

Wish you a happy new year man, this channel has become one of my favorites by far.

[@tamasbalint1597]

Thank you for your transparency. Keep it going.

[@NizzyABI]

Thanks for the transparency man, it helps a lot of us content creators

[@uzair004]

Well deserved! Excellent content, straight to the point with honest opinion and nothing like crazy intos, yelling or marketing craze. I would like to see how much you actually work put in, your routine, amount of hours you put in (both job and side hussle) and how do you get yourself to work will be appreciated.

[@rohitkochikkatfrancis]

Thank you for being transparent and motivating us all to do and be better version of ourselves ❤️

[@MonsterlessonsAcademy]

Thank you so much for your transparency. As my coding channel is much smaller it help a lot to understand where to focus at. All the best to you and your family.

[@ChristianGardner]

I’d love to see how you set up all the processes you use to run your side hustle … stripe, LLC, etc. 😊

[@ChrispyKings]

Thank you. Been looking for this for a while

[@orcdev]

Thanks for the transparency Cody! You really motivated me to start creating content! I hope next year is going to be at least double amount of money for you!

[@ShaneAJM]

I appreciate the numbers on your sponsorships. A lot of videos that break stuff like this down usually exclude them due to contracts, etc. Interesting to see how much they support creators compared to adsense.

[@arianj2863]

you're the best in what you do!

[@Expateer]

Fascinating information! Thanks for sharing that.

[@ConnorMoody]

This is awesome info to hear! Thanks for being super transparent with this and giving others a sense of what you can actually do with KZbin part time!

[@code.with.faheem]

Great to see the insight. Happy holidays 🎄🎆

[@omomer3506]

A lot of people can actually learn from this, not just content creators or software devs, actual honesty and transparency with no alterior motives.

[@robwatson826]

Thanks for sharing this breakdown Cody, really interesting to see how it all works. I would love to get into the KZbin / Content Creation space but hadn't figured out (until this video) how everything breaks down and where the money comes from. Hope the channel and your side-hustle continues to grow this year and for the future!

[@svenkang7356]

Congrats, you deserve it. Thanks for all the content.

[@techwithmarco]

Very inspiring :) Thanks for sharing that information!

[@SeibertSwirl]

Good job babe!

[@WebDevCody]

thanks my love!

[@Anonymous-cx1lr]

Do you have a video diving deeper into sponsors? Would be very interesting seeing a breakdown of what people get per sponsor, how to negotiate etc

[@l_i_t_108]

just wanted to say, love your vids man, love the articulation, love the simplecity and byte size vids but packed with significant insights. you are awesome bro

[@WebDevCody]

Thanks man!

[@s4ltokyo]

Good job Cody, thanks for being transparent

[@hqasmei]

Thanks Cody for sharing this and the transparency, super helpful!

[@benjamoreno3347]

Well deserved. 😃 Keep up the good work.

[@rasseliodiack7159]

Thank you for the details of your revenues. Hopefully those numbers will only keep growing. I'm pretty surprised by the amount of revenue from sponsorship. I do watch a lot of your videos but never thought that any were sponsored. I probably missed some ads 😂.

[@yarrichar]

Thanks for sharing

[@Tyheir]

Very well done man your vids have taught me a lot so this is much deserved. Planning on starting my yt next year.

[@bulelanibotman]

This is some crazy amount of extra cash in South African standards. With that money alone I could be set for life! With sponsorship being a large chunk of the profit, how much does one sponsor pay, estimation or an average?

[@WebDevCody]

Depends on your average views and subscribers. I’ve gotten between 3-5k a video but I’ve seen others make more

[@bulelanibotman]

wow, thank you for this information. it will sure help me & others who are doing youtube.

[@kamchibekov]

Keep it up! You and your videos feel real and simple unlike other videos where you have to learn dozens of concepts in order to hit the point.

[@en1766]

congrats codyz my fav channel discovered in 2023. well deserved. could you share how you seek out sponsorships? happy new year

[@WebDevCody]

They usually just find my email on KZbin and reach out to me and my wife takes care of the contracts and negotiations

[@JonathanLeeDev]

Thanks for providing insight into this area where it is so hard to know what to expect. No levels.fyi for KZbin etc.

[@sealone777]

Congrats! For a side hustle that is awesome! You are doing what you love and getting paid. I’d love to see more in depth video on sponsorship in terms of negotiations and if they need to approve the video prior to releasing and etc…

[@sealone777]

For got to ask on how many hours you invested this year. Just curious

[@RemotHuman]

I think your having a programming job at the same time as making videos adds to your credibility, I hope next year your channel profit doesn't go up so much that you decide to quit your job (but of course it would be your choice)

[@jazzdestructor]

First of all Congrats on the Earnings mate. Secondly Thanks for so transparent on this. third of all Happy Belated Christmas and 4th and last Hope you and all the viewers have a great and awesome new year. Cheers 🍻🍻

[@WebDevCody]

Much appreciated!

[@whisky961]

Congratulations man! Well deserved! The total amount of taxes you pay is just crazy. About 30k taxes... holy

[@WebDevCody]

Uncle Sam needs hit cut to build missles

[@LachlanMiller]

Well done and well deserved!

[@JoshIbbotson-]

Well deserved. Your videos have been very informative thanks, hope I can get to this some day, only recently got my first full stack dev job as a self taught developer, actually made a video about it! Hope I can get to this level some day!

[@IbbiAhmed]

GGs man all the best

[@makyinmars]

Congrats! You are going to kill it in 2024! 🚀

[@mike110111]

This is so useful and informative, thank you

[@spasojeperovic5809]

Hey, man, good job! I'm following you from the time you were "junkie" and not "cody" haha keep up with the great work!

[@WebDevCody]

A true fan! Thanks for watching

[@lotfijbeli1471]

You deserve it, keep it up sir !

[@Noob_Coder__]

Congrats, mate! I always enjoy listening to you talk about dev stuff. You come across as a down-to-earth guy. I'll send you care packages while you're in prison. And who knows, maybe you'll start the first coding bootcamp behind bars :D

[@WebDevCody]

You’re a true entrepreneur

[@TheEmpowerMotive]

Great content ❤

[@m4dhead]

hey cody, really inspiring, if you don't mind, what kind of CPM do you get making web dev videos?

[@codewithhazem]

best of luck!

[@gkato]

Thanks for sharing those numbers! Really inspiring especially for those who live in third world countries. I could literally retire in 6 or 7 years with this revenue. Too bad most of the income comes from sponsors as I think I'm more of a SaaS side project guy. But really cool to see nonetheless!

[@dhaloh]

That's insane. My family could live on that income for like 4 years. I could afford university. That's crazy.

[@hunterbertoson156]

Screwed over with taxes. I feel that. One tip someone gave me. Set aside 20% of whatever you make just for Taxes.

[@justine_chang39]

awesome video!

[@taylorparrish4323]

You have earned every penny.

[@ThomHemenway]

I know you're probably a sde2 or a senior sde like me making between 125-175k a year. Think about it, you could EASILY go full time youtube. I'm going to lay this out with a simple diagram of hours worked and income: 1-2 hours == 100k | (YT & SaaS) 8 hours == 130-180k | (9-5 job) Imagine you quit your job, you now have 4-8 TIMES the amount of hours you can put towards YT and other things. If you do that you're gonna easily break what you were making at your job. All you have to do is believe in yourself. You got this.

[@WebDevCody]

Yeah it’s possible for sure, I’d have to think about it.

[@TheDonHatim]

Thanks for being so transparent, man. Is that a KZbin RPM of $1.834? That's surprisingly low - I thought this niche would have a higher RPM! Are most of your viewers from the US or India? Or maybe your channel just wasn't monetized earlier in the year?

[@WebDevCody]

Many are from India, and tech content doesn’t get good as sense

[@AnthonyLawYongChuan]

I really impressed, well done. You have family, full time job, and working on side hustle. If you no mind to share, how you manage your time?

[@WebDevCody]

I published a video today about this

[@geekySRM]

Respect!

[@eleah2665]

Very good. Thanks.

[@PirateNightsuN]

Hi Cody, what were those big two sponsorships you had around the middle of the year?

[@MaxAltitude112]

What is one of your sponsored videos? I haven't seen those

[@pajeetsingh]

Well done!

[@emilvideo]

5:28 Do you have an irrational fear of Excel?

[@vagishmalik1889]

Thank you for this insight

[@leonardchan2638]

Nice sharing! But why did you charge your sponsorships through Stripe and let Stripe take the pretty substantial cut? You can pretty much do the invoicing billing and receiving money without Stripe, right?

[@WebDevCody]

Yeah you can do direct deposits, but often then conpanies ask to get in their HR payroll system which delays everything. I once had to wait 45 days to get payment, so now instead I say I only accept payment over stripe and you must pay before I make anything

[@abbaneh]

Question, have you gotten like clients or job proposals from your youtube?

[@SoftwareDeveloperDiaries]

Hey Cody, a fellow KZbinr here! I’m in the same niche, but absolutely clueless about the rates I should be charging for sponsored videos (let’s say with a ~1 ad break or using the sponsor’s platform for the video). What would you suggest my rate should be for such an ad campaign, given my channel size and total monthly views of ~150k? Also, do you think I should prefer product placements to affilite links or vice versa? I’d appreciate your input 🙌 Keep up the great work!❤

[@WebDevCody]

I only do yt shorts and dedicated videos. For dedicated videos id take your average views (omit outliers) for the past couple of videos and times it by $0.66 per view. I don’t do affiliate links, I find them pointless. I don’t do integrated 60-90 second ads because I don’t like them 😂

[@Muhluri]

The cost of living must be really high in America. That's a lot of money

[@is-sam]

Bro type after tax income calculator and you get a precise estimate instead of just *24% which is way more than your real percentage

[@interceptorghost1149]

This guy is more transparent than the Indonesian government

[@WebDevCody]

🤣

[@sssouljah9033]

You earned it all

[@tamasszabo4314]

Love the video and thanks for the transparency. I'd be curious how much time it took you to make all of your youtube videos/gumroad course etc.

[@WebDevCody]

I'll make a video on this soon

[@iamblinkin]

Awesome breakdown, thank you! How long did it take (time and sub count?) before you started getting the sponsorships?

[@WebDevCody]

Years of work. I didn’t gain traction until maybe aug 2022 and I have almost 900 videos

[@LiamHaleMusic]

How long did it take you to get to, say, $10K a year total? How many subscribers did you have then?

[@DmitryShpika]

That is more money than I earned on all of my full time jobs, ever. I'm a senior full stack dev with 12 years of experience. And you say it's not enough 😮

[@WebDevCody]

Where do you live? An average senior dev in the United States is about 138k

[@JoolDK]

@@WebDevCody I can't speak for this guy, but most of Europe is significantly below 100k, even for seniors. (personally 2 yoe and make 70k, which is better than many). Not to say you can't make 100k in Europe, but most aren't.

[@DmitryShpika]

​@@WebDevCody My highest salary so far was when I was working in Armenia. Now I'm in Serbia, looking for a remote job somewhere in Europe, but most positions are still below $100k/y

[@codinginflow]

Do you know roughly how many sponsored videos you made this year?

[@WebDevCody]

honestly, I'm very unorganized and it's hard for me to figure that out unless I went back through. I think overall it was like 10-12 dedicated videos, and a handful of shorts

[@evekaykay]

@@WebDevCody but how many of those ~100 videos had a sponsor in it? 20?

[@WebDevCody]

@@evekaykay I think I did maybe 10-12 sponsored videos this year. I honestly didn't do a good job tracking all of this.

[@codinginflow]

​@@WebDevCody That's a good rate tho. I need to charge more.