How Much Money I've Made In 4 Years From YouTube and Amazon with 38,000 Subscribers! (2018 to 2021!)

[@michelesutherland9629]

I just purchased the a6000 in 2021 as my first “big girl” camera so I have watched all your videos. I find them super helpful for a complete novice. Thank you and don’t stop.

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks Michele! congrats on the camera!

[@EazyRed]

lol same, bought mine in the summer of 2021, great cam for sure, but i could benefit from a 64gb card cause avchd is so compressed lol, i need me the xavchd sony

[@1956jude]

Hi Kyle. Thanks for the video. Happy to hear more will be coming in 2022. Here are some things that make your videos so pleasurable to watch. You act like a normal person. You're humble. You appreciate beer. You speak slowly and explain things in a way that's easy for anyone to understand. You don't sound like you're reading from a script. March 2020 was lockdown and that may account for an uptick in your income because so many were online...shopping, watching videos, learning new things. That is actually when I decided to learn how to use my camera. I'd buy your merch! Keep 'em coming. 😊📸

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks as always Judy! You’re so kind. Lots more coming this year! And haha I’ll mark you down for the first merch item lol

[@AA-kr6cx]

I have an a6000 and since day one I'm glad to have found your channel! Very very helpful and amazing content covering the a6000! Keep it up!

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks so much 😊👍🏻

[@montaguebarnabasltd]

Hey, just thought I’d share that you are the exact reason I started uploading. Got a long way to go yet, but your advice and the way you explain KZbin as an income source are still things I think about every week when I upload. Hope you’re doing well, and I’m sure your audience will treat you well when you decide to come back.

[@kyletaggart]

Oh wow, what a compliment! Thanks so much. I’ll have to check your channel out! Thanks again for the kind words.

[@Missykat75]

Thank you for the information. This is better than signing up and paying for a MLM that says the same as all the other MLMs out there. You deliver it straight up without the hard sell.

[@kyletaggart]

I freaking hate MLM’s. They never share their monthly income or year report on how much they earned, because 99% of them are losing money. KZbin as a side hustle isn’t for everyone, but it can be a great source of income and fun if you understand it. KZbin can be a full time thing too, it’s incredible.

[@kennyisgod]

Incredibly informative video. I loved the analogy of knowing how much a position pays, especially considering how many people are thinking about going into content creation. You should consider a Patreon; I know I would support your content! Thanks for a great video and keep hustling!

[@kyletaggart]

You da man Kenny!

[@gigicostlow4414]

Interesting stuff! Your videos are great! Easy to understand and love how you also try out the less expensive gear and give your honest opinion on it. Thanks bunches and looking forward to 2022 videos.

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks so much! Gonna be a great year of videos’

[@JuhaErkkila]

Nice that You are sharing your numbers... I'm remarkably smaller "creator" as You are and also maybe a bit more like a semi vlogging type of DIY videos. Been monetized for maybe almost two years now and slowly learning how the play goes inside KZbin. For Your knowledge been using A6300 for my camera gear for couple of years now and been watching your reviews a lot during these years so thanks for those! What I was thinking about this KZbin in general is that it is continuously evolving playground and I also quess that "the rules" are not that clear either. There is a severe competition on the views available and also the years are very much different to each other... One key thing is that KZbin does not share is the total amount of adds what they have been able to sell and how much the total view in youtube has been with all the creators. So the share of the cake is not that easy money and probably will be harder also when number of creators is "exponentially" growing. I'm also guessing that number of creators will some day stay more on certain level since this was not the place for easy money as people are slowly to starting to notice that ;)

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks for checking my videos out! And hope you’re having fun with your channel. Couple things to note: I’m someone who recognizes other channels do it better than me, but when it comes down to it, there are just too many eyeballs out there. Someone else doing well in my niche just makes it better for me and other creators. If someone makes some baller video on the a6000 and gets millions of views, the people who watched that will probably be shown my videos as well. As for opportunity, I feel, and I truly believe this, KZbin is the best platform for making a career. Second would be TikTok. KZbin Pays 55% of ad revenue to creators, and keeps 45%. That may change but since its inception it hasn’t. To circle back on the competition thing, it also goes hand in hand with there being so many ways now to make better videos. Cameras are cheaper, more accessible, phones can do it all, there are videos showing you how to tell a story, edit, make graphics. There are more people making videos than ever, but it’s also easier than ever to be good at it - but not everyone takes it serious. Hope you have an awesome 2022!

[@beyondabdu]

Hello Kyle, your videos are so informative and clear. Anyone from aps-c world can totally trust in your videos to buy glasses and cameras. Keep up the videos, mate!

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks so much Abdulla!

[@ciwanski]

Appreciate the honest approach to your videos. Looking forward to more of your content this year.

[@kyletaggart]

Hopefully a lens video next week! Thanks for sticking with me!

[@dvpmassote]

Thanks for keeping up the good work! Because of you I got my TTArtisan 50mm. Great lens. I would like to suggest you to make links for Aliexpress. They also sell lenses there too. I don't know how it works for creating links, but shipping is cheaper for other countries. Best!

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks! I’ll look into it!

[@JustinSteereMusic]

Hey Kyle, Your dad is one of my neighbors and told me to check out your channel. I'm a real estate photographer full time here (using a Canon 5D Mark IV & a 5DSR) Your videos look great. Keep it up.

[@kyletaggart]

oh dang! man I bet he talks your ear off. thanks for stopping by!

[@JustinSteereMusic]

@@kyletaggart haha he was just walking the dogs and mentioned it as we were talking for a few minutes. Nice guy.

[@kyletaggart]

Maybe if you’re up for it sometime and timing aligns, I would love to tag along a real estate shoot. Could be a cool vid for the channel! Also nice music, just checked out your channel. 🤘🏻

[@JustinSteereMusic]

@@kyletaggart Hey thanks man, I appreciate it, and definitely. I would be up for that. I could assist with filming in some way. I have a DJI Gimble for the Mark IV

[@mar8888]

Keep going!! 🙌🏽😁

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks! 👍🏻

[@katzsteel]

Very interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing the info!

[@kyletaggart]

No problem!

[@MACKMORRIS83]

Thank you for all of the knowledge over the years, Kyle! Congratulations on the success, so far and cheers to even more! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks! Stoked on having a great 2022. More to come!

[@lucaandolina281]

Hi Kyle! Thanks for sharing. I truly appreciate your honesty with your supporters, both with contents and with ideas for the future of your channel.. a milestone in Sony's APS-C world, really. Personally I'm interested in digital contents, post-production tutorials and.. well, you know, astrophotography. I don't know if an italian opinion can be useful for you, I hope the best for your future (inside.. and outside the channel!).. and, again, congratulations for your wedding! Regards.

[@kyletaggart]

Luca thanks so much for the thoughtful comment! 🙌🏻

[@LeechTM]

wow, this is really usefull, especially since we are in roughly the same CPM Class. Thanks for sharing kyle.

[@kyletaggart]

glad it's helpful Leech!

[@cyclepil]

Hi Kyle, Discovered your content recently, love it, hope the break is going well. Do you have data on how much your old videos are viewed vs the newer ones ? What interests me here is an estimate of how much would the channel make if you stopped posting forever.

[@kyletaggart]

Hello, and thanks for the kind words! I of course have data, however a KZbin’s channel’s earnings fluctuates. My most viewed video recently has been the top 10 APSC lenses one. However I have some older videos (camera modes explained) that still get views. For adsense alone, the months I haven’t posted it’s been relatively consistent, however due to the nature of new cameras etc it has been slowly going down. This year it’s been between $130-$175 a month for just Adsense. Where as a year prior it was $130-$350 per month. If you had a topic that was evergeen and even more generalized, you could have a smaller downward slope as the months/years pass. Between Adsense/Amazon affiliate income, I still make $300-$600 a month from this channel. This was always a goal of mine when I pivoted to cameras, and it’s kind of wild to me even to this day. KZbin is so incredibly powerful. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[@cyclepil]

@@kyletaggart Thank you for sharing ! The back catalogue part of KZbin is so so interesting to me, and not that much discussed. Might have some questions in the future, I won't hesitate to ask. Have a nice day :)

[@kyletaggart]

Indeed, don’t hesitate to reach out! Thanks

[@EazyRed]

in case your curious... i made a vid in 2018, of which was copyright struck, and since then i have made 0$, on a video with almost 4 million videos.

[@kyletaggart]

danggg!

[@EazyRed]

@@kyletaggart and aside from that vid, ide make 25$ the past 365 days lol, i hadnt had motivation to shoot and edit in the past two years, two years, two posts.. tho i did buy allot of gear since last summer

[@4musiclove123]

Hey Kyle glad you are doing still going at it.

[@kyletaggart]

Joe! Thanks so much man. Appreciate you stopping by!

[@KevinEscobarCo]

Awesome vid! Super useful. Some of that amazon commission is from the stuff i bought so I’m gonna need you to buy me a coffee! 😂

[@kyletaggart]

Haha you the man Kevin. Definitely, need to shoot some film with ya when the world is normal again!

[@MichTheo]

This was definitely quite informative, thanks for sharing your knowledge on these subjects

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheDizzyWallin777]

Keep up the work Kyle! Videos are always awesome

[@kyletaggart]

Thanks Dizzy! Let’s hop on gears 5 sometime!

[@1956jude]

Suggestion for a future video: All about camera batteries. Is it okay to buy brands other than Sony? If so, what brands do you recommend? How many photos can be expected from a battery and what factors influence that? Methods for charging... In camera/in charger. What chargers do you recommend? What is expected battery life, i.e. how many times can you recharge them? Just a suggestion 😊

[@kyletaggart]

Absolutely. I have some Power Extra and Wasabi. I recommend the dual chargers where you can see the battery life. Here is one I own myself. geni.us/PowerExtra There are a ton out there, but I own two of those, I bought them years ago. I believe there are fancier ones now. You can plug the charger into your computer, or use a power brick (I use my ipad one). You can charge via a usb cable directly to your camera, but I find it takes forever. I recommend having 3 batteries. With the dual charger, I usually have one in my car at all times (car has usb ports). You can get chargers for the old school lighter outlets as well. Batteries do have a lifespan of effectiveness, meaning they will lose their efficiency over time - just like a phone. As for battery saving tips, turning off any feature that you don't need helps. Screen brightness, viewfinder brightness, etc. Turning on airplay mode is also a battery saver. As for how many photos per battery, that all depends on the things I just listed. The sony a6000 is rated for 300ish shots per charge.

[@1956jude]

@@kyletaggart Thanks for all that typing Kyle. Good info. One thing I've noticed is that using a manual lens results in significant battery power savings.

[@old4004]

I'm assuming that you have other revenue streams, what with a new wife and all. Congratulations and Happy New Year.

[@kyletaggart]

I have a day job that’s way more than this. This is just my side hustle that’s fun and pays! Thanks and happy new year!

[@BrandonBoswell]

I need to get back to being consistent on here. It’s a challenge.

[@kyletaggart]

It’s the hardest part!

[@BourLeaf]

First. -❤ Burn

[@kyletaggart]

Burned!!! Thanks for stopping by bud! Lol

[@nostronemo]

Why such a video? Don’t really understand the real reason…

[@kyletaggart]

I’ve done this almost every year. I’m very interested in creator economy, how to build my side hustle to possibly a business, or full time thing. But I understand it’s a little out of left field. Lens review next week 😊