Can you open a new YouTube account with a Yahoo address or does Google just force you to open a new one with a Gmail account?

is it 1998 in here?

You can sign with a different email address but you have to have it linked with Google so it'll be assumed as a Gmail account.

Cuddles said:

is it 1998 in here?

i know I just have a couple of different YouTube accounts and they were started before Google got involved but I never really used them. I deleted them this week but now YT won't let me use any names from before even though they have been deleted.

Vimeo is not complicated as YouTube. One username, one password. Pretty simple.

Since you've brought up Youtube ---

...does anyone here actually make any money off of their youtube videos???

PurpleJedi said:

Since you've brought up Youtube ---

...does anyone here actually make any money off of their youtube videos???

Not me but I watch a lot of makeup gurus who do make money from their channels

PurpleJedi said:

Since you've brought up Youtube ---

...does anyone here actually make any money off of their youtube videos???

No and I wouldn't want to. I heard it's not much unless you're preferentially treated.

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Timmy84 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Since you've brought up Youtube ---

...does anyone here actually make any money off of their youtube videos???

No and I wouldn't want to. I heard it's not much unless you're preferentially treated.

I got offered one of those "partnerships" on one of my videos, but I declined because I'd probably get in trouble (I reposted a WWE match and it got alot of hits).

It's my understanding that you get paid for those ads running below your videos if you agree to the partnership, which is offered to you once your video gets a certain number of hits. They can't possibly be that picky since they offered it to me, and my video technically violated the rules.

There's people who make stupid videos who rake in ALOT of dough based on their millions of viewers.

I just googled it.

Here's a list from last year noting the top 10 money-earners from Youtube;

1. Shane Dawson ($315,000/£200,000) 431,787,450 views

Clean-living, wholesome 22-year-old Californian comic actor producing home-made sketches.

2. The Annoying Orange ($288,000/£185,504) 349,753,047 views

Animated fruit created by Dane Boedigheimer that could soon appear on television.

3. Philip DeFranco ($181,000/£117,000) 248,735,032 views

Video blogger (vlogger) who began uploading clips while at university.

4. Ryan Higa ($151,000/£97,200) 206,979,909 views

Also known as Nigahiga, the Hawaiian-born Japanese-American evolved from lip-synching to original comedy and has had more than 150 million hits. Videos How to be Gangster and How to be Ninja went viral for him and his Yabo Crew.

5. Fred Figglehorn ($146,000/£94,000) 200,656,150 views

Lucas Cruikshank, 16, whose videos aimed at children are soon to appear on Nickelodeon.

6. Shay Carl ($140,000/£90,000) 192,309,247 views

An Idaho radio DJ and comic

7. Mediocre Films ($116,000/£74,600) 159,030,703 views

Comedy clips created by Greg Benson.

8. Smosh ($113,000/£72,700) 154,936,876 views

Comedy duo Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox

9. The Young Turks ($112,000/£72,000) 153,807,362 views

Current affairs discussions and satire

10. Natalie Tran ($101,000/£65,000) 138,871,829 views

24-year-old Vietnamese-Australian comic with popular vlogs. is the No 1 Down Under.

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

No and I wouldn't want to. I heard it's not much unless you're preferentially treated.

I got offered one of those "partnerships" on one of my videos, but I declined because I'd probably get in trouble (I reposted a WWE match and it got alot of hits).

It's my understanding that you get paid for those ads running below your videos if you agree to the partnership, which is offered to you once your video gets a certain number of hits. They can't possibly be that picky since they offered it to me, and my video technically violated the rules.

There's people who make stupid videos who rake in ALOT of dough based on their millions of viewers.

Yeah I had thought about making money but knowing how YT is with their copyright rules, no way in hell I would agree to it. I've been disillusioned recently with posting music on there and just rather go back to surfing on videos and commenting like I did prior to 2009.

PurpleJedi said:

I just googled it.

Here's a list from last year noting the top 10 money-earners from Youtube;

1. Shane Dawson ($315,000/£200,000) 431,787,450 views

Clean-living, wholesome 22-year-old Californian comic actor producing home-made sketches.

2. The Annoying Orange ($288,000/£185,504) 349,753,047 views

Animated fruit created by Dane Boedigheimer that could soon appear on television.

3. Philip DeFranco ($181,000/£117,000) 248,735,032 views

Video blogger (vlogger) who began uploading clips while at university.

4. Ryan Higa ($151,000/£97,200) 206,979,909 views

Also known as Nigahiga, the Hawaiian-born Japanese-American evolved from lip-synching to original comedy and has had more than 150 million hits. Videos How to be Gangster and How to be Ninja went viral for him and his Yabo Crew.

5. Fred Figglehorn ($146,000/£94,000) 200,656,150 views

Lucas Cruikshank, 16, whose videos aimed at children are soon to appear on Nickelodeon.

6. Shay Carl ($140,000/£90,000) 192,309,247 views

An Idaho radio DJ and comic

7. Mediocre Films ($116,000/£74,600) 159,030,703 views

Comedy clips created by Greg Benson.

8. Smosh ($113,000/£72,700) 154,936,876 views

Comedy duo Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox

9. The Young Turks ($112,000/£72,000) 153,807,362 views

Current affairs discussions and satire

10. Natalie Tran ($101,000/£65,000) 138,871,829 views

24-year-old Vietnamese-Australian comic with popular vlogs. is the No 1 Down Under.

I wonder how much Tay Zonday gets paid for his videos or how much B. Scott gets paid for his. Or Chris Crocker (though I don't know if he still does videos anymore since he posted some porn pics not too long ago) or "The Fake Skorpion Show".