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What's up, graham, it's guys here, so things are getting serious and we have a lot of indicators that would point to a potential recession. For example, it's shown that a lack of conferences tends to coincide with the slowing economy. Exotic dancers say that a recession is already guaranteed because the clubs are suddenly empty, and you know things are getting serious when cardi b posts on twitter asking when they'll finally admit that we're currently in a recession. Although i wanted to comment on something slightly different, that might give us a real-time view into the spending habits of some of the biggest companies in existence, and that would be my declining youtube ad revenue.

No seriously. Throughout the last few days, several creators have discussed their declining youtube. Ad revenue is a sign that businesses are scaling back, customers have less money to spend, and that could be a sign of a potential recession. So i thought i would throw my hat into the ring.

Share my own ad revenue numbers dating back to the very beginning and get to the bottom of plummeting youtube ad revenue in relation to a recession. Whereas jamie dimon calls it an economic hurricane because i'll flat out say it my youtube. Ad revenue is substantially lower than where it was at the peak. When you dig into the numbers, it could be an indicator that the rest of the economy is about to follow, but before we start, if you appreciate this type of transparency, it would mean a lot to me if you crashed that like button for the youtube algorithm By giving it a gentle tap plus as a thank you for doing that, here's a picture of a pug, so thank you guys so much, and now with that said, let's begin alright.

So as a starting point, i've always been extremely upfront with how much i make here on youtube. In my early days of 2017, i made twenty six thousand nine hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty nine cents. Nice posting an average of three videos a week with four million views at a cpm of roughly eleven dollars and seventy seven cents back then, to me that may as well have been a million dollars because the idea of being able to make an extra 20 to 100, a day in magical internet money was such a foreign concept, but i loved making videos and over time the finance community began to grow in 2018. I continued on the same schedule posting three times a week and lo and behold, my total ad revenue was a hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and forty five dollars and sixty cents, with 14 million views at an average cpm of twenty dollars and eighty one cents.

Now the cpm is a very important number to keep an eye on, because that translates to how much advertisers are willing to pay for every 1 000 views generally. This is a number that could fluctuate over time as companies increase their ad budgets towards the end of every quarter and every year, and they could also change based on the subject matter of your content. For example, if i went from talking about investing to video games, the advertising revenue would drop substantially based on who's watching my channel, but since my content has been focused on the exact same niche for over five and a half years, this gives us a realistic foundation From which we could build on to determine whether or not this is an indication of a recession and just wait, it gets better. In 2019, the channel received almost 80 million views.
All thanks to such classics as why won't be getting the apple credit card meet the 250 million dollar man, how i bought a 78 tesla and how i bought this house for zero dollars that, in addition to posting consistently three times a week, earned just over 1.1 Million dollars at a cpm of 26.70, now 2020 was an interesting year. Initially it started off really strong, with the cpm as high as 33 dollars, but when the pandemic hit, everything went downhill in march of 2020, sponsorships decided to abruptly pause. Their integrations cpms plummeted, 50. To a channel low of 16, so during the lockdown since i couldn't show property as a real estate agent, i used that extra time to double down on my efforts here and unbeknownst to me.

Jerome powell came to the rescue cpm's quickly, recovered and reached a high of 47 dollars by the end of the year, with an average cpm of 28.11 cents. That resulted in over 2 million dollars of ad revenue for more than 130 million views, and to say that was an utter shock would be an understatement. I was fully prepared for an outright havoc on the economy, so this was not the result i expected at all. Now 2021, on the other hand, was actually more of the same.

I continued the regular posting schedule of three times a week, and that year we received 108 million views, 2 million dollars in ad revenue and a cpm of 33.77. However, around november of 2021, something interesting happened, so usually advertisers ramp up their spending around the holidays with december being one of the highest earning ad months on youtube. But this last year was the exact opposite for myself. Cpm's peaked at 46 dollars just after thanksgiving on november 26, and then they declined throughout the season.

That should have been a trend upwards by the way, just a theory here, but the qqq also peaked around the exact same time coincidence. I think not anyway, from there ad revenue, cpms declined throughout january plummeted, more than usual after q1 of 2022 and now they're holding steady at a decline of 25 from the peak now in terms of how this translates to my own payout, here's where things get interesting And where a lot of other creators are beginning to chime in since january of 2021, my youtube ad revenues declined from a peak of 227 000 to a hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Now, that's certainly not to say that i'm trying to get any sympathy here, because that's the last thing on my mind and it's still a ridiculous amount of money, but in a matter-of-fact way. I find it incredibly interesting in terms of why this fluctuates and whether or not that has the potential to signal an upcoming recession.
For example, adh reported that ad spend was decreasing with mcdonald's having dropped their budget by 50. Cryptocurrency ads also saw a decline right alongside with bitcoin, as the entire market plummeted. Coinbase, for example, saw 98 decline in ad spend between february and march, and crypto.com fell another 68 month over month. Now, obviously, slowing demand for investment related products and services combined with companies need to scale back, is going to lead to less spending and in turn, less youtube ad revenue making people wonder if it's actually a leading indicator to a recession.

After all, it was recently shown that alphabet expected to report growth at youtube of 25. That number came in short at 14, contributing to a broader revenue and earnings, miss and a steep drop in alphabet stock. So in terms of why and whether or not this could be a glaring sign of a recession here are my thoughts. First, for advertisers, user tracking is a nightmare see when companies create an advertising campaign, they want to see how many new users are generated from a particular source.

This is how they'll ap test audiences create a budget and then find the demographic who's most likely interested in what they have to offer, but doing that now is next to impossible to accurately gauge that information. All of this began with an apple ios privacy update that requires users to opt into being tracked throughout their browsing, see before this change any time you would visit a website like facebook, they would store little bits and pieces of your data and then, after a while, They could build a profile that would predict when and what services you're most likely to purchase, but that abruptly ended with the ios 14.5 update, which reduces targeting capabilities by limiting advertisers from accessing an iphone user identifier. In fact, the new york times reported that only 24 percent of iphone users around the world have consented to being tracked by advertisers, meaning if your customer is using an iphone, there's a good chance. They are completely invisible.

Now this doesn't just impact big tech, but it also impacts mom and pop businesses who rely on that tracking to determine whether or not their advertising campaigns are successful. For instance, in terms of myself, every single affiliate link that i have down below in the description had difficulty counting referrals to the point where i was only reporting 30 percent of the normal traffic that i used to. Obviously this was a huge problem and it impacted every single other creator that i spoke to. That means that advertisers could be pulling back because it's difficult to convince the higher-ups that an advertising campaign is working when you can't accurately verify that information.
Second, the tick tock effect in september. It was reported that tiktok overtook youtube and us average watch time and they've just now reported over one billion monthly active users with 45 growth year over year. Obviously, it's a format that lends itself really really well to mindless, addictive scrolling and i'm sure there's the realization that potentially ticktock could be taking away a large share market from other social media platforms, youtube included to me. This is why it makes sense for youtube to have included a shorts feature where you could see more or less similar content within the app to avoid you leaving for somewhere else, and this type of new integration is essential for a company to continue growing.

For example, when snapchat took market share away from instagram facebook fought back, designed their stories feature and then left snapchat in the dust after their update. The way i see it, tiktok is a huge threat to any existing social media platform in terms of watch time and when a large demographic just wants a few minutes to scroll and zone out that later turns into an hour brand new short form. Viral content seems to be what people are drawn towards, plus the watch time numbers don't lie. Forty percent of gen z says that they spend at least three hours a day on tick, tock and guaranteed that takes away from youtube in one way or another and third for a lot of creators.

Overall viewership is just down from the pandemic highs of 2020 and 2021.. Just from what i've seen. People are spending more time, not staying home watching the internet, and that means fewer people to watch videos and fewer people to watch ads you're. Also getting people who decide to cut back on spending because inflation skyrockets the cost of everyday items so much so that one in three americans earning above 250 000 is reportedly living paycheck to paycheck.

I just believe we saw such a huge increase throughout these last few years that it became inevitable for things to eventually come back down. That type of growth was just unsustainable and for the time being, we may be entering a time of normalcy in terms of what advertisers are willing to pay, and i think that's what we're beginning to see now in terms of overall channel revenue, even though youtube adsense Is down sponsorships are beginning to see a huge uptick because they allow brands to integrate with the creator in such a way that's much more targeted now. Yes, i have noticed that some companies are reducing their budgets throughout the rest of the year, but others are increasing their ad budgets during a time where there's a little less competition just take only fans, for example, their business is booming during a time where netflix is Stagnating from what i've seen, there's really not a one-size-fits-all approach in terms of sponsorship payments, because every company is so fundamentally different, but anecdotally from my own experience. Sponsorships are showing a lot more interest and that balances out the overall revenue like, for example, public.com.
Where they'll give you a free stock with all the way up to a thousand dollars. When you sign up and make a deposit using the link down below. In the description with a good grant, not to mention at least in the finance space, every single channel has seen a decrease in views per video from two years ago. Simply because people have less money to invest, they're, not stuck at home all day, and there isn't much exciting news to report on when compared to what there used to be.

That means that creators either need to post more videos, expand their offerings or diversify if they want to keep their revenue consistent, and i don't think that's a bad thing, but i also don't think it's a glaring sign of a recession, at least just yet. I just think that's the natural, after effect of a stimulus check, shut down sugar high and even though yeah advertising is seeing some pullback and some sponsors are a little more cautious to me. It's still in line with historic averages, and that's just something to keep in mind. Of course.

Just remember that this is only one data point and everyone is going to have their own unique experience. But i hope this helps clarify my thoughts on whether or not youtube is a leading indicator to a recession. From the way i see it, ad rates are down from the peak, but they're still high. All things considered so with that today guys.

Thank you so much for watching, feel free to add me on instagram and don't forget that you can get all the way up to a hundred dollars a free crypto when you sign up for ftx us down below in the description with the code. Graham, you may as well do that it's pretty much like free money enjoy. Thank you so much for watching and until next time.

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29 thoughts on “Recession warning: my youtube income is crashing”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Deester says:

    when the pawn shops get busier the recession is here

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rammy says:

    Recession is already here for months. Get your government to get the grip of it and no more propaganda with their lies.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars mattchavez26 says:

    I feel like I’m going to get slapped in the face with how much you’re moving your hands these days.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars convenientfriend says:

    am i missing something or did no one catch what he said at the start of video?

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Orr says:

    Cutting spending due to inflation, that's me. I had already cut spending during the supply shortages to relieve pressure on the infrastructure. So inflation is jsut giving me another reason. It's not that I can't afford to buy things, it's just that these pressures trigger my minimalist tendencies. I feel like, "Why not wait until these things abate?"

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Beta Ruler says:

    I cant remember where the quote came from, you know the economy is whacked when dancers and strippers can afford property XD i remember it alongside the one about getting stock tips from a shoe shine boy.

    to me, it appears our society right now puts so little value into hard work and instead over idolise entertainment and celebrity status, nihilistic pleasure and the virtues of our almightiest gods at the top…
    we have plenty of statistics that point out how big of a bubble many of the elites of this world are, as those at the very very top own more than half the wealth and property, with our system now hitting its final breaking points, it cannot support these inflated ego elites isolated at the top any longer, you cant have ceo’s making over 200x the average employees while the average employees are stuck living paycheck to paycheck.

    I have a hope that the common men can alpha up and see this, stop over indulging themselves and start going their own way stacking up wealth and property in order to chisel away the elites monopoly of both. Start learning to make your own things again whether it be your bread or your bed, then you can stop relying on convenience to provide all your needs for you, they may be convenient, but also saps wealth out your pocket and into cronies who can wreck our lives, you know im right! You know you or somebody else will need to push back against it oneday! The sooner we start, the quicker we can start to get things normalised.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bekkenes says:

    I'm in my early 40 and I don't have tiktok and I will never install it either.

    For me it seems like a place for kids and pedoes drooling over kids.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Braydon Wirth says:

    I left you a like to help boost your income:)

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars COMEDY NIGHT says:

    Looking for signs of a bubble? Looking for signs of a recession? Just look at how much money strippers make and what they spend it on. Did they just buy multiple houses and cars right before they lost all their customers from an incoming recession? Will they default on mortage payments because they partied themselves into debt?

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars alexazriel says:

    Moving hands in unnatural exaggerated funny way. Need some beach time, so white in the garage.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Orr says:

    Guys is back! I watch when (A) the title is sufficiently interesting or amusing, and (B) I haven't watched a Graham video in a few days. So my watch rate is not based on the economy.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars gingrbreadman gamer says:

    It’s crazy how expensive it is to ship stuff I notice cause I’m a truck driver so things will be getting even more expensive

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brandi says:

    Everyone is on TikTok! Everyone is on TikTok! Every. One. Is. on. tik. tok. Seriously though, Tik tok is beating out google, youtube, fb, and instagram. UGC creators are everywhere trying to keep up with the ad spend and ecommerce brands being launched. So, moral of the story. Expand on tik tok

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jeff zawislak says:

    I hope you invested in dividend producing stocks or real estate You should be fine with your dividends and your real estate during the recession

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ZigZagPower says:

    My youtube ad revenue has only gone up since the start of the year

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars silverrbells says:

    Can you please stop crying?? Recession is affecting everyone. Why do you have to dramatize everything? You’ve already made gazzillion of dollars, right?? When will you be happy!

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Charles Xiong says:

    Was this a iPhone commercial?

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryan H says:

    Papa Powell needs to spend a good half hour citing the decline of Graham’s Ad Rev to prove recession in the next meeting .

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars treez says:

    Where can I play options on cpm numbers?

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Handsome says:

    "Whats up Graham? It's guys here" followed me througout the video, couldn't even focus on the content. STAHP IT! 😂

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ricardo Monterroso says:

    Nice hair bruh. What’d u use?

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve Street says:

    Nasty jan brewer politico ads here. Yep you're bottom barrel level

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Aaron Sands says:

    Graham, I currently hold shares of “SQQQ” & last week did well w/ it but lost most those earnings this week. What’s your thoughts on “SQQQ” & should I hold it or sell? Thanks fellow Las Vegan

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Cptjockitch says:

    Didn’t Cardi B endorse Joe Biden and when doing so say it was ok to pay more taxes?

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr. Coffee says:

    “Up Graham guys it’s what’s?” Just to change it up a bit

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Demetrius Murray says:

    Didn’t Coinbase have a 60s super bowl commercial? That might explain the 98% drop in ad spending from Feb to March

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Clay J says:

    Poor guy

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Cavalieri says:

    I think channels like this hit a peak when the market was on fire, now that things have cooled down, people just aren't as interested. Hence lower ad revenue.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brandon Knight says:

    Views are going down and I unscubscribed because no one cares anymore (no offense) – BECAUSE we are all too devastated to open our portfolios. I don't even want to look – I actually delete every trading app off my phone to reduce anxeity. Whatever happens, happens….

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