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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/What is the best social media platform for niche content creators? I’m thinking of starting a small project for one of my hobbies but I’d hope to make at least enough to pay for my setup (mic, camera, etc.). Is that unrealistic?
What is the best social media platform for niche content creators?
Like it or not, youtube still has the biggest audience and the best discovery algorithm (even with it’s flaws).
And, even with this latest change, still pays better than other platforms.
Actually Nebula pays their creators better.
Sure but how do you get on Nebula?
As far as I know it comes from having an established YouTube presence first.
Yeah, unfortunately is the only way. If peertube worked with monetization it maybe would be a better place than youtube.
It’s also a matter of audience. Part of what lets Nebula work at all is the built-in audience for the creators that are there. Same with droput.tv and c5.now and even means.tv.
Peertube will work better as more and bigger creators cross-post to it. Another challenge it faces though is scaling and yes, monetization since there’s no subscription system through the platform by default.