YouTube not a great platform for animators because it relies on watch time and frequency of uploads. And again, that’s with the unlikely scenario of managing to produce 2 very popular animated shorts in one year. Your total revenue for that year will then be around $10,ooo.
Then, let’s say each short gets 5 Million views by some stroke of luck from the virality God. Here’s why it’s not the most effective method, though: Let’s say you make 2 animated shorts per year, which is INCREDIBLY hard to do. You make a short, upload it to YouTube, monetize your channel by enabling ads and watch the money flows. This method is the simplest one, but probably the least effective. Having said that, there are ways to monetize making films, and here are a few you can consider. It takes a long time to make shorts, and the financial benefits are often small. I know it’s funny coming from me, but it’s true. Not the best business modelįirst I should say that making animated shorts isn’t the best thing to build a business around. I’ve recently been asked if it’s even possible to make money by creating animated shorts. However, I believe this is an important issue to talk about, especially for artists, since the art-school system is lacking when it comes to educating students about it. A topic that is rarely discussed on this blog, and one that artists tend to stay away from, fearing ideas like “Selling out” or “compromising your art”.