#2173 - Q&A: “Does anyone make money from cat videos??”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Let’s talk about two of my favorite things in the world: cats and cat videos. A listener wonders if there’s any way to monetize them. How do all those cats get paid??
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:38.4 | Let's talk about one of my favorite things in the world, cats and cat videos, specifically. |
| 0:44.6 | Now listen, I'll just be honest with you here. If I could add up all the time in my life that I |
| 0:48.4 | have spent watching cat videos, well I think I'd be surprised it wasn't more. And it's time well spent, |
| 0:54.3 | very happy of all the time I've spent watching cat videos, but back to our show because that's why |
| 0:59.1 | you're here. You want to learn something about small business, about starting a side hustle, |
| 1:02.5 | making extra money. Our show today features a listener question, can you monetize cat videos? |
| 1:08.8 | Well, it made me think, I wonder if I could monetize watching cat videos, not making them, |
| 1:13.6 | you know, just watching them, like over and over. That's the real dream, I think. But since that's |
| 1:18.0 | not feasible in any way that I know, let's go to the original question, does anyone make money from |
| 1:22.3 | cat videos? And if so, how can I get in on that? All right, detailed question coming up in just |
| 1:28.7 | 30 seconds. Quick shout out to our sponsor. Thanks, sponsor and thank you listeners. |
| 1:40.7 | Hi there. This might sound like a weird question, but there's a point to it. Does anyone make |
| 1:46.1 | money on cat videos? I tried googling for the answer, but all I found was more cat videos. |
| 1:50.9 | I spent almost an hour watching them, which brings me back to the original question. |
| 1:56.0 | With so many talented cats out there and every owner with a smartphone, |
| 2:00.6 | who's monetizing this? Or is it really just for entertainment? Keep up the good work over there. |
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