How do big video platforms make money?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A listener wants to know how the creators behind his favorite online videos get paid. It’s a surprisingly complicated question, and Ryan and Bridget have to go viral themselves to find out the answer. Accompanied by their new dog and a bunch of influencers, we’ll learn all about the wild economics of online videos. Put on your tap-dancing shoes, we’re making content!
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, and now breathe deep, bend at the knees, and reach the fingertips up to volcano |
| 0:11.2 | pose and hold. Wow, Bridget, you were right. This daily yoga break in the park really clears |
| 0:19.1 | my head. Where did you learn this routine? From an online yoga video channel. Now, let |
| 0:23.9 | your arms relax and breathe. I do have one suggestion. Maybe we jazzed this part up with |
| 0:30.9 | a little tap dance. Have you been wearing those tap shoes this whole time? Hey, do you |
| 0:37.6 | see that dog over there? Yeah, what about it? It's just been circling us for a while and |
| 0:42.5 | it doesn't have a leash and I don't see the owner anywhere. Hmm, maybe it's a stray? |
| 0:47.2 | Yeah, that is correct. I am a stray dog. Oh, okay. See, it's a stray dog. What? What? |
| 0:53.1 | Um, wait a minute. Excuse me, dog. Did you just talk? Yep, I can talk. You got any food |
| 1:01.6 | on you? Any cheese or some jerky? This is the most incredible thing I've ever seen. |
| 1:07.4 | It's the most incredible thing anyone's ever seen. A talking dog. We need to report this to |
| 1:12.3 | like a science place. What's like NASA, but for dog discoveries? Uh, Fred, I can't help you |
| 1:18.7 | there. Now, back to the food question. Mind if I sniff around in your backpacks? What are we |
| 1:23.3 | gonna do? This is a major curveball right at the top of the show. I know. This isn't like when a dog |
| 1:27.7 | talks on a kid's movie in real life. It's weird and we have to stop now and do the opening theme |
| 1:32.5 | music like everything's normal. Welcome to million bazillion. I'm sorry. I'm Bridget. I'm Ryan and |
| 1:52.4 | we help dollars make more. Sorry. This is bananas. We found a talking dog people. We should cancel |
| 1:58.3 | today's show. We do have a question. We should probably just play the question though, right? |
| 2:01.6 | Is the question where's the food? Because I have the same question. I just talked again. |
| 2:05.8 | I can't even, I can't even deal. We need to compose ourselves for a minute. Let's just play the |
| 2:11.1 | question. Hi, million bazillion. My name is Iggy and my question is in the websites where popular |
| 2:20.7 | video makers can make content. I would like to know how do those websites have enough money |
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