Do people make money when they get a clip to go viral?
Is youyube an avenue to make money.
Only if they can tie the video into some business or money-making project they're doing.
YouTube in itself, is free to watch, and there's no charge to upload videos, unless they're of the strictly commercial variety.
Youtube just started sharing advertising money with people who get a lot of hits on videos. The guy who made the video of his kid coming back from the dentist has made about $25K.