Of Ryan McBeth's channel, one finds (with sources):
@RyanMcBethProgrammingA look to the many videos as his "content," one finds he like so many other IN THE UNITED STATES has busied himself with "content creation" and opinion, presented as if "news."
Location: United States
Source: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming/about"The channel "Ryan McBeth" is monetized! Since Aug 31, 2016, the channel has generated 394,140,436 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $1,182,421.31 over 2538 days. That's an average of $170,048.77 per year.
Source: https://isthischannelmonetized.com/
And "buy a paid subscriber-ship to substack," because he'd "really appreciate it."
His address as he posts it is a UPS Store in Silver Spring, MD.
He's very adept at self-promotion with a YouTube channel, Twitter, LinkedIn, Substack, Reddit, Instagram, GitHub, Patreon, and more. In addition to selling his "BunkerBranding" t-shirts, he is, as he says, "Available for: 30 second YouTube ads / Product reviews / Giveaways / TV / Media interviews / Speaking Engagements":
Source: https://www.ryanmcbeth.com/
The reason I look a little more closely at these and other YouTube channels is that many prove to be self-promotion, 2) bringing in nice YouTube ad revenue, and 3) pass on others' work as a part of their own promotion.
In this deadly war between two non-NATO thugs, it seems many are able to turn the grizzly details of war into a nice profit for themselves. Click. And buy a t-shirt.
And in case one should inquire, I have done this for the Macgregors and seeming "opposing views." A lovely cottage industry for many. This guy is GOOD!
Yes, it’s quite something how these people make the moola off the You Tubes and other social media platforms.
There are a bunch of channels that steal content off others. Macgregor must be popular because there are a number of channels that steal parts of month-old interviews with him on another channel and bill them as New! and make money off them — and sometimes these are posted to FR. He does not have his own channel, but there are several claiming to be him. Lots of grifting off this war.
It’s not just the war people are making $ off, either. A whole cottage industry sprang up with videos and articles making weird claims about Covid and the vaccines. We’ve seen plenty of those on FR!
When people are experts in their fields and post useful content, I think they deserve to earn $ off it. I’m happy to give a monetized click to the repair guy who showed me how to fix my dishwasher. And the little Japanese ladies who taught me Japanese giftwrapping, etc. Or the wildlife channel that cheered me up with leaping lemurs or whatever.
The ones who steal other people’s stuff, not. It’s a jungle out there with all the stolen content.