[oblio]

Black Swan aka long tail.

Most people starve.

It's not a valid career choice, it's a lottery.

[Mawr]

It's not a lottery, there's a direct relationship between the quality of a video and its viewership.

Luck is involved, but to a much lesser degree than in fields like music, acting, or startups.

[oblio]

The point of the entire article is that you can't make a living out of it.

But you do you.

[system2]

I disagree. There is an algorithm and some people analyze the trends to crack it.

[oblio]

And those people are the 0.01% and many admit they got lucky, and at a certain point fame is close to self sustaining.