Zerkaa Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes On YouTube
Zerkaa Net Worth – $11 million
Joshua Bradley is the British guy popularly known as Zerkaa. He made his fame and an estimated net worth of $11 million by posting FIFA gaming videos on YouTube plus he is also a member of the famous group called Sidemen. He has two YouTube channels whereby his main channel Zerkaa is mainly for FIFA and FIFA-related videos. His second channel ZerkaaPlays is where he posts videos of him playing other different games that are trending in the market.
How Much Money Does Zerkaa Earn On YouTube?
The main channel Zerkaa has over 4.5 million subscribers and has accumulated over 650 million views since it was launched back in December 2009. Josh uploads around 1 video every two days and in a day the videos in the channel generate an average of 30,000 views per day. In terms of revenue an estimated $240 per day ($87,000 a year) from YouTube ads.
ZerkaaPlays has 2.5 million subscribers and has accumulated over 1.2 billion views since it was started in August 2012. In a day the videos in the channel get around 200,000 views per day (approximately 20% of the views are from Shorts) and generate an estimated revenue of around $1,300 per day ( $480,000 a year).
ZerkaaLive is another channel where he features videos of the best moments of his gaming sessions on Twitch. It has over 240 million views and over 400,000 subscribers.
YouTube content creators based in the US, UK, Canada and Australia generally get paid $2 – $12 per 1000 monetized views after YouTube takes its cut. Monetized views usually range from 40% – 80% of the total views. All these are influenced by several factors like the device played on, time of the year, the location of the viewer, ad inventory, how many ads there are on a video, how many people skip the ads, type of advertisement, ad engagement, type of content, etc.
The cost of an ad view is based on an auction between advertisers based on views. Advertisers have to bid a minimum of $0.01 per view. There is also a program known as Google Preferred where deep-pocketed companies can target ads on the top 5% most popular content. The ad rates here are higher than normal.
Apart from ads, YouTube content creators also generate extra income from other methods such as YouTube Premium, Superchats & Superstickers, Super Thanks, Channel Membership and Shopping.
YouTube Premium viewers pay a monthly fee to view premium content on YouTube and watch videos without ads. Here, content creators get paid based on watch time on their videos. The longer the viewers watch their videos, the more money they earn.
Super Chat and Super Sticker are used by fans to connect with creators during live streams and premiers. When one buys a Super Chat, their comment is highlighted within the live chat while the Super Stickers get an animated image that surfaces in live chat. Super Thanks lets creators earn revenue from viewers who want to show extra gratitude for their videos. Fans can buy a one-time animation and get to post a distinct, colorful, and customizable comment in the video’s comment section.
Shopping gives eligible creators the ability to connect their store to YouTube to feature their own products.
YouTube Shorts generate revenue in a different way as compared to traditional videos. The revenue from ads appearing between Shorts will be pooled together then a portion of the total revenue will be allocated to a Creator Pool. Each country has its own Creator Pool. Eligible creators will be paid based on their share of total views. Shorts that use music make less money due to licensing costs.
General Expenses
Content creators incur a wide variety of expenses to create their content. These can include things like production costs, employee salaries, travel expenses, rent, buying new equipment, utilities, amenities, entertainment, subscription fees and other living expenses. One of the biggest expenses for most creators is taxes. Your tax brackets generally depend on your income. In a country like the United States, the highest tax rate is 37%. A combination of all these expenses determines one’s ability to save and invest, consequently how much one’s net worth grows.
Other Sources Of Income
Zerkaa makes extra income by getting brand deals from different companies willing to pay high sums of money for product exposure. He is also a member of the Sidemen.