YouTube is partnering with Pornhub and RedTube, but not in the way you may be thinking. The thrust of Pornhub and RedTube on YouTube videos has been steadily erecting. YouTubers are using the growing porn industry to drive more traffic to their videos, simply by mentioning the porn companies in their titles. YouTube then goes for the reach around, collecting their monetization cuts as well. Sounds like a win for everyone involved. YouTube gets paid, YouTubers get more traffic, and porn keeps doing what porn does, orgasms, gangbangs, sex toys and profits. Will this help break down taboos facing porn platforms like Pornhub and RedTube? Could this marketing ploy lead underage viewers to a porn addiction?
YouTube Money Shot
YouTube is getting their money shot via YouTube channels promoting porn platforms in videos. Monetization is a powerful source of profit. It is a threesome between YouTube, Google, and the YouTuber. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion. Now the online video platform is worth between $26 and $40 billion, according to reports. When a video is monetized, everyone gets a cut, but the YouTuber usually gets the smallest piece of the monetization pie. You need millions of views to really make it as a YouTuber. But referencing porn in your videos may help with that, especially now that the industry is booming.
Dropping Pornhub and RedTube in Videos
The YouTube channel FaZe Rain has more than three million subscribers. Not bad. FaZe Rain drove more than a half million viewers to his latest video, “Pornhub vs. RedTube.” The video really only touched on Pornhub and RedTube for a few seconds. It was a clever way to drive traffic. FaZe Rain appears to be in bed with Pornhub, but RedTube sent him a note offering free porn gear for his channel. Again, not bad. The porn industry is worth an estimated $14 billion. If you a YouTuber can pound a few dollars out of it, or some free lube and a shirt, why not?
Could Video Porn Drops Affect Kids?
The FaZe Rain channel discussed a lot of gaming and COD stuff. Gaming is not only for adults, and kids may be getting porn monetization via backdoor marketing. If you were a teenage boy looking for some COD videos and you hear the word porn, you may just Google it. This could be a slippery pole. Parents should be monitoring what kids are browsing, but let’s face it, TV and video games are doing most of the parenting these days.
