No kidnapping required either,
just a talented funnybone;
“We’re largely self-taught,” says Kevin Prieto, known to his fans as LokOfLucky,
who produces comedy sketches with Abigail Frías out of the apartment
they share in Jerez, Cádiz province. “We write the scripts, record, and
edit, all from home.” Frías’s two channels, Abi Power and Adelita Power,
have attracted 300,000 subscribers, and bring in around €500 a month.
“I’m not the best known by any stretch, but I am starting to make a
living from this,” she adds, explaining that the first target for any
would-be video star is 50,000 subscribers, or more than one million
views a month.
Successful YouTubers in Spain can earn between €2,000 and €3,000 a
month, especially if they know tricks of the trade such as when to post
their videos. “Prime time is between 10pm and 11pm, because of the
Americans,” says Rogel.
Toni Garrido, a veteran radio talk show host, says leading YouTubers
in the United States make between $500,000 and $5 million a year. Hoping
to take a slice of the cake, he’s just opened the Spanish affiliate of
Maker Studios, an American company that is now the biggest producer and
distributor of YouTube content in the world. Maker’s network attracts
around 153 million visits a month in Spain, the company says. “This is a
medium that is creating a lot of expectation,” says Garrido. Disney has
just forked out $950 million to buy Maker.
They all laughed when I said
I wanted to be a comedian....
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