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# Survive and Thrive in Minecraft
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2013/07/survive-and-thrive-in-minecraft/
- Published: 2013-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:41.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

As my son and I fall deeper into the Minecraft hole, we came across a great set of videos on YouTube by [paulsoaresjr](https://www.youtube.com/user/paulsoaresjr?ref=chrisenns.com), particularly his [Survive and Thrive series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7326EF82122776A9&ref=chrisenns.com) which gives a good overview of playing Minecraft.

What's great about his videos is that they're family friendly. So many of the Minecraft videos we've tried to watch end up being a group of kids swearing at each other and making racist comments - it is the internet after all.

### Example Video

You can [click here to jump to the more interesting part of the video where he starts actually building his house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=SP7326EF82122776A9&feature=player%5Fdetailpage&v=AUYRnD7PzWI&ref=chrisenns.com#t=456s), or watch the whole thing below.

[Direct link to video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36Ehzf2cxE&feature=share&list=SP7326EF82122776A9&ref=chrisenns.com)

### Money in Minecraft

As of this post, he's got almost 670,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel and that particular video has almost 900,000 plays.

I don't know what rate he's on with YouTube but using videos I've uploaded as a rough guide, let's say YouTube pays out around $0.005 (half a penny) per view. A video with 900,000 plays would give him $4,500\. Not bad for 20 minutes worth of video.

But that's just one video in that particular series of 80, as of this posting, videos. One video in that series has [nearly 3.5 million views](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36Ehzf2cxE&list=SP7326EF82122776A9&index=1&ref=chrisenns.com) or approx. $17,500 using my very rough calculations.

On average a video in the series ends up around 450,000 views - give or take. So 80 videos x 450,000 = 36,000,000 views x $0.005 = $180,000\. Again, very rough and guestimatey math here.

### Can You Make a Living on YouTube with Minecraft Videos?

The first [video in the series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36Ehzf2cxE&list=SP7326EF82122776A9&index=1&ref=chrisenns.com) was posted, if the data is correct, sometime in January, 2012\. So $180,000 over the last 19 months isn't bad work if you can get it.

Except that's just that one series.

His [Paul Plays Minecraft series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbtIY4p%5Fltr9s1Yg3fUHZgQB%5F5T9fRp6&ref=chrisenns.com) has 43 videos with an average of 240,000 views. Using the same numbers as above, that's another $51,000.

He's got a whole ton of other videos - over 1,400 as of this post - and a lot of them have under 1,000 views. And I don't know what rate he's actually being paid by YouTube for the ads playing before his videos. Could be less than the $0.005 I'm guessing - but likely it's more.

### Awesome

It's interesting times when someone can make money showing others how to do stuff in a video game - but how much different is it than somebody trying to make money showing others how to [use apps on their Mac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avu76lmur6s&ref=chrisenns.com)? And Paul does an amazing job of keeping the videos entertaining for both me and my 6yr old son.

Plus he gets to [play with his sons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeQ7TOL8ScQ&ref=chrisenns.com) which is all kinds of awesome.