Blogging and YouTube are pretty different from each other.I am going to compare them both by how enjoyable they are to creators, makes profit for the creators and also the difficulty of them. But which is the better one among these two.
Difficulty
Both of these platforms are difficult to manage and keep the channel or website running. But for YouTube when making videos require editing and recording. The editing can be obnoxious for some people especially if they don’t know how to edit videos. You can argue though that getting an editor can be the solution but for starter YouTubers that would mean they have to invest more money into it and it’s not a guarantee that the channel is even going to succeed. Also just recording the video can be difficult too since you would have to pick what to put in and what to take out. But as you go along it becomes easier as the revenue start to pour in and you can hire an editor to do the job.
For blogging the beginning is mostly easy especially since there’s so many free advice there are around the internet. It also doesn’t require much knowledge of the internet since the most difficult thing in the beginning for blogging is probably finding the right website or just making the website look good. But as you go later it can be difficult to think of what kind of content to put out.
So for the difficulty I would say the blogging is the easier way to go.
Revenue
Revenue is important when it comes to an online business since without it there’s nothing that would keep you going. You would either run out of money to pay workers or run out to pay things in your everyday life.
For YouTube revenue for an early YouTuber can be quite low or none at all. But as long as they can get people to watch around 30 seconds of an ad or half the ad they will get revenue. It also doesn’t take that long to get ads set up and start earning passive income.
For Blogging it is more difficult to start earning some revenue. People can spend around a year on blogs and still earn no money at all. Getting ads set up on the blog website require time and a lot of work. Also getting the revenue from those ads can also be difficult. Some people decide not to go with ads but instead go with online courses and other things. This is a smart idea but that would require a dedicated audience, an audience that wants to commit their hard earned money on your courses.
So overall for the revenue YouTube is going to take the victory.
The Ability To Enjoy It
Being able to enjoy what you do and make a living out of it is everyone’s dream. Since most people are stuck at jobs they hate and they look at others doing what they love.
For YouTube the creators on it all seem to enjoy themselves. Whether or not you can notice it their facial expression always shows how much they enjoy that work that they have. It’s hard to tell if they hate being a YouTuber. I mean most of them make money off of playing video games, like who doesn’t want that for themselves.
On the other hand there’s blogging. The place where people express their emotions and feelings through words or pictures. Most the time it’s quite easy to tell how they feel just from the blogs. If the quality decrease or if the posts start to slowdown, maybe sometimes their wording isn’t the same. It’s also great for people who don’t like to talk to themselves through a microphone or want to show their face to people. Also being a blogger you have to go through less online drama when compared to YouTube. It’s like a peaceful community that we all can enjoy.
In summary blogging is the better way to go in my opinion rather than YouTube.