I'm not someone who spends a lot of time on YouTube, but recently,
a spicy controversy that has to do with how influencers make money had me on a call with a YouTuber.
I'm a YouTube creator.
I go by the name Yub.
I'm based in Texas.
Hello, y'all.
And I make gaming videos, very immature style, like the kind your kids probably watch on the iPad.
That's so annoying.
That's me.
That's what I do.
And you probably get asked this a ton.
Why Yub.
It was just the shortest URL I could find that was short,
but you could still say it as a word out loud.
And it's not your real name, obviously.
No, no, my real name is Dylan.
That would be crazy if my mom named me Yub.
Dylan Russell, aka Yub, has about 1.6 million subscribers on his channel,
and he's been making a living entirely off YouTube for years.
Most of his income comes from ad breaks in his videos.