"If I have 100,000 subscribers and only 1% sign up for the paid plan at $5/month, I'll be pulling in $60,000 per year. A million subs, and I'll be rich!"

Problem is, almost no one wants to pay, and even if they do, you have to deal with massive churn and a constant demand for high-quality content that is truly unique, high quality, and impossible to find elsewhere.

There are only a few top level people making this work, and all have deep knowledge of profitable niches or business customers who can foot the bill for their employees. Almost everyone else is constantly begging for people to convert to the paid plan, or burning out.