An indispensable platform for modern people’s entertainment life is YouTube. Usually when considering whether to become a YouTube Premium subscriber, you may focus more on the upgrade features. But if you are already a frequent user of YouTube, you should be more interested. I want to know what the monthly fee has done for you, especially how much time it has saved you from watching ads.
How much time can YouTube Premium save you by being ad-free?
What are the benefits of YouTube Premium
There are many advantages for upgrading from YouTube free tier to YouTube Premium subscribers. Here I will briefly list them:
Videos can be watched without ads
Content creators can still enjoy the benefits in real life Branding and promotional ads are embedded in the film, but you will not see ads from YouTube.
Watch offline
You can download the video first to watch it where there is no Internet connection.
Continue watching On your web browser and mobile device, YouTube will track where you are in the video so you can continue watching it later.
Picture-in-picture (PiP)
In YouTube for mobile, you can use Picture-in-picture function lets you watch videos while operating other apps on your mobile device.
Background play
You can minimize the mobile version and let the audio continue to play in the background without keeping the app open.
Playback controls Item
You can adjust the playback speed and easily swipe forward or backward in the video.
YouTube Music Premium
This service is also included with the YouTube Premium subscription, allowing you to listen at any time Music.
Most relevant to what we are going to discuss today, and one of the main reasons why anyone subscribes to YouTube Premium: no ads.
How much time do YouTube ads take up? Ads are never fun, and when you're a daily YouTuber who doesn't subscribe to YouTube Premium, the number of ads can quickly become annoying. Although most ads are skippable, you have to Pay attention to whether the playback window enters the advertisement segment anytime and anywhere, and wait for 5 seconds before clicking to skip. If you don't watch it, you may have to watch 15 seconds to 30 seconds of advertisement.
On top of that, YouTube's ad structure and policies are constantly changing. Tracking how much time these ads take up is much trickier than tracking ads on traditional TV or even streaming services, which have more standardized viewing structures. Because of the ads The content depends on what you're watching and how often you jump to new videos, so the only way to estimate how much time YouTube ads take up is to monitor them under real-world conditions.
Try it without logging in Watch videos of various lengths with a YouTube Premium account and draw two conclusions from experience. First, the shorter the videos you watch, the more frequently ads appear. Second, even if the number of videos increases, no matter how long the video is, short, the difference in ad time is not as extreme as you might think. In the ideal world where you are aggressive and cautious about hitting the ad skip button each time, if you watch a lot of short-length movies, you will It was found that approximately 90 seconds of ad content are seen per hour; if you watch longer videos, long ads of around 35 seconds are common. For viewers who are highly focused on skipping ads, you end up seeing more ads for longer than watching There are far fewer ads in streaming (about 4 minutes per hour) or broadcast or cable TV. Likewise, if you don't hit every skip, you can watch several minutes of ads in the same time slot. Play.
You can open the YoTube app, click on your profile picture, and check your average YouTube usage from the "Watched Time", or evaluate how long you have watched based on your regular viewing habits. .For example, assuming you watch YouTube content for 2 hours a day, out of the 60 total hours watched per month, it is reasonable to estimate that you will see at least 90 minutes of ads.
Upgrading to YouTube Premium is Worth It ?
The value of time in everyone's mind is different, but we can use the minimum hourly wage to simply convert it (but it may be higher or not necessarily). The current YouTube Premium subscription price is 179 yuan per month. If based on Taiwanese labor Calculated based on the department’s current minimum wage of 176 yuan per hour, the 90 minutes you save every month (based on two hours of reading per day) is approximately equivalent to a saving of 264 yuan. If you are considering joining at most other than yourself The 269 yuan family plan for 5 users, when fully utilized, means that each person can save a total of 540 minutes by spending only 44.83 yuan. Calculated by the minimum hourly wage, the total time cost is 1,584 yuan saved.
For YouTube enthusiasts who watch videos for a long time, they don’t like to be frequently interrupted while watching videos. The frequent, short and irregular advertisements on YouTube are much more annoying than the uniformity of traditional TV advertisements. If you just want to Watch videos quietly without being disturbed by any interruptions. YouTube Premium does have its significance as a subscription. At least YouTube gives you the choice of exchanging money for time or exchanging time for money.
Especially if most of the videos you watch tend to be When it comes to cooking instruction, fitness or DIY videos, the frequent advertisements are even more annoying. Imagine you are doing yoga training, watching the video repairing water pipes, your hands are very busy, or your hands are covered with flour or cooking oil. , you have to reach out and click to skip the advertisement at any time, otherwise you will be stuck waiting for it to finish playing before entering the next stage, which will be very anxiety-provoking.