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‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Has Earned $500,000 in 5 Years

Hardly professional production but I like the $$$.

‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Has Earned $500,000 in 5 Years http://t.co/e4hQEo8N

At $100,000 a year, that’s a decent income from capitalizing on one simple video. And yes, they  worked at it.

The video captured a few million views within its few months.

Howard Davies-Carr, the boy’s dad, said he considered taking the video down at that point — but didn’t, because there were already many parody videos and copies on other websites. Once the video reached 50 million views, the family began raking in cash from YouTube ads and television spots.

They worked at it:

Playing off the popularity of the video and their adorable boys, the family started a blog in 2009 to document the kids’ lives. They also have a Twitter account, @harryandcharlie, a YouTube channel with other videos of their boys (there are four), and a Facebook page.