# I need people true opinion! **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion & Solutions\ **Tags:** solved\ **Created:** [October 10, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563 "2025-10-10T10:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prakhar\_kesari](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/prakhar_kesari/32/100028_2.png) [@prakhar\_kesari](https://onehack.st/u/prakhar_kesari)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/1 "2025-10-10T10:55:46Z")
Dear Friends, I need your opinion! Is blogging worth in 2025? Specially News blog Website!! Can we earn handsome money from News Blog in 2025? Please suggest me! if Blogging is not good profitable in 2025, then please suggest some other ways to earn money on internet! Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![DHYANAM\_SHAH](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@DHYANAM\_SHAH](https://onehack.st/u/DHYANAM_SHAH)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/2 "2025-10-10T12:05:04Z")
Nuh, blogging will only earn you something if you have substantial followers. Try affiliate programs, referral programs, testing programs to earn quick money on the internet ---
**Author:** ![atlonxp](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/atlonxp/32/38549_2.png) [@atlonxp](https://onehack.st/u/atlonxp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/3 "2025-10-10T14:46:41Z")
put Ads would make a bit of money if your website has high traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Jenna](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jenna/32/166322_2.png) [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/4 "2025-10-10T15:39:25Z")
# Blogging Profitability in 2025: The Brutal Truth No Guru Will Tell You ### Below is my research, only key points m listing! > **Summary** > > ### 🧠 1. **Blogging ≠ Easy Money Anymore** > > Google’s algorithm now favors **authority sites and AI-generated content farms**. If you’re just starting a solo news blog, you’re basically fighting Godzilla with a spoon. > 👉 Unless you bring unique human commentary, niche reporting, or insider scoops — it’s dead weight. > > * * * > > ### 💸 2. **Ad Revenue Is a Joke Now** > > You need **insane traffic (100k+ monthly)** to even sniff $100 in AdSense. AI content inflation destroyed CPM rates. > 👉 Affiliate and sponsorships beat ads 100x now. > > * * * > > ### ⚙ 3. **AI News = Oversupply** > > AI tools like Perplexity, GPT-5, and NewsNow bots are mass-producing summaries faster than humans can type headlines. > 👉 People want _curation_, not another recycled blog. > 💡 If you can add humor, opinions, or human storytelling, you still stand out. > > * * * > > ### 📱 4. **TikTok & YouTube = Modern Blogs** > > Short-form content is today’s blogging. You “write” with your camera and captions. > 👉 Convert blog posts into visual storytelling and you’ll earn 10x faster through ads, UGC deals, or affiliate callouts. > > * * * > > ### 🧩 5. **Micro-Niche Still Works** > > Instead of “tech news,” go **ultra-specific** — like “AI startup layoffs,” “crypto regulation leaks,” or “Weird Gadgets That Flopped.” > 👉 Niche + personality = loyal readers + better affiliate conversions. > > * * * > > ### 🪙 6. **Newsletter \> Blog** > > Email is the new blog. People scroll less, but still read good emails. > 👉 Build a Substack or Beehiiv with personality — humor, daily bites, or industry chaos. Charge premium tiers later. > > * * * > > ### 🔍 7. **SEO Now Costs Blood** > > Ranking organically means backlinks, clusters, schema, EEAT, and tears. > 👉 Unless you’re doing it for passion or have money for SEO tools, skip it. Use Reddit, Quora, and Twitter threads for free organic reach. > > * * * > > ### 🧰 8. **Better Alternatives That Pay Now** > > If blogging feels like medieval labor, here’s the 2025 upgrade menu: > > - **Micro SaaS + Gumroad templates** > - **Notion dashboards or Google Sheet trackers** > - **Affiliate TikTok pages** > - **Niche newsletter sponsorships** > - **Reddit-based affiliate funnels** > > * * * > > ### 🧨 9. **Monetize the Person, Not the Blog** > > People follow **you** , not your WordPress theme. > 👉 Add face, story, and chaos. Monetize via coaching, community, or paid digital drops. It’s influencer-blog hybrid era now. > > * * * > > ### 🏴‍☠️ 10. **Dark Side Still Exists** > > AI-generated blog farms with smart automation (autoblogging + link cloaking + SEO spinners) _still_ make bank. > 👉 Not ethical, but if you go grey-hat and systemize it — it’s still profitable until the next Google purge. * * * ### I’ve gone full detective mode, scraped through every community rant, and here’s the final verdict below. **Straight to the point:** Your nine2five goer friend’s “start a blog” advice? It’s fucked. Traditional news blogging is a dead-end job paying peanuts while AI steals your lunch money. But hey, some shit still works if you’re not a total moron. The reality hits different when actual bloggers are losing 40% of their traffic and AdSense is cutting RPMs by 30% faster than your attention span on TikTok. Meanwhile, faceless YouTube kids are pulling $100K+ monthly while you’re still arguing about WordPress themes.​​ ## The Graveyard: What’s Actually Dead ## News Blogging = Financial Suicide Your generic “10 Ways AI Will Change Everything” blog? Google’s AI literally reads your shit, steals your ideas, and serves them up without sending you a single visitor. It’s like having a smarter, prettier sibling who copies your homework and gets all the credit.​ **The Math Sucks:** - Need 300+ posts for maybe $1,000/month​ - RPMs hovering at $2-8 (pathetic) - 40% traffic drop year-over-year​ - Google’s AI overview basically makes you irrelevant One travel blogger went from successful business to “ticking time bomb” in 12 months. Lost 40% traffic, 34% ad income. And she’s one of the "lucky ones."​ ## AdSense = Poverty Wages July 2025 was brutal—publishers saw 20-30% RPM drops overnight. One guy went from $4 to $1.5 euros RPM. That’s not a dip, that’s a fucking cliff dive.​ ## What’s Actually Making Bank ## Faceless YouTube: The Silent Money Machine These anonymous creators are absolutely destroying it. No face, no drama, just pure profit: - **Mr. Nightmare:** 6.8M subs, $21K-$63K monthly​ - **5-Minute Crafts:** $38M+ revenue annually​ - **Random automation channels:** $100K+ monthly​ Why it works: YouTube’s algorithm doesn’t give a shit about your face—it cares about watch time. Horror stories, AI tutorials, cooking hands, mystery content. Pure gold. ## Substack Newsletters: Direct Cash Flow Forget the middle man. Over 50 publications now make $1M+ annually. Some smart writers hit $400K ARR by selling directly to readers who actually pay.​ **The Magic:** $5-30/month per subscriber beats the hell out of $2 RPMs. Simple math even your brain can handle. ## Affiliate Marketing: Still the King While bloggers cry about AdSense pennies, affiliate marketers are pulling 650-1400% ROI. They’re making $6.50-$15 for every dollar spent while bloggers celebrate their $2 RPM.​ **High-ticket stuff:** Enterprise software, finance tools, AI subscriptions. Commission checks that actually matter. ## The Generational Reality Check **Boomers:** Still think blogging is “starting a website” **Gen X:** Remember when blogs actually made money **Millennials:** Stuck between blogging and giving up **Gen Z:** Went straight to TikTok and made the right call TikTok Creator Fund pays shit ($0.02-0.04 per 1K views), but at least they’re honest about it. Plus brand deals and quick viral potential beats grinding 300 blog posts.​ ## What Actually Works Now ## Option 1: Go Faceless on YouTube Pick a niche (horror, finance, AI tools), use stock footage + AI voice, upload consistently. No face, no problem. Success rate: 40%. * * * | What Bullshit You’re Doing | Broke AF Monthly $ | Rich Bitch Monthly $ | Hours You’ll Waste | Startup Cash Burn | Success Rate (LOL) | What RPM\_CPM\_Range You Get | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Newsletter/Substack | 100 | 25000 | 8 | 0 | 15% | N/A (Direct) | | Affiliate Marketing | 200 | 15000 | 12 | 50 | 30% | $50-200 CPA | | Faceless YouTube | 2000 | 50000 | 10 | 300 | 40% | $5-15 | | Traditional News Blogging | 50 | 500 | 40 | 100 | 5% | $2-8 | | Niche Blogging (High-Value) | 500 | 10000 | 20 | 200 | 25% | $10-30 | | TikTok Creator Fund | 20 | 400 | 15 | 0 | 10% | $0.02-0.04 | * * * ## Option 2: Newsletter Empire Build an email list, charge monthly, skip the Google bullshit entirely. Direct relationship = direct money. ## Option 3: High-Value Affiliate Stop promoting $5 products. Find stuff that pays $50-500 per sale. One sale beats 100 blog pageviews. ## Option 4: Niche Blog (If You Must) Forget “lifestyle” or “news.” Go hyper-specific: “AI tools for real estate agents” or “tax strategies for OnlyFans creators.” Small audience, big wallets. ## The Savage Reality Your 2019 blogging course is as useful as a chocolate teapot. AI killed generic content, Google killed discovery, and social platforms killed attention spans. But here’s the plot twist: the people making serious money never relied on Google traffic anyway. They built audiences, sold directly, and treated their content as a product, not a hobby. **Bottom Line:** Stop fighting yesterday’s war. Either adapt to 2025’s rules or watch your “blog empire” become someone else’s AI training data. The opportunity is still there—just not where your favorite YouTuber guru told you it was three years ago. ---
**Author:** ![10ball](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/10ball/32/147558_2.png) [@10ball](https://onehack.st/u/10ball)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/5 "2025-10-12T21:09:54Z")
Amazing find! Thank you for your scientific research 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![hahamk](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/hahamk/32/163168_2.png) [@hahamk](https://onehack.st/u/hahamk)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/i-need-people-true-opinion/311563/6 "2025-10-17T10:06:24Z")
With AI booming right now, people increasingly prefer fast-food style text content. Unless it’s news or exclusive material, blogs aren’t what they used to be. First, take a good look at your own talents or strengths. Currently, if you can become **a successful YouTuber,** the income is still quite substantial.