I run ads on YouTube to pay for editing. This page applies everywhere I post, including YouTube, this blog, Instagram and TikTok. It says what I accept, what I never will, and how you will know.
Who watches
26,000 subscribers, and about 2.4 million views over the last twelve months. Nearly all of them are men. Most are between 25 and 44, so this is not a teenage audience.
Indonesia is the core. Over the last month the United States reached about a quarter of views and English subtitles reached a third, both from almost nothing, so the mix is moving.
About six in every hundred viewers like or comment. That is high for YouTube, and it is the first number I would check if I were the one buying.
What you would be buying
Sixty to ninety seconds inside the monthly essay, written and read by me. In a short, it is a mention of about ten to fifteen seconds inside a regular short, never a short made only to sell. I say what the thing does and who it is for. I will not rank it or promise it changes anyone’s life.
How much is available
One sponsored long video a month, and one sponsored short a month, usually fewer. There is no rate card on this page. Tell me what you are trying to do at biz@hartzel.id and I will come back with a few ways to do it.
Ads
I keep ads light, and long videos are not stacked with mid-rolls. If you would rather support without ads, Patreon is at patreon.com/hartzel.
What can be sponsored
Things people use to play or to make things, such as gear, audio, storage and learning tools. Game studios are not taken as sponsors.
What is never for sale here
- Online gambling of any kind, including slot sites, skin and case-opening sites
- Online loan apps, paylater schemes and investment apps
- Crypto, NFT and play-to-earn
- Top-up, account selling and boosting services
- Brands tied to genocide or other crimes against humanity, including the occupation of Palestine, checked to the parent company
- Political parties and government campaigns
- Paid recommendations or rankings of games, in a video, a post or a story
How a sponsor shows up
Anything sponsored says so on screen and in the caption or description, whichever platform it is on. A sponsor never takes over the video and never sits inside its argument. Anything I dislike about a sponsored product, I can still say.
Free games
If a studio sends me a free copy, I say so wherever it shows up. A free copy buys nothing else. I mostly talk about games, so what I say about a game is never paid for.
Last updated October 2026.
