I agree with your point that it makes sense that he has the best audio. But regarding "in a profession": I believe he still has a day job; I wouldn't call being a youtuber his profession, being a youtuber is a hobby for him.
Is he ? You are right that he isn't a hobbyist since I'm pretty sure he has formal training, but I thought he actually worked in an engineering related position. Did he make the transition to full time YouTube?
I don't actually think he's that impressive and I don't get people's praise for him. His videos have a lot of mistakes in them and while they're written in a way that dumbs down a topic well for an audience who doesn't understand the subject very well, that's his only major skill that's involved here. He's not especially smart or ingenious, he's just a good communicator. If he was to work somewhere it would be in a communications department, but he probably makes more from Youtube than such a job would provide.
That's why he doesn't work for somewhere in the industry, youtube makes him more. (He makes enough money to hire other people to write for him, as we can see in the linked article.)
He gets paid decently (and on time, unlike most of the people who've worked for them) and, I've been told, doesn't actually make his own videos--just does the voiceovers. That sounds like a pretty easy gig.
I must be jaded to assume everyone posting videos on youtube is doing so for profit, but... judging by the amount of expensive professional equipment he has, I suspect he is doing this for profit, and not just "entertainment"
Pretty sure his channel is successful due in no small part to his voice. It couldn't not be, considering the whole thing is just voiceovers. You also often see people commenting as such on his videos.
He's not that different to a top-tier Youtuber or influencer of which there are hundreds who have managed to build successful content businesses with very small staff.
They are all just standing on the shoulders of the platforms and content creation tools which allows them to affordably produce and distribute high quality content to billions. Something which has never previously been possible.
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