Get Paid to Watch Videos in 2026 - My Top 10 Picks (+ Exactly Where to Find the Videos)

[00:00] Getting paid to watch videos sounds almost  too good to be true, right? And honestly,   a lot of what you'll find online about this topic  is too good to be true. But here's the thing.   There are legitimate platforms that will actually  pay you for watching videos. And in this video,  

[00:15] I'm going to show you my current top 10 picks  for this. But I'm also going to do something   most other videos don't. I'm going to show you  exactly where to find the videos on each platform   because on a lot of these sites and apps, it is  not as obvious as you might think and I'll give  

[00:32] you a straight honest breakdown of what you can  actually expect to earn because there are a lot of   misleading claims out there about this. So, if you  want the full picture, make sure to stick around.  

[00:44] In case you don't know, my name is Mikael and  on this channel I personally test online earning   methods and give you my honest take so you can  figure out what's actually worth your time.   Getting paid to watch videos is one of the most  searched topics in the make money online space.  

[00:57] And I understand why. It sounds like a fun  and easy way to earn, but the reality is a   bit more nuanced, and I want to make sure you  go into this with the right expectations. So,   in this video, I'm going to show you my top  10 platforms where you can actually get paid  

[01:12] to watch videos. I'll show you exactly where to  find the video sections on each side so you don't   waste time looking around. And I'll also tell you  honestly what you can realistically expect to earn   so you know whether this is the right opportunity  for you or not. So before showing you the options  

[01:28] I want to show you, let's start by talking about  the earning potential because it's very important   you do this with the right expectations. I get a  ton of questions basically every single day about   how to make money by watching videos. And a lot  of people are unrealistic. They want to be able to  

[01:44] make a full-time income by just watching an hour's  video or something like that. Or they want to earn   $5 or $2 per video or something like that. I  wish there was an option like that. But that   is just not the reality. Because you have to  think about whatever task you choose online,  

[01:59] if we can get paid, there has to be someone on the  other side paying us and they need somehow to make   more than they pay us. If not, it just wouldn't  make sense. And there's no way for platforms   to earn, for example, $2, $5, $10, anything like  that by getting us to watch 30 seconds of a video  

[02:18] or anything like that. There are quite a lot of  scam platforms that claim you can earn, you know,   $100 or more per day by watching videos if you pay  a membership fee. Any platform that offers that,   their business model is to get you to pay  a ton of money. First, they might pay you,  

[02:34] then you will buy a more expensive membership.  When enough people have done that, they will   suddenly disappear. There is no way you can  make that much money just by watching videos on   platforms like this. In fact, earning by watching  videos is one of the least effective side hustles  

[02:49] because it does take a lot of time and effort and  there is not a lot of money in it. So, just keep   that in mind. It is very low earning. But if you  use the legit platforms that I will show you here,   it is a real way. You do not have to pay anything.  They are all free. It is a realistic way to earn.  

[03:05] But it is just for a bit of extra money on the  side. And I just want to make that very clear   so you know what to expect and so you don't fall  for the many scam platforms that are out there.   So let's now start by going over these options.  It's not a prioritized list because which of the  

[03:20] options are the best really depends on your  personal preferences. And you can use one,   two, three, or all of these platforms.  That completely up to you depending on how   much time and effort you want to put into this. So  let's just jump straight into the first platform  

[03:35] and this is called PrizeRebel is a get paid to  site where you can also find many other ways to   earn. You can find paid surveys. You can find  offer walls with all kind of gaming offers,   free trials and all that. But if you want to earn  by watching videos currently, as of recording this  

[03:49] video, you need to go to the offer walls, this  offer section, and then this is this AdSense. This   is where you can find it. You can see they have  these PixelPointTV. They have different   categories. This is where you would need to go  and you can then click and then it explains that  

[04:04] you need to be logged in uh to another platform  to earn like this. Usually then you will earn   when you watch uh three ads or something like  that per video and you will have to watch a lot  

[04:16] to earn any real value as I've also explained. But  this is how you'll find it inside both for price   you should not rely only on the video option.  That will simply take too long. There are many  

[04:31] of the other earning methods that are definitely  more effective. So, I would definitely make sure   to combine it and that goes for both PrizeRebel  and all the other platforms I will show you here.   PrizeRebel is available in all countries. You  can get paid once you've earned $5 via PayPal,  

[04:46] crypto, and choose between many different gift  cards. Also, when we talk about get paid to sites,   we have to talk about Freecash because this  is one of the most popular and biggest get paid   to sites. It has many ways to earn a lot of high  paying gaming offers and also high paying surveys.  

[05:03] Just keep in mind that it is mainly worth it if  you live in a so-called tier one country. In other   countries, some of the other options here are  better. If you want to find the video options, you   have to go to these offer partners and then you  can find them a couple of different places. One  

[05:19] of them is this one called Monlix and you can't  really or you can find them if you scroll through   but it can take a bit of time. So here if you  search then if you write pixel then you can see   then come these different ones from PixelPoint  TV and these are these different tasks where you  

[05:34] can earn by watching videos. So that's one place  where you can find it. And another one you can   see here is if you go to this lootably. So that's  another offer wall that it offers video tasks on.  

[05:46] And here it even has a button. So you can click  the videos and then you can see just click there.   It will open up show you the different videos and  the exact requirements and all that. But again as   we do with all the others uh it will not earn you  a lot. But these are the places where you can find  

[06:02] the video options inside free cashache as it is  as mentioned for all of them. Do not rely only on   this option is not very effective. So make sure to  also use some of the other earning methods here.   Timebox also has a way to earn by watching videos.  You can join from all countries and you can also  

[06:19] find gaming offers, surveys, different small  microtasks, uh the paid offer walls and more.   It's quite an interesting get paid to site because  it offers some tasks that you cannot always find   on other platforms. So, one of the places you can  find the video task is by going to the tasks and  

[06:35] then sometimes here there are videos you can get  paid uh to watch. You can also uh search here for   them and these are different than the video tasks  that you find on most other platforms. So, that's   one place you can find it. You can also go to the  offer walls. And here you can see this Adscend and  

[06:52] Lootably that we also could find inside some of the  other get paid to sites. You can also find them   here. So if you prefer earning on Timebucks, then  you can find some of these video tasks inside this   area also. On Timebucks, you will get paid every  single day. If you have earned $3, it processes  

[07:09] the payments or every weekday, five times a week.  So it just happens automatically. You can get   paid in Litecoin, Bitcoin, PayPal, bank transfer,  AirTM. There's a few other options. It has a lot of   different payout options. Next, we have something  that's a little bit different than the others,  

[07:25] and this is Honeygain. This is a passive way to  earn. You just install it on your computer,   on your phone, and then it runs in the background.  You share your unused internet bandwidth. So it's   not directly by watching videos but because it  can run in the background while you are watching  

[07:39] videos whether it is on these platforms or just  in general watching videos then you can earn a   little bit extra in the background. It will not  earn you a lot. How much exactly? That depends   on the country you live in your connection all  these different things. But it can be an easy  

[07:55] way to earn a bit extra. You can join it from all  countries. You can get paid via the cryptojmpt   or via PayPal. And if you want to know more about  this or any of the other options, by the way,   I will leave a link below also to a full list I  have of all these options here where you can find  

[08:11] definitely appreciate that and there you can also  find full tutorials of each of these platforms.   Next we have Pawns and Pawns both has a  website and an app. But if you want to use  

[08:25] this option where you can watch small videos  and get a chance to win some rewards there   then you have to use the app and I have logged  into the app now here and then you can see I go to   this rewards section. Uh and many people are not  really aware of this but then you have this spin  

[08:40] the wheel option and you can click here to spin it  and once a day you can just spin it for free and   then you can potentially win up to $5 or you can  get some bonuses. You can use these gems. So you   can participate in uh free lotteryies there.  And you can go back here and you can see you  

[08:55] can for example participate in these lucky draws  there for cash uh with the gems if you earn gems.   But you can also see here you can also win  cash there or bonuses of other task or other  

[09:07] ways you earn inside here because you can also  earn by playing games and taking paid surveys.   And this is where this extra option is that you  can see you watch video to spin. So that means   that you can just click here and then you watch a  short ad usually around 30 seconds. So I will just  

[09:24] wait till this ad is over and then it'll just be  back and the ad is now over and then it just spins   automatically. And you can see this time I then  got some gems again. You can also use the gems   to actually spin again if you don't want to watch  the video or you can just save your gems and use  

[09:39] them for these uh lotteryies for example where  you get a chance of winning really nice prizes   if you are lucky. So, this is a little bit of a  different option also, but again, like with all  

[09:51] the other options here, you should not rely on  this as the only way to earn here. I just want   to take a quick second to make you aware that  the majority of you watching have actually not   subscribed to my channel. And it's a free easy way  to support me and my work. So, if you could just  

[10:05] take one second to subscribe and also like this  video, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.   And back into the next platform here and this  is called Cointiply. This is a platform you   can join from all countries. It is specialized  in crypto rewards. So, it's only relevant if you  

[10:20] want to earn crypto for free. And if you are  interested in that, it has many ways to earn.   You can take surveys. You can invite friends.  You can find gaming offers. It has some different   daily free spins. You can use some games and  you can also go here for example to earn and then  

[10:36] the games and offers and the offer walls. And this  is where you need to go if you want to earn by   watching the videos. And the places you can find  it here is then the Adscend media offer wall. I   showed that earlier. They have this Cheddar TV and  they also have this PixelPoint TV. And these are  

[10:51] the three offer walls you would need to go to to  find the paid videos inside coin supply currently.   Next, let's jump inside Opinion Edge. This is  mainly a paid survey site and app. It's available  

[11:06] in around 35 countries or so. I've started to  really like it. It also started introducing other   ways to earn. You can, for example, go to these  campaigns. You can find a lot of the paid surveys.   Also, it has an unusual system there that has an  AI that help match you with surveys. So, that's  

[11:21] quite interesting. A little bit different than  most other survey sites. But if you want to earn   by watching videos, you can go to the campaigns,  the social media offers, and then you can see here   there are some short videos. In this case, you  would need to watch 20 seconds to earn 10 points  

[11:35] or 30 seconds to earn five points. There are  not a lot of them here. But there definitely are   a few once in a while. So again, you shouldn't  rely only on that, but if you use it anyways,   it just takes a few seconds here and there to earn  a bit extra and can then also be an interesting  

[11:49] option. It offers to pay out via gift cards and  PayPal. And how much you need to earn to get paid   depends on your membership level. The more active  you are, the higher membership level you'll get.   And then at some point, it will only be $1 when  you first join. It is around $15 for most people.  

[12:06] So next, let's talk about appKarma. This is  an app that is actually specialized in gaming   offer. So that means that you can mainly earn by  playing games, but it also has a hidden way to   earn a little bit extra or get a chance to win  a little bit extra once in a while if you watch  

[12:21] videos. So once you're inside the app, this is a  main tab where you can find the gaming offers and   all that. But if you go to this little piggy  bankang there and then you scroll down then you   can see that then there is something called video  rewards and then you can click that and you can  

[12:37] earn a bit by watching video ads. It's not a lot  but if you really want to earn by watching videos   this is a way to find it inside appKama that  most people are not aware and of course like   can be great and then this can be a way to earn  a bit extra once in a while. appKarma is available  

[12:57] in basically all countries. And if you have an iOS  device, then you can use it through the web app.   On an Android phone, you can just download the  app uh through the Google Play Store. You only   need to earn around $3 to get paid. You can get  paid via PayPal. It has a lot of different gift  

[13:12] cards depending on your country also. And as you  can see, I got one point for watching a video. So,   you can do this to earn a little bit extra also.  But of course, it doesn't earn as you as much as  

[13:25] is where you can find it inside appKarma.  Also, I do have a special VIP bonus code. So,   you can get 500 points just by joining. Usually,  you can only get 300 points, but I've been able  

[13:40] to get a special code like that. And I actually  have invitation codes that give special bonuses   for several of these platforms here. So, as  mentioned, I'll leave a link below to full   list on my website. If you join through the links  there, you'll get the best possible join bonuses  

[13:52] and you will support me and my work at the same  time. And I would definitely appreciate that.   Almost at the end, we have Reward XP. And if you  want to find the video offers in here where you  

[14:04] can get paid to watch videos, you can go to the  earn tab and then you can see there is actually   a tab called videos. And then it will sort  it and it will show you these are the current   offer walls where you can find this option. And  you will see also these are the same offer walls  

[14:19] as you can find on some of the other platforms  I showed you also. So where you want to earn   by watching them. It's not that there's a huge  difference between how much you can earn on each   of these platforms. It really depends on the other  earning methods that they offer. Which ones do you  

[14:32] prefer, which also payout options do you prefer.  When it comes to Reward XP, you just need to earn   $5 to redeem and you can join from all  countries. And you can see the different   payout options here. It has crypto, PayPal and  some different gift cards also prepaid Visa.  

[14:49] So the last option I want to show you is called  Gemsloot. This has become a get paid to site I've started using more and more because it has  a lot of different ways to earn. You can join   from all countries. It sometimes have different  competitions or contests for free. It has a chat  

[15:01] where you can win by participating. Uh some of  the highest paying gaming offers also compared   to many other get paid to sites. If you want to  find the way to earn by watching videos, you have   to scroll down to find the offer walls and then  currently as of recording this video anyways,  

[15:17] then you would have to scroll here and then  you can find this loot and that's the only   offer wall currently that it offers where you can  earn by watching videos. It's the same one as I   also showed on a few others. This is where you can  find it on Gemsloot. You only need to earn around  

[15:33] 50 cents to get paid depending on your chosen  payout option. It offers to pay out via crypto   and also PayPal. And you can choose many different  gift cards also. So these are currently the best  

[15:46] realistic ways to earn by watching videos that  I have come across and I have tested hundreds   of different free ways to make money. Remember  to do it with the right expectations. As I said   at the start of the video, earning by watching  videos is one of the least effective free online  

[15:59] earning methods, but I know a lot of people ask me  about it all the time and really want to know the   best options. And these are the best realistic  options. There are no magic way to earn dollars   per video or earn a ton of money or anything  like that. Anyone that promises that they  

[16:13] will end up scamming you. So, please do it with  the right expectations. These are in my opinion   your best options if this is the earning method  you want to use. But you should really not rely   on this as the only way to earn in my opinion.  So, if you want to join any of these platforms,  

[16:27] you should make sure to use some of the other  earning methods. Also, I will leave a link below   as I said to a full list I have on my website  there. I've actually added some extra platforms   also. You can find full tutorials that have both  written tutorials and video tutorials where I even  

[16:39] show payment proof of all of these platforms.  Also, you can also find joining links so you   can easily get started with the highest possible  joining bonus. That will also help me support   me and my work and I would definitely appreciate  that. So, make sure to check that out below. But  

[16:51] no matter what, I hope this video helped you. And  if it did, make sure to hit the like button and   don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel  and hit the notification bell so you won't miss   out next time I release a video tips and tricks  about different ways to make money online. [music]