All Side Hustle Ideas

Content and media side hustle ideas

A blog, niche website, newsletter, YouTube channel, podcast or social account that earns from ads, affiliate links or sponsors.

Startup cost
Under $100$100 to $1k$1k to $10kOver $10k
Time
Hands-offA few hours a weekPart-timeNear full-time
Where
OnlineIn personOnline and in person
Earns from
AdsAffiliateSubscriptionsOne-time salesService feesRentMarketplace cutSponsors and donations
Coding
No coding neededNeeds coding

10 ideas

  • Content and media
    Fun small websites earning ad revenue
    A small project built for fun that earns a little from display ads and has grown slowly.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Content and media
    Technical blog post monetized with AdSense
    Published a how-to post on single sign-on between two business platforms on an old blog and added AdSense. Earns small ad revenue from search visitors.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Content and media
    Ad on a jQuery plugin documentation site
    Maintains a documentation website for a jQuery plugin and earns a small amount from a single ad placed on it.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Content and media
    jQuery credit card validator with ad revenue
    Built a credit card validation plugin with a demo site that earns small ad revenue.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Small single-purpose websites from an agency
    A studio builds quick websites that solve small problems, getting traffic from blogs and earning from AdSense.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    School directory funded by ads
    Evolved a failed school-focused social network into a directory site that earns from ads with little maintenance.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Prank website hosted on GitHub Pages
    Runs a simple prank site hosted cheaply on GitHub Pages that brings in a modest monthly income.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Showcase gallery of sites built with Bootstrap
    Runs a showcase website for sites built with a popular front-end framework, with very low running costs and steady traffic.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Face-filtered image search site with ads
    An alternative interface to Google image search with the face filter on, which earned from ad clicks on an image-heavy site.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2011
  • Content and media
    Lyrics website earning AdSense
    Runs a lyrics website that earns a small amount from AdSense.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2011