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

26 ideas

  • Content and media
    Facebook content monetization posting
    Posting engaging content, much of it screenshots of other people's posts, to a Facebook page enrolled in Facebook's content monetization program. Facebook shares ad revenue with the creator.
    Under $100A few hours a weekOnline
    Side Hustle Nation, 2025
  • Content and media
    Nonfiction book notes site
    Publishes personal notes from nonfiction books on a site and earns some money from it.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2024
  • Content and media
    Blog about cash flow investing
    Runs a small blog about cash flow that earns a modest monthly income.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2022
  • Content and media
    Frontend development blog with SEO traffic
    A long-running blog on frontend topics that earns from ads and search visitors with only occasional new posts.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Content and media
    Satirical tech newsletter with sponsorships
    Runs a weekly newsletter that satirizes the tech industry. Revenue is from advertising to the subscriber base, with live events being considered.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Content and media
    Old unedited YouTube video earning ad revenue
    A video published years ago that YouTube keeps recommending, paying out ad revenue with no promotion by the owner.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2019
  • 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
    Architectural models niche blog
    Runs a niche blog about architectural models and earns from ads and Amazon affiliate links.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Free background images site earning AdSense
    Runs a free background picture website with steady search traffic and links from other sites, earning from AdSense.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • 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
    jQuery plugin blog with daily listings
    Runs a blog that lists a jQuery plugin each day and earns from advertising.
    Under $100Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Local sports and politics AdSense blogs
    Runs blogs on local sports and politics, with posts built from repackaged government data, earning from AdSense.
    Under $100Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Niche humor blog with ads
    A humor blog on Tumblr earning from ads.
    Under $100Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Publish a friend's writing with ad revenue split
    Hosts a friend's political writings on a site and splits the advertising revenue.
    Under $100Hands-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
    Solar power blog driven by a YouTube video
    Runs a simple blog on solar power, linked from a YouTube video, that earns from AdSense ads.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Animated GIF sites funded by ads
    Runs cat and dog GIF websites supported by advertising.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Content and media
    Architectural models niche blog
    A hobby blog about architectural models that earns from ads and Amazon affiliate links.
    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
  • Content and media
    Pancake day recipes and activities site
    Ran a seasonal site of pancake recipes and ideas for pancake day. It earned yearly ad revenue.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2011