It is only a matter of time before big content creators flee other platforms to become steemians.

How could I possibly be so confident?

It's about the money, Lebowski.

...and it pays more to be here than elsewhere.

I should know, I had a monetized youtube channel that I raked in thousands of views with and earned next to nothing the whole time I was there.

For a little case study, lets see my Adsense earnings vs mine from Steemit

In a little over 2 years of actively posting videos from 2011-2013, I earned about $36 for the 72,898 views I generated.

Here's a little sampling of those videos and what they earned. These are some of my most viewed videos, they all have 1500+ views, and the highest earner of the bunch hauled in a meager $3.32.

Fast Forward to joining steemit

I spent some time on steemit curating, and posting a few blogs and comments.

...and I've already made more than the total I made in my youtube career in a single post, multiple times. I can't say it for certain, but I'm fairly confident I haven't attracted anywhere near the 72,898 views I accrued on youtube here on steemit. That means that my payout per view has been astronomically higher on steemit than it was on youtube.

When other content creators see how much more worthwhile it is to spend time on steemit, they'll come in droves.