Here are some (somewhat) fun work from home jobs where you can get paid to watch videos:
Online Verdict
At Online Verdict, you can get paid to take part in trials as a mock juror.
If you are at least 18 years old and reside in the US, you can get paid up to $700 per trial to watch presentations of court cases and give your opinion at home.
Most online case reviews take 20-60 minutes, although mock trials can be 2-10 hours, according to the website.
Mock trials pay $75-$700 and online case reviews pay close to $1 per minute of time spent.
Image/Video Processing at MTurk
At MTurk (Amazon Mechanical Turk), you can get paid to do a lot of odd jobs (called microtasks) at home.
Some of them include watching videos like the image/video processing gigs where you “audit user-uploaded images or videos to moderate content.”
According to Glassdoor reviews, you can make up to around $22/hour here.
Translation & Annotation at Lionbridge
With annotation-related jobs at Lionbridge, you will watch videos in your native language, translate them into English, and insert your comments/annotations in your translation to flag any potential slang, abusive or hateful content present in the video.
Voice Writer at 3Play Media
With this job, you can get paid to watchlive streams and repeat what the speaker is saying into a software that automatically creates captions in real time.
Content Reviewer at Gaggle
At Gaggle, you can get paid to be a Content Reviewer that will look at content being posted by students in order to make sure they are safe and not showing signs of abuse at home, drug use, bullying, etc.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, you can earn anywhere from around $20-$51/hour here.
Transcriptionist a Daily Transcription
At Daily Transcription, you can find lots of freelance transcriptionist jobs where you get paid to watch videos and type what is being said while labeling the speakers.
Captioner/Subtitler at Rev
At Rev, they have Captioning jobs where you can get paid to watch videos and make sure subtitles pop up on the scren as they are being spoken.
As a Subtitler, you would do the same thing except also translate them into another language.
Ads Reviewer at Telus International
At Telus Internetional, you can watch and review ads in search engines as an Ads Reviewer.
Internet Safety Evaluator at Telus International
Another video watching remote job at Telus International is the Internet Safety Evaluator where you get paid to make sure that search results including text, images, and videos are safe for the general public and don't contain things like adult content.
Video Editor at Welocalize
At Welocalize, you can find jobs like the Video Editor where you get to watch and edit social media videos as a freelancer.
Social Media Evaluator at Appen
With Appen, you can get paid to be a Social Media Evaluator that observes posts on social media to make sure that the information in them is credible and not being falsely advertised.