If you want to become a YouTuber, here are some numbers from my...
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Jun 29, 2026
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If you want to become a YouTuber, here are some numbers from my experience
You get paid for every 1,000 views
YT usually pays $2 to $10 depending on your audience
Sponsors pay $5 to $30
You can sell your own digital products and make $3 to $10 per 1,000 views
That makes $10 to $50 per 1,000 views for most channels
There are outliers, but most are in this range
So you need 60k to 300k views per month to make $3,000
Most likely more in the 250k range
So if you upload weekly, that's about 65k views per video
Kinda achievable, isn't it?
The $ depends on your audience
The more your audience is spending, the more you get paid, because advertisers are paying more
50 year old women from the US spend more than 7 year olds from Bangladesh
So if you're making fortnite lets plays, you might need 1M views per month
If you're making vegan cooking tutorials, you might only need 100k views
You get paid for every 1,000 views
YT usually pays $2 to $10 depending on your audience
Sponsors pay $5 to $30
You can sell your own digital products and make $3 to $10 per 1,000 views
That makes $10 to $50 per 1,000 views for most channels
There are outliers, but most are in this range
So you need 60k to 300k views per month to make $3,000
Most likely more in the 250k range
So if you upload weekly, that's about 65k views per video
Kinda achievable, isn't it?
The $ depends on your audience
The more your audience is spending, the more you get paid, because advertisers are paying more
50 year old women from the US spend more than 7 year olds from Bangladesh
So if you're making fortnite lets plays, you might need 1M views per month
If you're making vegan cooking tutorials, you might only need 100k views
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Obviously some YouTubers make $100 and some only make $0.50 per 1,000 views
These are averages
These are averages