[0:00] So, how much does YouTube pay for 1,000
[0:02] views in 2025? Let me show you. This
[0:04] right here is one of my YouTube
[0:05] channels. And in the last 28 days, I
[0:07] have gotten 1.6 million views, 166,000
[0:11] hours of watch time for a grand total of
[0:15] $8,479. And the RPM was
[0:18] $5.17. For those of you that are
[0:19] confused about what RPM is, that
[0:21] essentially just means how much YouTube
[0:22] pays you per 1,000 views. And yes, you
[0:25] can manipulate this. Now, I know you
[0:26] don't know who I am, but my name is
[0:27] Romero. I was one of the first ones to
[0:29] start doing YouTube automation back in
[0:31] 2018. And with only three of my faceless
[0:33] YouTube channels, I have made over $1.6
[0:35] million. So, if you're looking to start
[0:37] YouTube as a side hustle or just as a
[0:39] hobby, I'm going to show you how to
[0:40] manipulate your RPM and how you can make
[0:42] the most amount of money, even if you're
[0:44] just doing it to [ __ ] around. Now, the
[0:45] first thing I want to talk about is what
[0:47] niches have the best RPM. Everybody
[0:49] knows that the health niche, business,
[0:51] finance, crypto, all of those niches are
[0:54] going to have the highest RPM, but that
[0:55] doesn't mean you should do it, right?
[0:57] Every guru on YouTube is going to tell
[0:58] you to do those because it's the easiest
[1:00] answer. But this YouTube channel that
[1:02] you're seeing here is in the celebrity
[1:03] news niche. And yes, you know, the
[1:05] business niche probably has like a $8,
[1:07] $10 RPM, but it's very hard to pull
[1:09] views like this. And by the way, this
[1:11] channel is underperforming by a lot.
[1:13] What I'm trying to say is that to have a
[1:15] high RPM on YouTube, you don't have to
[1:16] do boring niches like that. For example,
[1:18] this is one single YouTube video that I
[1:20] posted about the Pawn Stars, the Golden
[1:22] Silver Pawn Stars, uh, on the History
[1:24] Channel. It's a TV show. This video
[1:26] ended up getting 9.9 million views, 657
[1:29] hours of watch time, and that paid me a
[1:31] total of
[1:34] $69,780. And the RPM was
[1:37] $7.7. So that's a huge difference.
[1:39] That's a $2 difference per,000 views.
[1:41] Now, why is the RPM so much higher on
[1:43] this YouTube channel even though it's
[1:44] still talking about celebrities? One of
[1:46] the biggest reasons, and something that
[1:47] you should consider before starting
[1:48] YouTube, is the age of your audience.
[1:51] This is the average age of the audience
[1:53] that watch this video. over 60% of the
[1:56] viewers were over the age of 35 years
[1:58] old. Now, if I go into my celebrity news
[2:00] channel, you can see there's a huge
[2:02] difference. We're talking about 25 to
[2:03] 34. We have almost a 10% of viewers
[2:06] under the age of 24. So, yeah, the older
[2:08] your audience is, the more money you're
[2:10] going to make. Think about it from the
[2:12] advertisers perspective. Let's go ahead
[2:13] and say you work for a pharmaceutical
[2:15] company and your job is to run
[2:16] advertisement on YouTube about a
[2:19] diabetes medication. you're going to go
[2:20] to YouTube and try to target all of the
[2:23] older people. You're definitely not
[2:24] going to target people under the age of
[2:26] 17. So, as an advertiser, you have to be
[2:28] very strategic on what niches you're
[2:30] going to run your advertisements, what
[2:32] videos, what channels, what age group,
[2:34] and try to find the target audience that
[2:35] you're going for. That's just one of the
[2:37] things that come into play. Now, the
[2:38] second thing that affects RPM is the
[2:40] season. You know, we have Q1, Q2, Q3,
[2:42] and Q4. Everybody knows that Q4 is the
[2:45] best. That is October, November, and
[2:47] December. This is when advertisers on
[2:49] YouTube go crazy. They try and spend
[2:51] their entire budget, right? That's when
[2:52] people buy the most. We have a bunch of
[2:54] holidays. It's crazy. And I'm going to
[2:56] show you an example of that. Right? So,
[2:57] this channel as of right now, the
[2:58] Celebrity News One, is underperforming
[3:00] by a lot. And just to show you, this
[3:02] channel started in March of 2020. It's
[3:04] gotten 213 million views, 13.8 million
[3:07] hours of watch time, and I've made over
[3:10] $1,34,000. Now, in September of 2024,
[3:13] this YouTube channel, because this is
[3:15] when Q4 started, made
[3:18] $50,34, right? And this had an RPM of
[3:21] $8.83. And in October, this channel made
[3:25] $28,000 with an RPM of
[3:27] $8.51. Now, I switched this back to the
[3:29] last 28 days. It dropped down to
[3:32] $5.17 because I I think we're in Q2.
[3:34] We're still in Q1. I don't know. But
[3:36] seasons do matter. The third thing that
[3:38] matters is where your audience is from.
[3:40] US viewers have the highest RPM. I
[3:42] believe Germany is the second. Now, in
[3:43] the last 28 days, this YouTube channel
[3:45] that is not in English, this is in a
[3:47] completely different language, has
[3:48] gotten 1.2 million views, and that's
[3:50] paid
[3:53] $2,588. And the RPM was
[3:56] $221. So, target US viewers, target an
[3:59] older audience, or you can just get a
[4:01] [ __ ] ton of views. Now, the fourth and
[4:03] last thing that affects RPM and how much
[4:05] you're going to make on YouTube is your
[4:07] average view duration. For example, I
[4:08] posted this video 27 days ago. It's
[4:11] gotten 366,000 views, and I got paid
[4:15] $1,863. This video had a $59 RPM, and
[4:19] the average view duration was 4 minutes
[4:21] 39, which is a minute less than usual.
[4:24] What average view duration means is
[4:26] exactly what it sounds like. It's on
[4:27] average, how long did people watch the
[4:29] video? Now, I posted this video on March
[4:31] 31st of this year. It's gotten 242,000
[4:34] views and that paid me
[4:37] $1,497. The RPM of this video was
[4:40] $6.18 because the average view duration
[4:43] was 7 minutes and 19 seconds, which is
[4:46] really good. So, as a little bonus, on
[4:47] average in 2025, again, it's April 29th,
[4:51] this channel has gotten 5.5 million
[4:53] views, 538,000 hours of watch time. It
[4:56] gained 9,600 subscribers, and that paid
[4:58] me
[5:00] $31,200. If I go into revenue, the
[5:02] overall RPM this year has been
[5:05] $5.71. I only focus on these faceless
[5:08] YouTube channels. All of my channels are
[5:09] completely automated and they run by
[5:11] themselves. Besides this, this is the
[5:12] only channel where I actually have to
[5:13] sit here and and show my face. But yeah,
[5:15] if you're interested in doing YouTube
[5:16] automation, I have a school community
[5:18] where I show you guys exactly how I did
[5:19] it. See, I got a bunch of videos and
[5:21] [ __ ] I'm really bad at promoting. I
[5:23] have a blueprint here or whatever. Give
[5:25] you a list of niches, give you my
[5:26] extension for free, blah blah blah. You
[5:29] know, you know, I have members in here
[5:31] making $5,000 in in the last 7 days.
[5:33] Other members making 5,000 in 28 days.
[5:35] This student here made $6,000 in 3 days.
[5:38] And there's a bunch more. I don't know.
[5:39] You guys can check it out if you want.
[5:40] Link will be in the description or pin
[5:42] comments. I don't feel like promoting
[5:44] right now, but I hope this video helped.
[5:46] You know, it's very possible to make
[5:47] passive income on YouTube even without
[5:49] getting millions of views, right? If
[5:50] you're just looking for extra money, why
[5:52] not? [ __ ] it. Give it a shot. Post a
[5:54] video about the Kardashians. You know,
[5:55] everything's done with AI nowadays, so
[5:58] why not?