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title: 'How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2025… (Best Side Hustle)'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=rsvW2kHDJdA'
video_id: 'rsvW2kHDJdA'
date: 2026-07-28
duration_sec: 360
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# How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2025… (Best Side Hustle)

> Source: [How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2025… (Best Side Hustle)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rsvW2kHDJdA)

## Summary

The video reveals how much YouTube pays for 1,000 views in 2025, using real earnings data from the creator's faceless channels. The creator explains factors that affect RPM (revenue per thousand views) and shares strategies to maximize earnings.

### Key Points

- **Real Earnings Example** [0:00] — One channel earned $8,479 from 1.6 million views in 28 days, with an RPM of $5.17.
- **Best Niches for RPM** [0:49] — Health, business, finance, and crypto have high RPM, but celebrity news can also perform well.
- **High RPM Example** [1:18] — A video about Pawn Stars earned $69,780 from 9.9 million views, with an RPM of $7.07.
- **Audience Age Matters** [1:46] — Older audiences (35+) have higher RPM because advertisers target them for products like medication.
- **Seasonal RPM Fluctuations** [2:38] — Q4 (Oct-Dec) has highest RPM due to holiday ad spending; Q1 and Q2 are lower.
- **Viewer Location Impact** [3:38] — US viewers have the highest RPM; a non-English channel had RPM of $2.21 vs $5+ for English.
- **Average View Duration** [4:03] — Longer watch time increases RPM; a video with 7:19 avg duration had $6.18 RPM vs 4:39 had $5.09.

### Conclusion

YouTube earnings depend on niche, audience age, season, viewer location, and watch time. Even without millions of views, passive income is possible by optimizing these factors.

## Transcript

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