[00:02] all the ways to make money on a YouTube channel in 2026. I've tried or still use most of these methods , so in this video I'll also show you how much I earned using them in 2025. Right off the bat, we have four [00:15] YouTube channel. [music] Through advertisers, through monetization of Through advertisers, through monetization of YouTube itself, through social networks and through its product. So first we'll go left. To the left is monetization from [00:29] YouTube. This means that viewers play a video on your YouTube channel and are shown some kind of video advertisement before they start watching. This is YouTube's monetization, but it's not that limited. There are many other ways. And in [00:42] order to achieve them, let's answer a few questions, because there is a nuance. Do you live in Russia? If you don't live in Russia, that is, you're not there, it's much easier for you, because you have two possible scenarios [00:57] . Either you are a resident of the country, meaning you are in the country legally, you have a postal address, you have an identity document, and you have an account in a bank in that country if you are a resident. If you are not a resident, then [01:12] skip ahead a bit. So, if you are a resident or you were simply born in some other country other than Russia, then what do you do? You are creating your own foreign, so to speak, ace, but for you it will be native. Accordingly, you [01:26] create an ask account as soon as your channel reaches the monetization threshold. There are some conditions for long videos and other conditions for short videos. You create your own account, to which you connect a bank account. And that's all. [01:39] Once YouTube approves monetization on your channel, you can link it to Ads and start earning dollars. There are no intermediaries in this scheme , just get what you earn on YouTube. But if you're not a resident of the country, meaning [01:54] you don't have a postal address or ID to prove your identity, because in order to create an account, an account is the bare minimum required to enable monetization on YouTube, and when you register an [02:08] account, Google sends you a paper envelope to your actual email address. You should receive this envelope. If you do n’t have all of this or have any problems with it , then you are either not a resident of the country in which you live, or you live in [02:22] Russia. So we return to Russia. As for earning money on Russian-language channels, living in Russia, actually, this is the income I get, for example, from my Volgina. That is, there is income. There is no such thing as monetization [02:36] not working at all. If you have a lot of views, then enabling monetization on a Russian-language YouTube channel designed for Russian-speaking viewers is a good idea . For 450,000 views, here's $204. They are unnecessary for you. But [02:51] if they are unnecessary for you, don’t connect them. [music] If you don't mind, please connect them. The profitability per 1,000 views for Russian-language content is currently somewhere between IT and entertainment, somewhere in the middle: 0.71 cents. You live in [03:04] Russia or are not a resident. You have the following options to monetize YouTube through YouTube monetization. The first way, and the most difficult one, is to actually create your own foreign assessment. To do this, you need to leave Russia for another country, [03:17] live there for a few months, open a bank account, and, in activity so that you have your own ace in some other [03:29] country. Also, don't forget that there are different tax systems, and that, most likely, if you live in Russia, you will have to report that you have an account opened in another country, and so on and so forth. As for me, this method is, well, [03:41] extremely questionable, extremely long, because living in Russia, going somewhere there, then returning to Russia, I don’t know, there are too many pestilences. Therefore, there are other ways. Another way is affiliate programs, that [03:54] is, intermediaries. There's you, there's YouTube, and between you comes an intermediary like the Mediacube affiliate program . I am connected to it, for example. They may say that they do a lot of things, that they attract more expensive [04:07] advertising to your channel, that they will protect your channel in case of a ban, deletion, and so on, but in fact, they simply take a percentage of your income and, due to this, they can, for example, pay you in cryptocurrency or send you this [04:22] money in some other way. What the official Google, the official ace, can't do, because the ace always pays into a bank account. There are no other options. There are also paper checks that come by mail. Well, I don’t know, [04:36] this is probably only relevant in America . In fact, payments are always made to a bank account. But media partners of all kinds can pay you in different ways, like cryptocurrency. I personally work with Mediacube, the link to them [04:49] cool about them? They have a separate app. They can pay express payments, that is, they assume your expected monthly income and can pay you, of course, minus some additional interest, as if it were a loan against your [05:04] expected income. Plus, it's a large, proven media partner that has proven itself. I never heard any questions for her. The next option is all kinds of helpers . What are helpers? In [05:18] particular Patrick and others. These are like partners, but they are not officially affiliated with YouTube. That is, they do not interact, do not collaborate, they do not have any commercial agreements with YouTube, because affiliates are [05:32] official YouTube partners, and helpers are people who have decided to help as they do. They have corporate accounts to which they can attach different channels, which is what [05:44] they actually do. That is, they are located in different countries, channels are attached to them, they are on this matrix. And Ptrix or any other helpers, there are many different ones, but I'll talk about Patrick and about him a little later, [05:57] by the way, they just take a percentage of your income and make payments. By the way, payments are also made in any way. You can do it through an individual entrepreneur, through a bank card, through cryptocurrency, or there are other [06:10] different methods. Therefore, here the advantage of helpers is quite obvious, but with Patricks, for example, and with other helpers, there are sometimes not very good situations. And here's why, because there is one, [06:26] let's say, ask account, to which, let's say, 10-50 different YouTube channels from different people are attached. And it’s simply a human factor that something [06:38] can happen on these bird channels, for example . The man sold his channel, the man went crazy and started uploading some nonsense. Or the channel left this account several months ago, but the connection remains. [06:55] Even if this channel is not present on the ascension, but does something bad on YouTube, then if YouTube blocks or deletes this channel, all channels that are on this ascension suffer. These are the risks we face after [07:09] 2022 while living in Russia. And with these risks, well, you have to put up with it or use various other methods of connecting YouTube monetization. And what do we have here? Personal travel abroad. I already mentioned it a little earlier, but you can have [07:23] such a service either from the same Pitrix, or from some other people, when a personal trip abroad becomes personal. That is, these people take on all the formalities and all the official documents, all the travel, [07:38] etc., etc., etc., and they arrange for your personal account abroad, which will contain only your channels. No more channels. By the way, Petrix has a feature where you can create a personal account abroad with their [07:51] help. And, for example, you can do it in a group. Let's say you're with friends, two or three people get together, and there will only be your channels there. You are super confident be no violations. And then, as it were, the safety, the percentage of safety, [08:06] increases. Next, how can you monetize through is, if you have someone living abroad and they have the opportunity to receive a paper letter at their address, open a bank account in that country, and [08:20] , then take advantage of it. This is also a good option. If you have relatives, friends, well, by the way, they of course, and plus you will have to pay taxes while living in Russia, but [08:34] that is the reality we find ourselves in. Accept this. You have to live with this somehow, overcome it and move on. The next option is streams, donations. And this may not be the most obvious option, but look, if you have [08:48] YouTube monetization enabled, then in addition to running ads on your videos, you may also run ads during streams. commercial breaks during your streams. But that's not [09:02] all. In vertical streams, if you have monetization enabled, people can send you various gifts, throw super thank yous in the chat, for example, buy, yes, buy paid memberships to your channels, and so on. And here we need to follow [09:16] this thing, this path, and move here, because this is a very important question. What is your channel? Your channel is designed for a Russian-speaking audience living in Russia, [09:29] so to speak. That is, on this channel there will be, let’s say, 80% of viewers from Russia, yes, and the Netherlands. Or you have a completely English-language channel that is designed only for English-speaking viewers. You kind of mimic an English-language [09:44] content creator and create content for them. And there are two big differences here, of monetization, which is called streams, donations, all these gifts, stars thrown at you on vertical broadcasts and so on, [09:58] all this is cool. works. By the way, you can also make donations through YouTube. Everything works great if you have a lot of people from abroad, because the entire donation system and all of this is designed specifically for English-speaking viewers, [10:10] since in Russia it doesn’t work for Russians; it’s purely technically impossible. Therefore, take into account the percentage of your audience by geography and location. And if we delve into this topic even deeper, then YouTube, within YouTube, in addition to the gifts that [10:25] I already mentioned, has another, more profound, so to speak, affiliate program - a product affiliate program. English-speaking YouTubers living in other countries, working for an English-speaking audience that can use [10:39] YouTube's partner stores, can insert tags directly into their videos to highlight the person is sitting in a video, talking moment they can insert a commercial link, a special window will open [10:54] for the viewer, and they can go straight from the video and buy this product, and the YouTuber will get a percentage for it. This, in my opinion, is where YouTube's monetization, yes, advertising and all the other tricks, end. [11:10] I don't really remember any other options. For those who enjoy fast-forwarding, monetization on YouTube is possible while living in Russia through affiliate programs, sponsors, friends, relatives, personal assessments, travel abroad, or purchasing [11:24] such services. Plus, there is even deeper monetization through streams and gifts. Super thanks and YouTube product partners. Next up, earning money on the YouTube channel 2026. Where are we going? Advertisers, social networks, your product. Well, let's [11:37] go to the advertisers. Always go upstairs. Actually, we have direct advertisers here. What are direct advertisers? This is when you have a fairly large channel that has stable views on [11:50] each video, and people come to you and say: "We want to buy integration from you directly, but through managers. That is, there are advertising agencies or freelance managers who have useful contacts. And, accordingly, advertising [12:04] conversely, brands turn to advertising agencies. some kind of integration is launched there . Advertising managers are busy looking for channels that are suitable for this integration, and you can actually sell them space within your video. [12:17] Direct advertising is a profitable business on the one hand, but on the other troublesome. Why? Because, for example, on my channel, in short, Volgin periodically buys advertising for integration within videos. And what is [12:31] purchasing direct integration within a video? You are sent the technical specifications. You are familiarizing yourself with the told like this, using such and such words at such and such a second, and so on. Next, you write a script for your integration, showing how you [12:46] will do all of this within the video. You send it to the manager, the manager sends it to the advertiser. The advertiser checks all of this and says: "Yes, it's good" or something needs to be corrected. And then this cycle starts again, until the [12:58] script is approved. All this takes time. Next, the script is approved. You record a video according to this scenario. You edit it, send it to the advertising manager, and he sends your video to the advertiser for proof and approval. [13:12] Time passes, the advertiser either says: "Yes, everything is okay." Or he says: “We need to fix this, this, this, this.” You remount, the cycle starts again. And, as you can imagine, all this can sometimes take weeks, that is, to [13:24] integrate one unfortunate integration of your video. And if your channel is small, for example, mine, in short, Volgin is a small channel, and I charge 10,000 1,000 rubles for these integrations on it. By the way, on this channel, which is even smaller, but it is [13:39] narrowly focused, I have practically never sold advertising here. I charge 15,000 rubles for integration. Like, take it if you want, or not if you don't want. I understand that my views do not correspond to this money, but this is my price. Some people [13:52] took it, but in general, direct advertisers are always a hassle. That is, you will reach a minimum threshold, for example, 50,000 views, 100,000 views, no less. If it doesn’t gain, then, accordingly, you start to get nervous. [14:05] been reached, let's decide something. Let's give you another integration for free, of course. Secondly, you post videos, sometimes with integration and sometimes without. integration, your adrenaline goes through the roof , and you [14:20] visit that wretched creative studio several times to watch the first video out of ten, the third out of ten, or everything is gone and it's the 10th out of ten worst video of the last month. It's cool, of course, when direct advertisers on a [14:33] big channel, where big channels charge , I don't know, 500,000 for advertising integration , someone there, maybe, charges a million. And it’s great, yes, there you can, even for a million, try to confirm and reconfirm all of this. When you have a [14:46] regular audience, it will always give you some minimum. There's practically no need to worry about this, but nevertheless, a direct advertiser is a rather shaky thing. If you have small channels or [15:00] few direct advertisers, then affiliate programs are the way to go . What are affiliate programs? These are usually sites where various commercial offers are collected. For example, advertise Yandex Station. Yes, you take this [15:13] affiliate program from Yandex Station, advertise it inside the video, and simply place the affiliate link under the video . This will be a regular link with an who click on this affiliate link and buy something like a [15:27] Yandex station, and you get a percentage for them. Accordingly, without having direct advertisers, you can snag products from various affiliate programs , selling which videos, you will receive a percentage for them. I personally [15:40] don't use such things, but you can search for affiliate programs in Google and search for affiliate programs in Google and what the conditions are, read reviews, and so on. get ready. In general, but this has always [15:54] worked on the Internet and, I think, will always work, in principle, payment per action. The next option for direct advertisers or crooked advertisers is a blogger exchange. There is Getblogger, there is WOW blogger. For example, I am [16:08] registered on Woр. And in fact, over the entire time, I received two integrations of some kind of phone to advertise, passive. That is, it seems they threw it at all accounts. I refused because, well, I'm [16:21] not interested in advertising the phone on my video. But I have, for example, two Volgin YouTube, which you are watching now, and, in short, Volgin. the integrations here, by the way. You can see how corrupt he is. Oh, no. ВГН YouTube [16:36] I didn't even put you here. Well, in principle, everything here is very simple. Add your Telegram or YouTube channel, set prices, and wait for someone to come to you. I don’t know, maybe if I had set the prices minus a zero, then yes, [16:51] many more advertisers would have come to me. But so on and so forth. Barter advertising. That is, an advertiser contacts you and says that we will send you, for example, a chair, a computer desk, a microphone of some kind, [17:05] and so on, whatever, depending on the profile of your YouTube channel. And you just highlight it with your video and leave this thing with you. These kinds of proposals were received more often. For example, I have two wireless microphones, this one [17:19] and another one, which were sent to me in this way. Accordingly, you can make money on this either by getting some cool thing, or by selling this thing on the same Avito. [17:37] channel. Through other YouTube channels, your competitors or people who work in your niche come to you. Usually these are smaller channels that are not doing well , while you seem to have done well. But you always know, [17:49] why did you come to me? But they come and say: "Can you advertise my channel?" And generally, well, I always answer that it won’t help you. Engage in natural promotion on YouTube. Only natural reach and [18:03] promotion from YouTube itself will bring you any results on your channel. Advertising from me or from any other blogger. Well, I can't imagine, it must be a super coincidence. That is, one blogger, a major millionaire, he has [18:16] millions of views on each video, and he is passionate about chess. Yes. And if he advertises another channel in one of his videos , he’ll say: “Awesome channel, they , he’ll say: “Awesome channel, they [18:29] cheerful, funny and interesting, then, yes, such advertising will most likely work. But if someone contacts you, proposals at your own risk and conscience. I usually kind of refuse. Next, direct advertisers [18:44] through banners. Banners, if you don't understand, are when you watch something and all these rectangular animated things appear. This used to be very common because many shorts were [18:58] monetized this way. Why was it like this? Because these banners were bought by all sorts of businesses where you have to throw a ball. It spins like this and lands on a certain number. Why am I so veiled? I am talking about this [19:11] because, firstly, the laws of the country and the laws of countries in general are becoming stricter every month, yes, all these things are prohibited. This is one. But most importantly, YouTube is tightening its rules regarding this kind of game. And, accordingly, if you [19:25] post links to this, mention it in any context, yes, insert an image of this into your video, then sanctions may be imposed on your video, on your channel Accordingly, these banners with these kinds of games still [19:41] exist, but they always carry a potential danger, a state and from YouTube itself. There are safer alternatives, such as Playrock. There you can, I don’t know, sell [19:55] the player has the same affiliate program. You place their banner on your vertical videos, they pay you some money for it. Well, one final way to monetize through direct advertisers [20:08] is through referral links. It's almost like affiliate programs, that is, they work the same way, but these are referral links. What are referral links? This is when someone contacts you or you personally, for example, find a person [20:20] or organization that offers a certain service. For example, there's a service in Telegram called Syntax AI, where they've created a combine harvester from various popular neural networks within Telegram. That is, in Telegram you can use, for example, NanoBana, [20:35] Gemini, and so on. They have an affiliate program. I posted a referral link to them in some videos . And here, for example, are payments from referrals who registered with me using my referral [20:47] link. Accordingly, from these payments that people make within Syntax AI, that people make within Syntax AI, I receive a certain percentage, which I can then withdraw to my card. Yes, this is considered my income. Therefore, [21:00] referral links and affiliate programs are at the level of individual services, that is, not at the level of exchanges where all affiliate programs are collected, but at the level of services, for example, Syntax AI. Boost has its own referral [21:14] program. If it's a thematic direction, then it can always work. So, if we sum up all our direct advertisers, yes, then the very are real direct advertisers, all sorts of brands that come to you. [21:30] Next, you can earn money through affiliate programs, exchanges, or referral links. You can go to a blogger exchange, but you have to set a , or your channel has to be large. But if you have a large channel, [21:44] why do you need a blogger exchange? Will people come to you themselves? You can receive sell them and make money from this, advertise other channels, but this is a kind of deal with conscience, and earnings through banners, but it seems to be [21:58] already in a gray area and seems to be going somewhere backwards. Next comes our earnings on YouTube. Well, let's go in circles, actually, our product. What is your product? Your product, it can be either a digital product or [22:12] it can be a service. What are services? Services are, for example, what you channels, as I do. I can provide consultation on YouTube channels, I can provide YouTube channel support, YouTube channel audits, and so [22:26] is always in the description. But also , for example, if you are an editor, you can offer your editing services. If you are a copywriter, you can offer your on, and so on, and so on. That is , everything you do on YouTube can be [22:42] related to the funnel of your services. What you can offer other people for money. Although, by the way, many people for some reason think that a YouTuber should do everything for free. Yeah, if he's into YouTube, well, go and take apart my [22:56] channel for free. Spend your hours on this . But what's wrong with services? The bad thing about them is that it's always focused on you. If you get sick, this type of income goes away. You are in a bad mood, this type of income is going away. You don’t want it, you’re just [23:10] tired of it, this type of income is simply going away. How to make a product that will always sell - it's a digital product. That is, you make it once and sell it within a year. What types of digital products and how can you sell them through [23:22] your YouTube channel in 2026? First of all, it's a boost. Busti, you all know. For example, I have a boost where I sell various checklists and training modules. There are also all sorts of free things, yes. [23:36] For example, a starter pack for a new YouTube channel or a link guide for YouTube promotion. That is, you can find a ton of materials on Boost about how to develop on YouTube. But what's good about boosts? The fact that this is a [23:50] Russian company means they work with Russians. By the way, if you are interested in my income on Boost, then on Boost in total, that is, for the entire time, not for the month, I earned 726,000. And for the current [24:04] month, for example, on Boost, 391 people came to my Boost from my YouTube channel. By the way, they recently added a link showcase. In general, they are developing. However, there is a problem: [24:16] through boosting, people who live in Russia can buy things from you or . People who live abroad will most likely find that their foreign cards will not work. That's why there is a tribute for this. This is a [24:29] Telegram service, meaning everything is in Telegram. And through tribute, both Russian cards and foreign cards, and any other kind, are accepted. But why am I sitting on both Bost and Tribute? Because in Tribute I don't like how everything is formatted inside Telegram [24:43] . However, I started this , let's call it a funnel, specifically through Telegram. That is, I created a group within Telegram where I listed all my services, how much they cost, what I offer, what's inside, and so on and so forth. [24:58] Here is everything I can offer people in terms of cooperation, if they want to somehow take my time or take my experience, yes, and continue to develop on YouTube, slightly reducing their own time. There is a menu, and, in fact, you [25:14] go and write to me if you need to. And there is a third option for developing you all know, there are all sorts of platforms like Getkurs and others. Courses are posted there, people buy them, and watch webinars. This is the kind of thing [25:28] that, well, maybe for now, I won’t say no, but for now it’s not particularly close to me. But what's the point of the Telegram Tribute? Yes, the thing is that physical products in Tribute. So, if you have a YouTube channel about making [25:44] clay spoons or guitars, you can create a showcase of your physical products on Tribute or Telegram, and that's very useful. Closed groups are also popular now, that is, when there are paid subscribers, a closed group [25:57] and people within the community communicate there. So, on Boost you can, for example, link a private chat via a subscription. This can also be done in Tribute via Telegram, but these two groups, the one created on Boost and the one created in [26:10] Telegram, cannot be combined together. So you need to think about it here. And physical products still have one more development option. This is merch. That is, when you development option. This is merch. That is, when you sell T-shirts with the symbols, vibe, and [26:23] energy of your YouTube channel. Accordingly, all this can be implemented not on some separate site, but directly within your attribute. You can display physical products there, like T- shirts and other things, or [26:36] simply monetize your YouTube channel separately through physical products, through merch. I haven't encountered this, I don't know the economics of this action. In fact, we're returning to our halfway point, and we still have [26:49] one more way to make money on a YouTube channel in 2026 - on a YouTube channel in 2026 - social media. What do we have here in this regard? In this regard, we have video platforms. These are other [27:02] video platforms. What do I mean by this? This is TikTok, Twitch, VK, ZEN, maybe something else . How does it work? You have your own YouTube channel, and you transfer your audience to these platforms. So, you [27:15] earn money from advertising on these platforms, as well as on others , monetizing your audience there, maybe even taking it back, for example, by driving it from YouTube to TikTok, accumulating it, getting new viewers from TikTok, yes, [27:29] driving them from TikTok to YouTube, your viewership grows, your viewership funnel grows, and your media reach grows. It all works in a circle. But it's clear that this isn't a quick way to make money; it's always a deferred prospect, but at [27:41] some point it will start to pay off. The next option is other platforms. That is, you drive people from your YouTube channel to VK, Zapretagram, Twitter, Telegram, and so on. And [27:54] something is already happening to you there too. But by the way, I shouldn’t have mentioned Telegram, because I have a separate direction about Telegram . That is, other platforms, . That is, other platforms, you know, right? Other video platforms, including [28:08] its magnificence Telegram, have not yet been blocked. By driving people to your Telegram channel, how can you monetize them? By selling advertising in Telegram. That is, if you have a stable audience on Telegram, [28:22] tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, maybe subscribers, you can sell posts there. This is additional income. You can't, or rather, not you , people can send you stars on Telegram. These stars can be exchanged [28:35] for cryptocurrency, which is also an additional source of income. And this is a personal brand. That is, your media presence, as I already said, is growing. People follow you here and there . You are invited to all sorts of podcasts. In general, when you are a small YouTuber, you have a [28:48] small YouTube channel, everything moves very slowly and with great difficulty. Same with money. You have little money, everything is done with difficulty and through force. Once you have millions, money sticks to each other, it all snowballs. Therefore, [29:01] by developing your Telegram channel, you are simply creating an additional use later. But I forgot about one simple thing. If you remember, I talked about streams and donations here. I said that streaming is a gift and so [29:14] on. But there is a completely separate type of income that I have not mentioned anywhere. It doesn't relate to YouTube monetization because it's not YouTube monetization and it doesn't relate to anything at all. I would probably list this separately, as a [29:27] separate type of income. Precisely donations, purely donations. What are donations? This is support from your regular audience. practically for nothing. That is, you don’t sell anything, you don’t provide [29:41] any services, you don’t do anything, but you get donations, conditionally, for your pretty work. For example, in mine, when I was streaming in my niche, uh, other people, other people do n’t just throw money at you. Accordingly, there [29:56] needs to be some value in this donation. In my case, when I was streaming, the value was that the donation channel, by browsing it outside the free queue, meant people could save their time. I pay a little more attention to their channel [30:08] . It is also important to remember that donations are not taxed. It is also important to remember that donations can be made through the same boost. Plus there are donation alerts, these are for streams, notifications [30:21] and other things are added there. But it is important to always understand the following thing. First of all, I will try to somehow format this whole diagram so that you can download it, look at it, so that you have it as a note. Secondly, no matter what monetization method [30:35] your channel uses, you always need to remember one simple thing on YouTube: even if you simply posted a link somewhere, and for this monetization, you designed it somewhere in the channel profile, [30:49] left it in a pinned comment, and so on, but if you didn't emphasize this monetization in the video, on, but if you didn't emphasize this monetization in the video, didn't make a call to action , that is, didn't say, " Click the link," and my product is [31:03] there, my Telegram is there. I was told to the viewer the value of this action. That is, Telegram is in the description under this video, go ahead, cool, let's move on. No, you can't do that. I need to tell viewers that my Telegram is in the description below this [31:18] video. And this Telegram has a free checklist. Go ahead and take it. When viewers are motivated to visit your Telegram channel, viewers should be motivated to donate to you. So don't just [31:31] send me a donation, I need it. No, if you have the opportunity, please send a donation as much as you can. Our editorial team lives only thanks to this. And we continue to release videos solely thanks to your donations. Thank you. This is how it [31:46] should be monetized, in my opinion. And if you have no more questions about YouTube channel monetization in 2026, then watch my video about how to develop your small YouTube channel. guaranteed [32:00] to create a content plan for the entire year ahead. There I give this scheme, these methods. year ahead. There I give this scheme, these methods. Live freely.