[0:00] YouTube money is sweet and real. But
[0:03] then, the question is, how do creators
[0:06] make this money here on YouTube? In this
[0:09] video, I'm going to be very honest on
[0:11] how much YouTube pays exactly for 1,000
[0:15] views here on YouTube. If getting paid
[0:18] on YouTube is your goal, then this video
[0:20] is for you. And if you're a content
[0:21] creator who is starting out on YouTube
[0:23] with the mindset of making money here on
[0:25] YouTube, this video is actually for you.
[0:28] So, I'm going to be very honest. I'm
[0:30] going to be breaking down how much
[0:32] YouTube is paying for 1,000 views. For
[0:35] you to make money here on YouTube, you
[0:37] need to get views. So, I'm going to be
[0:39] breaking down how creators make the
[0:41] money and how this money is being
[0:43] accumulated by YouTube. Aside the dollar
[0:46] and the money flaunting, we need to
[0:48] understand how exactly YouTube
[0:51] accumulates this money and pays
[0:54] creators. So, first things first, if
[0:56] you're seeing my face for the first
[0:57] time, on this space, we grow together
[1:00] and we keep it real for each other. We
[1:02] help each other to grow. So, if getting
[1:05] monetized and making money on YouTube is
[1:07] your goal, I want you to hit that
[1:09] subscribe button, like this video, and
[1:11] turn on your notification bell. So,
[1:13] whenever I make amazing videos, you get
[1:15] notified. Now, I'm going to be stating
[1:18] three things that influences how
[1:20] creators make money here on YouTube.
[1:23] Number one, where you're filming your
[1:26] video. Location matters a lot. Most of
[1:29] us believe when someone has 10,000
[1:31] subscribers, 20,000 subscribers, they
[1:33] are making millions of money. That is
[1:35] not true. One thing you need to
[1:37] understand, YouTube do not reward you
[1:39] for how many subscribers you get, but
[1:41] how many views and how many traffic your
[1:44] channel is able to bring to their
[1:46] platform. Now, even a creator with 2,000
[1:49] subscribers can earn more than a creator
[1:52] with 10,000 and 20,000 subscribers,
[1:55] depending on where their earnings is
[1:58] coming from, the people watching their
[1:59] video. Now, if you have more of
[2:02] developed country, I mean, developed
[2:05] countries watching your videos, if you
[2:07] go to your YouTube analytics and check
[2:09] your audience, and you see that you have
[2:12] more foreign countries like developed
[2:14] countries watching your video, be rest
[2:16] assured that you're going to be getting
[2:18] a very high pay because these developed
[2:20] countries, their RPM is very high. That
[2:23] brings us to RPM and CPM. Some of you
[2:26] are new on this space and you don't know
[2:28] what is RPM. RPM is the revenue per
[2:32] mill. Then CPM is cost per mill. Let me
[2:36] break this down in a layman's
[2:38] understanding. RPM is how much YouTube
[2:41] will pay you. Then CPM is how much
[2:44] advertisers will pay you for your
[2:46] videos. So, if you notice when you watch
[2:48] videos, you see this advert pop out,
[2:51] they're actually getting paid for this.
[2:53] If you're having advert on your video
[2:54] and you're monetized. If your viewers,
[2:57] your audience watches your advert, just
[2:59] know that you're going to be getting
[3:00] paid for that view. Now, let's go
[3:03] straight to how this affects where your
[3:06] viewers are coming from. Some countries
[3:08] have very low RPM. Especially these
[3:11] underdeveloped countries like African
[3:13] countries, their RPM is very low. So, if
[3:16] you have a lot of your viewers, your
[3:18] audience from African country, you
[3:21] should know your pay will not be very
[3:23] high. And that doesn't mean that getting
[3:26] African countries watching your video is
[3:28] a crime. Please, it is not. The truth is
[3:30] you need to make videos that relates and
[3:33] resonates with a larger audience. So,
[3:35] even the developed countries will be
[3:36] interested and underdeveloped countries
[3:38] will also be interested in your videos.
[3:41] Now, the second thing that will
[3:42] influence how people get paid, your
[3:45] niche. The truth is not all niche pays
[3:48] the same. What do I mean by niche? The
[3:50] kind of videos you're making on your
[3:52] channel. If you're into cooking videos,
[3:55] vlogging videos, entertainment, science,
[3:58] technology, your pays are different.
[4:00] Gaming, different. The thing is YouTube
[4:03] will rate these people differently. Now,
[4:05] you cannot compare a finance niche, how
[4:08] much YouTube will pay a financial niche.
[4:11] What do I mean by financial niche? These
[4:12] people that talk about, you know,
[4:14] finance, how to make money on YouTube.
[4:17] The way they get paid is different from
[4:20] creators who are just into comedies,
[4:22] skit making. The pay is absolutely
[4:25] different because the advertisers that
[4:28] come on this kind of niche, they're
[4:29] actually different. The thing is you can
[4:32] have more of this financial institute
[4:35] coming to place their ads because of
[4:37] your niche, okay? So, when you notice
[4:40] that some persons are making higher than
[4:42] the other person, this is actually
[4:44] because of the kind of niche you find
[4:47] yourself. So, get this straight. All
[4:49] niche do not pay the same. In fact, they
[4:51] rank differently. So, you should get
[4:54] this very straight. Before you start any
[4:56] YouTube content here on YouTube, you
[4:58] need to sit down
[5:00] calculate yourself. What kind of niche
[5:02] do I want to go in? For this YouTube
[5:03] growth niche, the pay is actually fair
[5:05] enough, but I'm not going to say it's
[5:07] higher because there are niches, in
[5:09] fact, that is paying more than this
[5:11] particular niche. Now, the third thing
[5:14] that will influence how you get paid is
[5:17] how long people are staying to watch
[5:19] your video. Now, if you create a video
[5:21] of 10 minutes and people just watch that
[5:23] video 30 seconds and you know, 1 minute
[5:26] and they just leave that video, the
[5:28] truth is your pay will be very low. If
[5:31] your retention is high, I mean, people
[5:33] stay on your video and they watch your
[5:35] video for long, like they take their
[5:37] time to digest your video and whenever
[5:40] your advert comes up, they watch your
[5:42] advert, you're going to be making more
[5:44] money on your channel. So, I want you
[5:46] guys to take note of this. So, let me
[5:48] take you guys straight into my
[5:49] analytics. Let me show you exactly how
[5:52] much YouTube paid for 1,000 views. Yes,
[5:56] before you get paid, you need to
[5:57] accumulate the views. Your 200 views,
[5:59] 300 views, 500 views, you know, it just
[6:02] keep accumulating. So, I'm going to be
[6:03] showing you how much YouTube honestly
[6:06] paid me for 1,000 views. So, let's go
[6:09] through the whole thing together so you
[6:11] guys will understand everything. So,
[6:14] guys, let's take a look at this
[6:16] particular video on my channel. So, I'm
[6:19] in my YouTube studio. I'm going to be
[6:20] showing you guys exactly how much
[6:22] YouTube paid me for this video. As of
[6:24] now that I'm filming this video, this
[6:25] video already has 1.1k
[6:28] views. Let's look at it. That's um
[6:31] 1,153
[6:34] views. So, now let's go back and see how
[6:37] this video is ranking. So, you can see
[6:39] right here, this video is ranking four
[6:41] of 10. Okay? Now, you can see the
[6:43] impression click-through rate. I want
[6:45] you guys to pay attention to this. You
[6:47] know what? Study your videos because
[6:49] anything happening in your back end,
[6:51] that's your YouTube studio, will
[6:53] determine how you are paid on your
[6:55] channel. So, you can see that the
[6:57] impression click-through rate is going
[6:59] down. Like this arrow is down. Meaning
[7:01] it is very poor. If you click on it,
[7:02] it's saying people aren't choosing to
[7:05] watch this video as often as some of
[7:08] your other videos. So, YouTube is
[7:10] telling me now that people are not
[7:12] People are not clicking on this video.
[7:14] And I don't know why you guys are not
[7:15] clicking. But, the truth is not all
[7:17] video will do well on your channel. So,
[7:19] you can see here it's YouTube is now
[7:21] suggesting
[7:23] changing the title or thumbnail can
[7:25] attract more viewers, but some topic may
[7:27] just get fewer clicks. So, it may not
[7:29] really be your fault, okay? So, the
[7:31] click-through rate is really poor. Now,
[7:33] the average view duration is very low.
[7:36] Ordinarily, I get a higher view duration
[7:39] like 3 minutes, 4 minutes on this
[7:41] channel. So, you can see here 2 minutes
[7:43] 36 is really poor for this video. Now,
[7:46] let's go and see more about this video.
[7:50] Now, click on the reach. Click on it.
[7:52] We're going to get to the revenue, but I
[7:53] want you guys to understand this thing
[7:55] step by step. Now, you can see the
[7:57] impression.
[7:59] This is 27,000
[8:01] impression. What does this mean? This is
[8:03] saying that YouTube has pushed this
[8:06] video to 27,000
[8:08] people, and just 1,153
[8:12] people felt like watching.
[8:14] So, this shows that YouTube is actually
[8:16] pushing your videos, but people are not
[8:18] watching it enough. And there's a lot of
[8:20] factors. We don't want to go into that.
[8:23] Could actually be the thumbnail. It
[8:24] could actually be the title. But the
[8:26] truth is YouTube did their thing. Like
[8:28] YouTube did play their own role on this
[8:30] video. So, guys, you can actually see
[8:32] YouTube did their thing. Like they tried
[8:34] their best to push the video. So, now
[8:36] you can see how viewers found the video.
[8:39] Browse features, channel pages, other
[8:42] YouTube features, suggested video. These
[8:44] things are very important. So, you can
[8:46] actually tell if people are finding your
[8:48] videos properly. You okay? So, always
[8:51] make sure you look at these little
[8:53] details. So, let me take you guys into
[8:56] the engagement to see how people watch
[8:58] the video. So, the video generated 50.1
[9:02] watch hour. So, whenever you're making
[9:04] long-form videos, try to make them
[9:06] longer. Because the longer your
[9:08] long-form videos, the more watch hour
[9:10] you will accumulate from the video. So,
[9:14] here you can see the view duration is
[9:15] really low, and it is showing right
[9:18] here. Now,
[9:20] I want you guys to pay attention at the
[9:22] audience. Okay? So, you can see here.
[9:25] Let's go to the top geographies. That's
[9:28] where the views were coming from. So, if
[9:31] I click on this one, you're going to see
[9:32] I have India. India is about 10.7%.
[9:36] We have Nigeria, 7.5. Before we have
[9:40] United States and it's 5.6%. We now have
[9:43] Bangladesh and we have United Kingdom.
[9:46] So, this is how the views have been
[9:49] coming. Like, where the views were
[9:50] coming from. YouTube is breaking them
[9:53] down for you so you understand how your
[9:56] views were accumulated. Now, let's go to
[9:58] the revenue which you all want to know
[10:01] exactly how much revenue YouTube paid in
[10:04] 2026 for 1,000 views.
[10:07] All right? So, guys, the video made
[10:10] $4.54.
[10:13] Hmm. Now, how did I make this money? You
[10:17] can see here YouTube says from watch
[10:19] paid ads and YouTube Premium. What is
[10:22] YouTube Premium? Those people who watch
[10:24] YouTube without adverts, okay?
[10:27] Yeah, there are people who subscribe.
[10:29] Now, you can see here that the RPM for
[10:32] this 1K views is $3.95.
[10:36] It's not bad, honestly. You know? Now,
[10:40] how much advertisers paid? You can see
[10:42] here that the advertisers paid very high
[10:45] for this video. I think that's the
[10:47] reason why this video got $4
[10:49] in the first place because most 1K views
[10:52] I've seen, some of them didn't even get
[10:55] this amount in my niche, like in my
[10:57] channel. Now, the
[11:00] advertisers paid high, they paid $8.52.
[11:04] So, you can see before you remove your
[11:06] the ones the advertisers is paying and
[11:08] YouTube will do their calculation,
[11:10] everything summed up to $4.54.
[11:17] So, guys, I hope you all understand this
[11:19] whole analysis. So, as I said, the
[11:22] money, the dollar, we are showing you
[11:25] guys and all that stuff.
[11:27] I want you to know that YouTube
[11:29] calculates your views. So, YouTube will
[11:32] calculate how your audience are
[11:34] watching, where your views are coming
[11:36] from. These things will really impact
[11:40] how you make money on your channel. I
[11:42] hope this is helpful and this will
[11:43] inspire you and prepare your mind for
[11:45] YouTube. So, you don't come in with the
[11:48] wrong mindset. So guys, I'm going to see
[11:50] you in another honest and real video.
[11:54] Bye.