[0:00] In this video, I'm going to share with
[0:01] you how much YouTube paid me in the
[0:03] first 6 months after hitting 1,000
[0:06] subscribers. So, to give you a bit of
[0:08] context, I started this channel in April
[0:10] of this year. And for the first 6 weeks,
[0:13] you can see that my videos were getting
[0:15] basically no views at all. I mean, I
[0:17] remember posting some videos that were
[0:19] getting less than 10 views each. And of
[0:22] course, to pour your heart and soul into
[0:23] your videos and for them to get
[0:26] essentially no views, it does sting a
[0:28] little bit. like let's just be honest
[0:29] with each other. But I knew I had to
[0:32] keep going. And I think it was the 12th
[0:34] video that I posted, which is this one
[0:37] right here, is the one that really,
[0:39] really took off. And you can see that in
[0:41] the 8 days after posting that video, my
[0:43] channel hit 1,000 subscribers and I got
[0:46] monetized just a couple weeks after
[0:48] that, which was such a crazy feeling.
[0:51] Like, I never expected in my wildest
[0:54] dreams for the channel to take off that
[0:56] quickly. Now, if you're unsure about how
[0:59] monetization on YouTube works, you
[1:01] essentially need two requirements to get
[1:03] monetized. So, you need to hit 1,000
[1:06] subscribers and also 4,000 watch hours.
[1:10] And for most people, myself included,
[1:12] they will hit 1,000 subscribers first
[1:15] and then it usually takes a little bit
[1:16] longer to hit 4,000 watch hours. So, for
[1:20] me, it took 59 days to hit 1,000
[1:22] subscribers after posting my first
[1:25] video. and it took 71 days to hit 4,000
[1:28] watch hours. So that's around 10 weeks.
[1:30] And once you hit those requirements, you
[1:32] have to actually apply to get monetized.
[1:35] So after I applied, it took about 8 days
[1:37] for me to actually start earning money
[1:39] from AdSense. So now let's dive into how
[1:42] much money YouTube actually paid me in
[1:44] my first 6 months of being [music]
[1:46] monetized. Okay, so we'll start off with
[1:48] month number one. And the reason I'm
[1:50] doing it month by month is because later
[1:53] in the video, I want to show you
[1:55] something about how the amount of money
[1:56] that you make per 1,000 views actually
[2:00] changes as you get further into the
[2:02] partnership program. And I think you're
[2:04] going to find that really interesting.
[2:05] So, in June, my channel received 102,000
[2:09] views. I gained 3.9,000
[2:12] subscribers and I made a grand total of
[2:15] $8.74,
[2:18] which sounds really bad, but it's only
[2:20] because I only actually got paid for the
[2:22] last day of the month. So, let's move on
[2:25] to July. Now, this was my first full
[2:28] month of being monetized, and this month
[2:30] was absolutely insane because I actually
[2:32] had two videos that were popping off at
[2:35] the same time. So, you can see that my
[2:36] views were much higher. So, I received
[2:39] 167,000 views, 5.7,000
[2:43] subscribers, which is crazy. And I got
[2:45] paid a grand total of $67529.
[2:52] Now, of course, this isn't life-changing
[2:54] money. You know, I definitely can't live
[2:56] on this as a monthly income, but to me,
[2:59] this is still amazing. You know, it pays
[3:01] for some bills and maybe a few nights
[3:03] out in the month. And also, just to be
[3:05] fully transparent, this isn't the main
[3:07] way that I make money from this channel.
[3:09] I actually have a community for beginner
[3:12] creators and a couple other things as
[3:14] well, which by the way, some of our
[3:15] members inside the community are getting
[3:17] insane results at the moment. So, if you
[3:20] are struggling to grow your audience,
[3:21] link in the description. I can help you
[3:23] out. Okay, so in August, my channel
[3:25] received 92,000 views, 2.3,000
[3:28] subscribers, and I made $412.99.
[3:33] So you can see it's actually come down a
[3:35] little bit from the month before. Now
[3:36] September is where things get a little
[3:38] bit interesting. And one of the reasons
[3:40] why I wanted to show you this month by
[3:42] month is to show you just how much your
[3:45] income is going to fluctuate when you
[3:47] get monetized. For example, in this
[3:49] month I gained 64,000 views, 1.4,000
[3:53] 4,000 subscribers, but I only made
[3:55] $23663,
[3:59] which is actually only a third of what I
[4:02] made a couple of months before. But this
[4:04] is totally normal because every channel
[4:07] has videos that take off and then of
[4:10] course those videos have to come back
[4:11] down and you just have to get used to
[4:13] the fact that your income is also going
[4:15] to go up and then it's going to come
[4:17] right back down with the views. So in
[4:19] October things started to pick back up
[4:21] again. So, I gained 86,000 views, 2,000
[4:25] subscribers, and made $414.15.
[4:31] And finally, last month in November, I
[4:34] had another video that did quite well,
[4:36] and I received $134,000
[4:39] views, 3.3,000 subscribers, and I made a
[4:42] grand total of $65958,
[4:47] which is almost my best month so far. In
[4:50] fact, I had this day right here where I
[4:52] received $44. And I'm pretty sure that's
[4:54] the most I've made so far in a single
[4:57] day. Now, like I said, this definitely
[4:59] isn't life-changing money. And I tell
[5:02] you guys this literally all the time,
[5:04] but YouTube AdSense is never going to be
[5:06] your main source of income as a creator.
[5:09] For example, if you do want to become a
[5:11] full-time creator, then you can make so
[5:14] so much more money from sponsorships and
[5:16] of course creating your own products as
[5:18] well. Now, the next thing I want to show
[5:20] you is really interesting, and I wasn't
[5:23] actually aware of this before I got
[5:25] monetized. So, I want to talk to you
[5:27] about something called RPM, and how that
[5:29] actually changes over time. So, your RPM
[5:32] is basically the amount of money that
[5:34] you get paid per 1,000 views on your
[5:37] videos. For example, if your RPM was $5,
[5:42] every 1,000 views that you get on your
[5:44] channel, you make $5. But something I
[5:47] didn't know is that when you get
[5:49] monetized, your RPM can actually
[5:52] drastically improve over time. So you
[5:54] can see that when I got monetized, my
[5:57] RPM was $2.73.
[6:01] And this number is pretty low. But you
[6:04] can see that over the course of the next
[6:06] six months, my RPM slowly but surely
[6:09] improves all the way up to $658,
[6:14] which is crazy because that means I'm
[6:16] making two to three times more money for
[6:18] every 1,000 views that I get on my
[6:20] videos. So, I want to end this video by
[6:22] giving you a couple of lessons that I
[6:25] really wish I knew before I got
[6:27] monetized. And if you're still on your
[6:29] journey towards monetization, I think
[6:31] you're going to find this really
[6:32] valuable. So, the first lesson is that
[6:34] your first breakthrough will always come
[6:37] from an unexpected video. It's almost
[6:40] always the video that you didn't really
[6:42] expect to take off. For example, the
[6:44] first video of mine that blew up was
[6:46] essentially just a yapping video. There
[6:49] was no fancy editing. I didn't really
[6:51] put that much work into it. It was
[6:52] basically just me telling a personal
[6:54] story and sharing my experiences. And
[6:58] then on the other hand, I've had videos
[6:59] that I've spent absolutely ages on and
[7:02] I've poured my heart and soul into and
[7:04] they've just completely bombed. And
[7:06] that's kind of the irony of YouTube. The
[7:09] less you try hard to impress people, the
[7:12] more impressive you become. And the
[7:14] second lesson is that monetization is
[7:16] the start, not the finish line. So I
[7:19] think a lot of new creators, they treat
[7:22] monetization like it's the end goal and
[7:25] it's all that really matters. But once
[7:26] you actually get monetized, you realize
[7:29] that it's literally just level one. And
[7:31] there are so many more levels to
[7:33] becoming a full-time creator and turning
[7:36] all this into a full-time business. And
[7:38] on that note, if you do want to dive
[7:40] into the easiest way to make money as a
[7:42] small creator, even if you're not
[7:44] monetized, I actually made this video
[7:46] right here where I give you an ultra
[7:48] simple blueprint on how I reached my
[7:50] first $10,000 month as a complete
[7:53] beginner. So yeah, click onto that video
[7:56] and [music] I'll see you there.
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