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How Much YouTube Pays Me As A Small YouTuber

0h 08m video Published Aug 10, 2023 Transcribed Jul 23, 2026 E Extra Landen Levine
Beginner 4 min read For: Aspiring YouTubers and content creators interested in understanding ad revenue and monetization.
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A small YouTuber reveals the exact earnings from his YouTube channel and TikTok, breaking down ad revenue, CPM rates, and the impact of viral videos. He shares his journey through multiple failed channels and the strategies that finally led to monetization.

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Earnings Overview

The creator made $519 from YouTube ad revenue on a channel with 10 failed attempts, not including sponsorships or affiliate links.

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TikTok vs YouTube

TikTok earnings exceeded YouTube earnings in less time, with $400 from affiliate marketing on TikTok.

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YouTube Ad Revenue Explained

YouTube ad revenue is paid when viewers watch ads; the creator earned $519 from ads on his videos.

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Failed Channels History

Started YouTube in 5th grade with a GoPro, posted Fortnite and free Robux videos that tanked his channel.

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Mistakes with Sub4Sub

Reposting popular videos led to 100k views but irrelevant subscribers that hurt his other content.

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Current Channel Success

After quitting, he returned to find two old videos had 1k views each, leading to consistent uploads from October.

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Viral Videos

Two viral videos: 'How I Made $120/hr on TikTok Live' (90k views) and 'Selling Candy at School' (155k views).

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Daily Earnings

First monetization day: $15.49; later dropped to $3-5/day after views declined.

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Recent Earnings

In the last 28 days, earned $105 without uploading, from old videos.

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Top Video Earnings

Selling candy video: 157k views, $242; TikTok live video: 92k views, $205.

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CPM Explained

CPM (cost per thousand views) for his channel is $7.44, but YouTube takes 45%, leaving him $2.06 per thousand views.

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CPM Variation by Niche

Finance videos have higher CPM ($11.55) but still only pay $4.94 per thousand views after YouTube's cut.

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TikTok Affiliate Earnings

Made $400 from TikTok affiliate marketing (Webull sign-ups), with 19 out of 37 deposits settled.

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Short Form Revenue

YouTube shorts: 2k views earned only $0.04, showing low revenue from short content.

The creator emphasizes that small YouTubers earn modest ad revenue, but affiliate marketing and TikTok can supplement income. Persistence and learning from failures are key to growth.

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How much did the creator earn from YouTube ad revenue?

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$519

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What was the creator's highest paying day after monetization?

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$15.49

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How many views did the 'Selling Candy at School' video get?

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157,000 views

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What is the creator's CPM?

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$7.44 per thousand views

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What percentage of CPM does YouTube take?

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About 45%

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How much did the creator earn from the TikTok live video?

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$205

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How many people signed up via the creator's Webull affiliate link?

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602

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How much did the creator earn from YouTube shorts for 2,000 views?

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$0.04

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Ad Revenue Total

Reveals the modest earnings from YouTube ads for a small creator.

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CPM Breakdown

Explains how CPM works and YouTube's cut, a key insight for aspiring creators.

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TikTok vs YouTube

Highlights that TikTok can be more lucrative than YouTube for small creators.

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Persistence Message

Encourages creators to be persistent and learn from failures.

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✂️ Creator Tools: Viral Hooks

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YouTube Paid Me $519?!

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Reveals a specific, surprisingly low earnings figure that sparks curiosity and debate among aspiring creators.

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Free V-Bucks Video Ruined My Channel

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Controversial tactic of reposting popular content backfires, offering a cautionary tale that resonates with creators facing similar dilemmas.

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Highest Pay Day: $15.49?!

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Surprisingly low peak earnings for a monetized channel create shock value and prompt discussion about YouTube ad revenue.

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How YouTube Pays: CPM Secrets

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Educational breakdown of CPM and YouTube's cut reveals insider knowledge that helps creators optimize their earnings.

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[00:01] Channel That's not including sponsorships or affiliate links I didn't the video but there is still a lot more to it than just that 500 I'll tell you how much I make on this channel per day per month is per view and a lot more

[00:15] much money I made with my Tick Tock which is actually more than I've made from this YouTube channel and in less time so let's hop into YouTube Studio you can see I've made money from this channel but that's only including

[00:27] YouTube ad Revenue YouTube ad revenue is the money YouTube paid me when a viewer ads after a video there's ads and sometimes in the middle and I've made 519 dollars from Those ads playing after 10 Failed YouTube channels this is the

[00:40] getting monetized I've been creating videos for almost 10 years and posting quite a few of these videos that I've made about 10 years ago but finally when I was in fifth grade after getting a GoPro for Christmas I started a group

[00:53] recorded with that GoPro Hero 5 that I got for Christmas and edited on my iPad see much success with most videos getting about 60 views which were mostly in seventh grade I bought a gaming laptop with money that I had been saving

[01:08] up for by refin on the weekend I posted some random fortnite videos which again huge mistake with this channel I reposted two videos on my channel one about getting free V bucks and one about getting free Robux you know the how to

[01:21] get free Robux working now and they got to about a hundred thousand views each which was absolutely terrible for my channel I gained a lot of subscribers none of these subscribers cared about my other videos and it would absolutely

[01:34] tank the videos that I actually put a lot of effort into I continued to keep actually got way better and were edited pretty well but they still got no views three years earlier and that would end up being the downfall of my channel my

[01:48] spent so long on it but it only got about a hundred views while posting on posted on a ton of different channels including this one that got to a hundred thousand subscribers but I only got that many subscribers because I was reposting

[02:02] popular videos got over 20 million views each one of the many channels that I one that you're watching right now I posted a video on January 30th and February 25th but after seeing no initial success I quit I logged out of

[02:16] few months then one random day about a year ago I remember this Channel that I YouTube I saw that both videos that I had posted had got to about a thousand never seen a video of mine actually get that many views a video that I actually

[02:31] created and edited myself I uploaded another video but it got no views and it and I didn't upload again until October where I started uploading frequently a month and with all the skills that I've learned from my other YouTube

[02:44] pretty viral videos well not really viral but they've done well for me first with this video I uploaded on December 12 2022 where I showed people how I made over 120 an hour on Tick Tock live right now the video is sitting at just over 90

[02:58] 000 views and still growing but at a slower rate than it once was in my very being my most viral it was about selling candy at school and it was uploaded on January 2nd of this year 2023. as of right now it has about 155 000 views but

[03:13] gotten much views lately I haven't seen the same results since those two videos and on so let's get right into the money okay so as we can see on the revenue tab I started making money right about here my first day was March 27 2023 and it

[03:28] was my highest paying day of 15.49 that's because when I got monetized I unfortunately that was right when My Views were declining and I didn't get paid for any views before that I was making anywhere between like seven to

[03:42] normally around like eight dollars nine dollars or sometimes in a double digits monetization got paused and since then three four five dollars a day which definitely isn't much but I'm gonna

[03:56] start uploading more soon in the past 28 days I actually didn't upload one once yesterday and without uploading I was actually able to make 85 dollars which that I'm making money off of Old videos okay since recording this I actually

[04:09] YouTube channel as you can see in the last 28 days I made 105 as opposed to started getting a little bit more views but I actually started getting paid more making like two three dollars a day and all of a sudden it went up to four and

[04:24] then almost five and then to seven nine dollars and then another nine dollar day much money my most popular videos have made me so let's check out the selling candy at school video I got 157 000 views and made me 242 dollars

[04:38] paid after this video I'd already gotten like 50 60 or 70 000 views but 242 is money than I made in the video and my second most popular video is this how I made money on Tick Tock live and with 92 000 views I made 205 dollars again I

[04:54] this video only after about 30 or 40 000 but again 205 isn't bad so let me show you how YouTube pays me this is my CPM your CPM is how much advertisers pay per thousand views so an Advertiser will pay 7.44 per thousand views on my channel

[05:09] but I don't get all that money I think YouTube takes about 45 so I get about half of that so I actually get paid less than half sorry if the lighting is bad this last minute so I thought I got paid a little bit more than half of this I

[05:22] actually only get paid two dollars and six cents a third of it I thought it change based on what type of videos you make let's go look at the selling candy one the CPM was pretty similar for this one 7.75 so for example if you make

[05:35] paid a lot less and typically Finance is a lot more and then as we can see right 11.55 CPM just because this video is about trading but I still only get paid about trading but I still only get paid 4.94 so not even half this video did

[05:49] kind of Flop 2 000 views but so far I've made 10.98 from it the highest cpms I've heard of is around a hundred dollars which is absolutely crazy and on my YouTube I actually haven't had any brand deals yet because I obviously only want

[06:01] believe in and I haven't made any money from affiliate links on this channel but thousand dollars and I'm counting Tick Tock as part of my YouTube channel channel and I also post a lot of the shorts from my Tick Tock onto my YouTube

[06:15] shorts Channel which is Landon Levine shorts I grew my Tick Tock to over 18 000 followers but then got banned I started making money with just a few money by making trading content like trading stocks and every time somebody

[06:28] would sign up to Weeble I would get paid it would range between 30 and 500 so I that so as we can see here I've actually invited 602 people and only 37 of their get paid for all 602 and I didn't even get paid for all 37. I only got paid

[06:44] when they deposited money 19 people's deposit has settled that was all just ads on Tick Tock and I made about 400 and just because I'm interested let's see how much my short form content made on YouTube so this video got 2 000 views

[06:57] and I got paid four cents obviously short from 10 isn't going to make near and as you can see like I was talking about earlier I have a few private videos including my very first video which actually got to 1700 views and

[07:09] 14 views because it was absolutely terrible and let's actually just pick this video I could see all my comments on the Creator studio and I'm gonna pick out this guy cheese yay.3605 he said nice editing and

[07:23] journey to those 10 bands be persistent and never give up my guy you earned my dollars because I'm going from zero to ten thousand dollars as a challenge and you have any questions about anything I just showed you or anything else about

[07:37] comment them down below and if you made it this far you might as well leave a already I don't know why you wouldn't be subscribed but anyways I hope you guys have an amazing day and peace [Music]

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