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How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views

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Beginner 3 min read For: Aspiring and beginner YouTube creators who want to understand potential earnings and factors affecting ad revenue.
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The video analyzes how much YouTube pays creators per 1,000 views in 2021. The creator compiled data from 36 recent YouTube earnings reveal videos to provide an up-to-date average and a breakdown by niche.

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Growing interest in YouTube earnings

Videos revealing YouTuber earnings are increasingly popular, indicating high interest in YouTube's payment structure.

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Research methodology

The creator watched 36 recent earnings reveal videos from various channel sizes to gather data for 2021.

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Average RPM in 2021

The average Revenue Per Mille (RPM) across all 36 channels is $7.56 per 1,000 views, which is higher than the commonly cited $1–$3 from previous years.

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Factors affecting RPM

RPM varies by niche, swearing in videos, video length, and viewer location. More profitable niches include 'make money online', while vlogging and beauty are on the lower end.

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Additional monetization methods

Creators can also earn through sponsorships, merchandise, and digital products to supplement ad revenue.

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Beyond money: passion matters

The creator emphasizes that YouTube success should also be driven by passion and fulfillment, not just money.

In 2021, YouTubers earn an average of $7.56 per 1,000 views, though this varies by niche and other factors. Beyond ad revenue, creators can diversify income through sponsorships and products, but should also focus on creating content they enjoy.

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What is the average Revenue Per Mille (RPM) for YouTube creators in 2021 according to this video?

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$7.56 per 1,000 views

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What is the commonly cited average RPM for YouTube that was believed before 2021?

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Between $1 and $3 per 1,000 views

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How many YouTube earnings reveal videos did the creator watch for this research?

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36 videos

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Name two factors that affect how much a YouTuber earns per 1,000 views.

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Whether you swear in your videos and the country your viewers live in.

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Which niche is mentioned as being on the lower end of YouTube ad earnings?

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Vlogging and Beauty

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What additional monetization methods does the creator suggest beyond ads?

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Sponsorships, merchandise, and selling digital products.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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2021 average RPM of $7.56

Provides a specific, data-backed figure that challenges the common belief of $1-3 RPM, offering creators a more accurate expectation.

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Factors affecting RPM

Identifies actionable levers (swearing, video length, viewer country) that creators can optimize to increase earnings.

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Earnings breakdown by niche

Gives niche-specific RPM data (e.g., 'make money online' higher, vlogging/beauty lower), helping new creators choose a profitable topic.

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Passion over money

Reminds creators that long-term success requires fulfillment beyond money, a grounded principle in creative work.

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YouTube Pays $7.56 Per 1,000 Views?

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Reveals a surprising average RPM that contradicts the common belief of $1-3 per 1,000 views.

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Factors That Affect Your YouTube Pay

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Breaks down key factors like swearing, video length, and viewer location that directly impact earnings.

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Most Profitable YouTube Niches Revealed

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Highlights the stark contrast between high-paying make money online niche and low-paying vlogging/beauty.

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YouTube Isn't Just About Money

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Ends with a relatable reminder that passion matters more than money, resonating with creators.

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[00:00] videos where YouTubers tell you how much

[00:02] money they're making have become more

[00:03] popular than ever so there's clearly a

[00:06] huge interest in knowing how much

[00:08] YouTube pays creators I've helped people

[00:11] understand how much YouTube is paying

[00:12] YouTubers in the past with these videos

[00:14] here and I wanted to give people the

[00:16] most upto-date accurate information for

[00:18] 2021 so I went ahead and I watched a ton

[00:20] of videos from YouTubers released

[00:22] recently where they're telling their

[00:24] audiences how much money YouTube is

[00:26] currently paying them YouTube channels

[00:28] of all different shapes and sizes is to

[00:30] figure out an upto-date

[00:31] 2021 amount of how much YouTube is

[00:35] paying YouTubers per thousand views in

[00:38] 2021 and I even went one step further

[00:40] and I broke down exactly how much each

[00:43] different type of YouTube channel is

[00:45] currently making so you'll be able to

[00:46] see how much you can expect to earn as a

[00:48] YouTube Creator depending on the topics

[00:51] you choose to discuss in your YouTube

[00:53] videos so YouTube 101 YouTube pays

[00:56] creators for the ads it shows on

[01:00] Creative videos YouTube puts adverts

[01:02] before sometimes during and also after

[01:05] the videos it shows on the website

[01:07] YouTube will keep their own cut of the

[01:09] money that advertisers have paid them to

[01:11] show ads on the website and then give

[01:12] creators their share and that's what

[01:14] this video is going to cover the money

[01:16] that creators get after YouTube has

[01:18] taken their cut this is the money that

[01:20] will actually be hitting your pocket as

[01:21] a Creator so from going away myself from

[01:23] watching 36 of the most recent youTube

[01:27] earning reveal videos on YouTube from

[01:30] that data I can say that in

[01:32] 2021 per th000 views YouTubers are

[01:35] receiving

[01:38] $756 C per th000 views that's pretty

[01:41] mind-blowing because it's believed that

[01:42] the average you can actually expect to

[01:43] earn on YouTube is between 1 to $3

[01:46] that's what I've said in previous videos

[01:47] in 2018 2019 but this genuine data that

[01:51] I've got from YouTubers in 2021 shows

[01:54] that you can be looking to make closer

[01:56] to

[01:58] $756 for each ,000 views you get this

[02:01] year now that

[02:02] $756 is an average earnings number for

[02:06] every th000 views you're going to get on

[02:08] YouTube across all 36 of those channels

[02:12] I used in my research I'm going to show

[02:14] you the earnings breakdown per 1,000

[02:16] views that you can expect to get for

[02:18] each type of YouTube channel that I

[02:20] found in my research on screen in a list

[02:22] in just a second but in addition to

[02:24] topics there's other things out there

[02:26] that determine whether you get paid more

[02:28] or less from ads for each thousand views

[02:30] you get on your videos such as whether

[02:32] you swear in your videos how long your

[02:35] videos are and the country that your

[02:38] viewers live in and there's even more

[02:39] additional methods that you can use to

[02:41] make even more money for each thousand

[02:43] views you get on your channel you can

[02:46] get sponsorships for your videos you can

[02:48] start selling your merchandise for your

[02:49] videos or even sell your own digital

[02:52] product to name a few now Shameless plug

[02:54] if you want to learn about all these

[02:55] factors and the others I didn't mention

[02:57] that you need to know about and use

[02:59] right right to make as much money as

[03:01] possible from your YouTube channel per

[03:03] thousand views you can grab my digital

[03:05] products the YouTube money course I put

[03:07] together it's dirt cheap and over 8

[03:09] hours in length by clicking the link

[03:11] below this video in the description but

[03:13] I promise you a breakdown per topic on

[03:17] the most profitable and the least

[03:19] profitable YouTube channel so you can

[03:20] run per thousand views that's going to

[03:22] be on screen now so pause this video if

[03:24] you want to take time to see exactly

[03:27] what each type of Channel earns per

[03:28] th000 views I found that channels in the

[03:30] make money online Niche are the more

[03:32] popular types of YouTube channels to run

[03:35] and videos that float around the topics

[03:37] of vlogging Beauty are on the lower end

[03:40] of the money you'll get paid from

[03:42] YouTube for each th000 views you get on

[03:44] your videos I find that breakdown really

[03:46] useful and interesting I've not seen

[03:48] that information broken down like that

[03:50] on any other channel so pause that take

[03:52] all that information in next week

[03:54] there's going to be my final video in

[03:56] this short series of making money on

[03:58] YouTube I'm making for 2021 it's going

[04:00] to be about how to get paid on YouTube

[04:02] in 2021 there'll be a link in the

[04:04] description to this video to watch that

[04:06] after you've watched this it's going to

[04:08] be all about how to technically set up

[04:09] your channel to make sure your channel

[04:11] starts receiving payments once it is

[04:13] eligible to and I'll be talking about

[04:15] some ways you can make money through

[04:16] your YouTube channel in addition to ads

[04:19] which we've covered in this video

[04:20] obviously I won't have enough time to go

[04:21] into as much detail about all of those

[04:23] things as I do in my course but it'll

[04:25] give you a nice top level overview so

[04:27] you at least know some things that are

[04:29] available to you so subscribe to see

[04:30] that next week and like I said the link

[04:32] will be in the description below once

[04:34] that is live and I just want to remind

[04:35] you finish this video off by saying

[04:37] YouTube is not just about money you need

[04:40] to also be excited and fulfilled with

[04:43] the videos you're making and the channel

[04:45] that you're running because you're

[04:46] spending so much time building that

[04:47] channel up this channel is all about the

[04:49] problems that you can experience once

[04:50] you become a YouTuber and an influencer

[04:52] and trying to find solutions for those

[04:54] problems so make sure to subscribe to

[04:56] this channel as well to get information

[04:58] like that in the future I think I think

[04:59] it's really useful to share these tips

[05:01] with social media as being an influencer

[05:03] is such a new career choice for so many

[05:06] people so like this video so it gets

[05:07] shown to as many people as possible and

[05:10] have as many people as possible make

[05:11] money on YouTube subscribe to the

[05:14] channel if you liked what you saw I'll

[05:15] see you next week with that follow-up

[05:17] video how to get paid on YouTube in

[05:19] 2021 peace out

[05:22] [Music]

[05:28] bye

[05:29] [Music]

[05:40] oh

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