How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2025… (Best Side Hustle)

[00:00] So, how much does YouTube pay for 1,000

[00:02] views in 2025? Let me show you. This

[00:04] right here is one of my YouTube

[00:05] channels. And in the last 28 days, I

[00:07] have gotten 1.6 million views, 166,000

[00:11] hours of watch time for a grand total of

[00:15] $8,479. And the RPM was

[00:18] $5.17. For those of you that are

[00:19] confused about what RPM is, that

[00:21] essentially just means how much YouTube

[00:22] pays you per 1,000 views. And yes, you

[00:25] can manipulate this. Now, I know you

[00:26] don't know who I am, but my name is

[00:27] Romero. I was one of the first ones to

[00:29] start doing YouTube automation back in

[00:31] 2018. And with only three of my faceless

[00:33] YouTube channels, I have made over $1.6

[00:35] million. So, if you're looking to start

[00:37] YouTube as a side hustle or just as a

[00:39] hobby, I'm going to show you how to

[00:40] manipulate your RPM and how you can make

[00:42] the most amount of money, even if you're

[00:44] just doing it to [ __ ] around. Now, the

[00:45] first thing I want to talk about is what

[00:47] niches have the best RPM. Everybody

[00:49] knows that the health niche, business,

[00:51] finance, crypto, all of those niches are

[00:54] going to have the highest RPM, but that

[00:55] doesn't mean you should do it, right?

[00:57] Every guru on YouTube is going to tell

[00:58] you to do those because it's the easiest

[01:00] answer. But this YouTube channel that

[01:02] you're seeing here is in the celebrity

[01:03] news niche. And yes, you know, the

[01:05] business niche probably has like a $8,

[01:07] $10 RPM, but it's very hard to pull

[01:09] views like this. And by the way, this

[01:11] channel is underperforming by a lot.

[01:13] What I'm trying to say is that to have a

[01:15] high RPM on YouTube, you don't have to

[01:16] do boring niches like that. For example,

[01:18] this is one single YouTube video that I

[01:20] posted about the Pawn Stars, the Golden

[01:22] Silver Pawn Stars, uh, on the History

[01:24] Channel. It's a TV show. This video

[01:26] ended up getting 9.9 million views, 657

[01:29] hours of watch time, and that paid me a

[01:31] total of

[01:34] $69,780. And the RPM was

[01:37] $7.7. So that's a huge difference.

[01:39] That's a $2 difference per,000 views.

[01:41] Now, why is the RPM so much higher on

[01:43] this YouTube channel even though it's

[01:44] still talking about celebrities? One of

[01:46] the biggest reasons, and something that

[01:47] you should consider before starting

[01:48] YouTube, is the age of your audience.

[01:51] This is the average age of the audience

[01:53] that watch this video. over 60% of the

[01:56] viewers were over the age of 35 years

[01:58] old. Now, if I go into my celebrity news

[02:00] channel, you can see there's a huge

[02:02] difference. We're talking about 25 to

[02:03] 34. We have almost a 10% of viewers

[02:06] under the age of 24. So, yeah, the older

[02:08] your audience is, the more money you're

[02:10] going to make. Think about it from the

[02:12] advertisers perspective. Let's go ahead

[02:13] and say you work for a pharmaceutical

[02:15] company and your job is to run

[02:16] advertisement on YouTube about a

[02:19] diabetes medication. you're going to go

[02:20] to YouTube and try to target all of the

[02:23] older people. You're definitely not

[02:24] going to target people under the age of

[02:26] 17. So, as an advertiser, you have to be

[02:28] very strategic on what niches you're

[02:30] going to run your advertisements, what

[02:32] videos, what channels, what age group,

[02:34] and try to find the target audience that

[02:35] you're going for. That's just one of the

[02:37] things that come into play. Now, the

[02:38] second thing that affects RPM is the

[02:40] season. You know, we have Q1, Q2, Q3,

[02:42] and Q4. Everybody knows that Q4 is the

[02:45] best. That is October, November, and

[02:47] December. This is when advertisers on

[02:49] YouTube go crazy. They try and spend

[02:51] their entire budget, right? That's when

[02:52] people buy the most. We have a bunch of

[02:54] holidays. It's crazy. And I'm going to

[02:56] show you an example of that. Right? So,

[02:57] this channel as of right now, the

[02:58] Celebrity News One, is underperforming

[03:00] by a lot. And just to show you, this

[03:02] channel started in March of 2020. It's

[03:04] gotten 213 million views, 13.8 million

[03:07] hours of watch time, and I've made over

[03:10] $1,34,000. Now, in September of 2024,

[03:13] this YouTube channel, because this is

[03:15] when Q4 started, made

[03:18] $50,34, right? And this had an RPM of

[03:21] $8.83. And in October, this channel made

[03:25] $28,000 with an RPM of

[03:27] $8.51. Now, I switched this back to the

[03:29] last 28 days. It dropped down to

[03:32] $5.17 because I I think we're in Q2.

[03:34] We're still in Q1. I don't know. But

[03:36] seasons do matter. The third thing that

[03:38] matters is where your audience is from.

[03:40] US viewers have the highest RPM. I

[03:42] believe Germany is the second. Now, in

[03:43] the last 28 days, this YouTube channel

[03:45] that is not in English, this is in a

[03:47] completely different language, has

[03:48] gotten 1.2 million views, and that's

[03:50] paid

[03:53] $2,588. And the RPM was

[03:56] $221. So, target US viewers, target an

[03:59] older audience, or you can just get a

[04:01] [ __ ] ton of views. Now, the fourth and

[04:03] last thing that affects RPM and how much

[04:05] you're going to make on YouTube is your

[04:07] average view duration. For example, I

[04:08] posted this video 27 days ago. It's

[04:11] gotten 366,000 views, and I got paid

[04:15] $1,863. This video had a $59 RPM, and

[04:19] the average view duration was 4 minutes

[04:21] 39, which is a minute less than usual.

[04:24] What average view duration means is

[04:26] exactly what it sounds like. It's on

[04:27] average, how long did people watch the

[04:29] video? Now, I posted this video on March

[04:31] 31st of this year. It's gotten 242,000

[04:34] views and that paid me

[04:37] $1,497. The RPM of this video was

[04:40] $6.18 because the average view duration

[04:43] was 7 minutes and 19 seconds, which is

[04:46] really good. So, as a little bonus, on

[04:47] average in 2025, again, it's April 29th,

[04:51] this channel has gotten 5.5 million

[04:53] views, 538,000 hours of watch time. It

[04:56] gained 9,600 subscribers, and that paid

[04:58] me

[05:00] $31,200. If I go into revenue, the

[05:02] overall RPM this year has been

[05:05] $5.71. I only focus on these faceless

[05:08] YouTube channels. All of my channels are

[05:09] completely automated and they run by

[05:11] themselves. Besides this, this is the

[05:12] only channel where I actually have to

[05:13] sit here and and show my face. But yeah,

[05:15] if you're interested in doing YouTube

[05:16] automation, I have a school community

[05:18] where I show you guys exactly how I did

[05:19] it. See, I got a bunch of videos and

[05:21] [ __ ] I'm really bad at promoting. I

[05:23] have a blueprint here or whatever. Give

[05:25] you a list of niches, give you my

[05:26] extension for free, blah blah blah. You

[05:29] know, you know, I have members in here

[05:31] making $5,000 in in the last 7 days.

[05:33] Other members making 5,000 in 28 days.

[05:35] This student here made $6,000 in 3 days.

[05:38] And there's a bunch more. I don't know.

[05:39] You guys can check it out if you want.

[05:40] Link will be in the description or pin

[05:42] comments. I don't feel like promoting

[05:44] right now, but I hope this video helped.

[05:46] You know, it's very possible to make

[05:47] passive income on YouTube even without

[05:49] getting millions of views, right? If

[05:50] you're just looking for extra money, why

[05:52] not? [ __ ] it. Give it a shot. Post a

[05:54] video about the Kardashians. You know,

[05:55] everything's done with AI nowadays, so

[05:58] why not?