How Ordinary People Make $10,000/Month on YouTube

[00:02] make money from. And in this video, I'll prove it to you using the example of ordinary people who earn from $1,000 to $30,000 every month without expensive equipment, any complicated editing, or great talent. I'll reveal a

[00:16] secret that really influences views. By the way, no one talks about this now . And after this video, you'll understand where to start, how to grow, and what's really working on YouTube in 2025. No guesswork, no fluff, just

[00:28] YouTube is difficult because many people associate it with such well-thought-out, high-quality, long-form content. And many people have in their heads that they need covers and scripts. That is, it’s not easy, yes, to record a story

[00:42] on the front camera. It makes YouTube feel like it's only for the covers, titles, insights, retention and analytics, and often editing. And it seems complicated and technical compared to how easy it is to post a

[00:55] story. But in reality, you just have a sophisticated approach. YouTube has changed a lot in the last year or two. Instead of perfectly edited Mr. Beast-style SDXC videos, we're now seeing simpler, more lively, and more

[01:08] real ones. Now it’s really become easier to start. You don't even need to know how to edit, you don't need to understand any kind of filming. Let's look at all this using real examples. Let's take a look at this simple video. Computer

[01:21] can see, there is no cool cover here, just a screenshot from a video, no lighting, no prepared script. If you look, it's just a man talking about how computer games save him from loneliness. It was taken on a

[01:34] phone, and he doesn't look like such a cool model. Uh, there isn't even an external microphone. And zero editing. He didn't even cut this video. And just read the comments. My god, this is the kind of video that takes us back to the early days of

[01:49] YouTube, when people were just posting whatever they wanted and enjoying their creativity. Thanks to you and the YouTube algorithms. That is, there are a lot of such comments. And the video got 1.8 million views, can

[02:03] you imagine? And this is not the only case. Here are some more simple channels with minimalist editing. This girl is Est, let's watch her video. She just goes into the forest. He simply films his videos there in bulk and

[02:17] uploads them almost every day. If you look, she started running the channel a year ago. Her videos used to get 1,000 or even less views, sometimes 700 , but she didn’t give up and continued testing different topics in

[02:30] her niche. And little by little, very slowly, she began to succeed. And now one video has gained almost 40,000 views. Then again few views, then again 19,000 views. But again , despite such unstable

[02:43] views, she continued to upload videos regularly and a lot of them . And then the video got 500,000 views. Look how simple it is. It was filmed on a phone and even the sound is a bit bad, but still

[02:58] phone and even the sound is a bit bad, but still , yes, 500,000. Wow! This channel Est is just an example of hard work. Look, it turns out she uploaded Look, it turns out she uploaded 678 videos. It turns out that she uploads

[03:11] 678 videos. It turns out that she uploads 20 videos a month. Can you imagine? She uploads 25 videos a month. And she succeeds in this because, as we see, she doesn’t bother with post-production or production. She just has a

[03:23] content factory, yes, she takes her phone, goes into the forest and records a bunch of six or seven videos there, sits down, chats and just uploads the videos like that. I take it very Let's see how much she earns. Let's go to Social

[03:38] shows us that she earns approximately from 168 to 2700 dollars a month, she earns, yes. But I compared my earnings with Social Bate myself, and

[03:52] I suggest taking the upper limit, because in general, Social Bate very directly because in general, Social Bate very directly underestimates the numbers in my experience. And underestimates the numbers in my experience. And if you count, I think, look,

[04:05] probably watched mainly by English speakers, from England, from the States, perhaps the Self-Iovement niche. I think her RPM is about $4. And now

[04:18] her channel has 670,000 views. And 670 at 4. She earns approximately 2,680 dollars every month. These are, it seems to me, figures that are close to

[04:31] reality. And this is not a bad income at all, because, considering how easy it seems to be for her, yes, she takes quantity, she doesn’t bother, she just posts a lot of videos and she earns this money only with

[04:44] monetization, yes, and we have now only calculated monetization. If you go to the description below her video, you'll see that she sells her books for $9, $19, and some guides for $13. Here

[04:59] we see that she earns money from affiliate programs and also accepts donations to her can also buy advertising from her. So, you see how easy it is to make money on YouTube when you're not a perfectionist and when you don't bother with

[05:13] earning good money and just chatting on camera. Girl, just chatting and loading. And I'm sure that she doesn't have any team, because she doesn't have any editing, and she doesn't have anything, really, and the girl earns a good living. And there are

[05:28] many channels like STL. There is another similar channel with a similar strategy of mass posting. Yes, let's look at the upload date. Look, he has it 2 days ago, 3 days ago, 4 days ago, 5 days ago, 7 days ago. Look how

[05:42] days ago, 7 days ago. Look how he loads this creator a lot too. And if you look at it, it also has minimal post-production. And he earns, again, yes, we take the upper limit, well, 1.00 1.00

[05:57] dollars a month. Here's another interesting channel, Conor, he uploads, I counted, it turns out, about 10 videos a month. And again, yes, he goes out somewhere into the forest and films several videos at a time. And let's see how much this channel

[06:11] let's see how much this channel earns. He earns $454 a month. Not bad either. Not a bad part-time job, yes. Here's another dinar. It also does n't seem to have been edited; it was filmed on a phone. Very simple titles,

[06:25] probably from a video. And the only thing she has is a microphone , unlike other creators. Ah, but a microphone like that costs about $50. You can even buy a lavalier microphone for $10 cheaper. It will do a great job.

[06:40] Let's see how much a dinar earns. She has good views, and I think she's doing well with monetization . The money is just pouring in. And the fact that the channel is in Russian doesn't mean that she doesn't make money through

[06:54] YouTube's affiliate program. My channel, for example, is watched by Russian-speaking viewers from all over the world, and I receive money from them. Moreover, the situation in Russia now is such that YouTube has been blocked and slowed down in Russia. And because of this, all

[07:07] Russians now use Virn. That is, in my YouTube analytics, after YouTube was blocked, the percentage of viewers from Russia dropped from 50% to 20%, but

[07:19] monetization increased sharply. I couldn't understand, that is, fewer Russians watch me , but, in general, I couldn't understand this for a long time. Then I realized that they were understand this for a long time. Then I realized that they were simply watching from Virna, and

[07:32] their views were now monetized. That's why my Russian views have decreased why my Russian views have decreased , but my income from monetization has increased, because these same Russians are watching through a VPN, and their

[07:44] views are now monetized. That's why I think Dinara also makes very good money even with monetization. I think that her RPM, my RPM, uh, three

[07:56] $3.5 somewhere on my channel, because I have a more narrowly focused niche there about earnings, about social networks . Earning money is always such a good niche. And here is self-development, I think, here the RPM is probably $15.

[08:12] And if you do the math, 814,000 views, multiplied by $1.5. views, multiplied by $1.5. seems like she also has contacts here for advertising inquiries. Perhaps

[08:27] so, you know, many people talk about retention, that it’s very important, especially at the beginning of the video, you need to, well, quickly talk straight to the point, that is, hold the viewer’s attention. I also taught my students this way: at the beginning,

[08:43] retention is generally important, you need to speak quickly, straight to the point, without beating around the bush. But let's look at the latest YouTube trends. Let's take a look at this video. And look, the first 15 seconds are the most important, yes, to

[08:58] keep the viewer's attention. This man simply takes and lights a cigarette. He just remains silent and lights a cigarette. Look here. And despite this, this video has received 200,000 views. Or here's another video. Yes, the picture is actually

[09:13] 480. The sound is as if there is a special sound or all this stuff there. The sound is terrible. It's as if they're actually lowering the quality now to get more ratings, to be closer to the audience, or something.

[09:27] like Iman Gashi, we know, yes, what kind of production he has, what kind of complicated editing he has, it’s just, I don’t know, a picture worth a million dollars, but know, a picture worth a million dollars, but now he films on camera, even

[09:40] without a microphone, that is, he films on a phone camera. And it feels like big creators are now deliberately, yes, simplifying the editing, filming on a phone, to seem closer to the audience. And, as we can

[09:53] see, talent, editing, or expensive equipment are far from the most important things. I thought about this for a long time, yes, why is it that some people's videos, shot on others with brilliant post-production, with a fancy camera for

[10:07] 3,000 dollars, they ca n't even get 1,000 views. Yes, I thought about this for a long time. And did you really understand? And I realized this when I heard this phrase about sales: "A good salesperson sells features, a great one sells

[10:21] results." And the outstanding one sells feelings, sensations in sales. If after the call the client simply feels better, that's already a victory, because you'll have a chance to have another conversation. People rarely remember what you said, but they

[10:35] don't remember how they felt when they were around you. And then I realized that the main thing is what a you. And then I realized that the main thing is what a person feels while watching your videos, how he feels after watching your videos. This is the

[10:49] most important thing on YouTube. And this factor decides whether your video will reach millions or just 10 views. Here, for example, take a look. I just After this video, you too should watch it and analyze it. Pay attention to

[11:04] the title, bro, just let such a title exist. And when I watched this video, I understood why it got almost 2 million views. Yes. It's not because the editing is great or the camera is cool, there's nothing super wow about

[11:18] it in technical terms, yes, but this video made me feel something on a deep level. It gave me the feeling that everything was fine with me , that I didn’t have to do anything, I could just be, not run, not

[11:32] strain, not try, not pretend to be someone else. You know, it someone else. You know, it calmed me down, gave me hope, gave me comfort, and you watch this video. And you know, the most important thing is, he, uh, doesn't pretend to be an

[11:45] expert, right? He's just sharing what's inside him. And this really feels like honesty, as if you were talking to your best friend and fine, it just exists.” And then at some point he makes such a cool

[11:59] comparison with a cat, who is just sitting there, doing nothing. And I really felt this. It's true, isn't it ? Why do we all feel like we have to run somewhere? You can just be like a cat and simply exist. Our

[12:12] main task in this world is simply to exist. We don't have to prove our existence to anyone. And I think that's why this video went viral with almost 2 million views, because it makes you feel exactly that

[12:26] . And this is the main criterion on YouTube. This is the main criterion of virality. People don't share smart videos, they share videos better. or they felt something, there was some strong emotion

[12:41] . So if you think I need expensive equipment to go viral , that's not true. All you need is to make people feel something real, yeah, like this guy did with the shaky camera, the shaky voice and the

[12:57] huge heart, yeah, like they wrote in the comments. There are simply hundreds of this trend towards minimal editing and simple images, I believe, was set by creators like Wizard and Sam Sulik. And they really proved that it’s not

[13:13] the picture that decides, but how viewers feel, yes, when watching your videos. If this factor exists, that you are such a personality, you have such charisma or you are so honest, that people feel something when they watch your videos. If

[13:27] this factor is present, everything else is unimportant. If this factor is present, you can save a lot of money on post-production. For example, when I watch the Wizardist video, I get the feeling that I have an older sister next to me who

[13:40] cares, who will, uh, put my brains in place, yes, who will tell the truth, even if it is inconvenient. Such a loving, strict sister. And after watching her video, you really,

[13:55] really start to behave differently, like, I won’t answer these messages anymore, I’ll choose myself, I won’t devalue myself there. Or here's Sam Sulik, 4 million subscribers, who barely edits or cuts his videos at all. Watch his videos for

[14:10] another 50 minutes. He doesn't cut out these boring moments at all . And when you watch his videos, you really get the feeling that you're spending the whole day with your friend. Yes, here you are, sitting in the kitchen,

[14:25] driving in the car, he is constantly telling you something , then you are driving there, gym, you kind of turn him on in the background and after a couple of minutes you catch yourself feeling calm. That's why, if some

[14:38] interesting idea comes to mind, don't wait for the perfect moment, just start filming, start talking. It is precisely these kinds of moments, these raw, honest, real moments, that find the greatest response from people, as we see. Just read

[14:53] so many comments like: "Wow, I had the same thing, thanks for sharing." I had the same thoughts in my head, so don’t wait for the perfect moment, speak, shoot. And excuses like, "I'll take a public speaking course

[15:08] and start filming," or "I'll buy an expensive camera and start filming." Such excuses will no longer work. And this trend of simplifying everything has simply trend of simplifying everything has simply made YouTube the easiest and most

[15:22] rewarding platform of all. Because we see how, that is, Est, yes, goes earns $3,000 there every month. That is, YouTube is the easiest platform, in my opinion. So I filmed a stream of my thoughts and uploaded it.

[15:38] Instagram, for example, you need to create a story there. Now, if you take one 10-minute video and make a story out of it, or, that is, you need to make 10-15 there, there are a lot of stories that need to be made, but here this format is like this: you

[15:53] just sat down, filmed it and posted it. And you got paid for it. And on other platforms with monetization like YouTube, there is no such monetary return. That's why I think this is the best platform

[16:06] for making money, the easiest one. And thanks to this trend towards simplification, he simply lowered the barriers to entry. And now everyone who has great thoughts, and we all have great thoughts, we simply devalue them or don’t

[16:20] notice them. And now people who will understand this and simply start noticing their interesting thoughts will overcome their perfectionism, overcome the feeling that, ? If you overcome all this and start posting videos, I

[16:36] think that this is simply the best platform for earning money, the best and easiest. And if you don't know where to start, here's a video in which I explain how to get from scratch to your first thousand subscribers on YouTube, step by step.