Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel...
by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:24AM
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CGP Grey also made a few videos on YT monetization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW0eUrUiyxo
For example, PewDiePie makes a video a day with ~4 million views each, which should net him around $1.5 million a year from ad revenue. I have no problem imagining him making another $6.5M through other means, being the most well-known youtuber. He also does heavy promotion of amazon affiliate links, which probably brings in a decent amount of money as well.
But of course normal people don't make a video a day and don't get millions of views on each video. I think most youtubers who manage to make it their day job get the majority of their money through Patreon subscriptions.