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Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android by AnonHP on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:34PM (#38147841)
> Let's assume that out of the 29 bn USD revenue that YouTube brings in 55% is shared with creators. Thus we are left with 13 bn USD.

That’s a very poor and totally off assumption to start with, and makes it seem like YouTube is extremely generous. I’d guess YouTube shares, at best, 20% of the ad revenue with the content creator.

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Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android by drbacon on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:49AM (#38148649)
It's 55%. This is the first non-Google result from a Google search:

https://www.yrcharisma.com/the-youtube-revenue-split-who-kee...

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Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android by crashmat on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:19PM (#38153180)
Yes but this is only for creators who are large enough. Smaller creators still get ads on their videos, but dont get paid for it
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Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android by drbacon on Monday November 06, 2023 @03:13PM (#38168273)
Right. Creators not in YT's partner program are not paid.

Should YT run ads on non-monetized content? It's a fair question, and I can see a justifications either way.

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