Aight, so strap in folks, ’cause we’re ’bout to dive headfirst into the wild and wooly world of YouTube and how our homeboy here went from nada to holla!
The Highest Paid YouTube Channel
Videos: 178
Views: 122,932,229
Joined on: Aug 5, 2014
Local: United States
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The dude starts off at the ripe age of 12 – yeah, 12, when most of us were still playing with slime and Pokémon cards – dropping mad science and yo-yo edits like he’s the lovechild of Bill Nye and… some yo-yo master I can’t name ’cause who really follows yo-yo masters, right?
His first channel belly-flopped harder than a sumo wrestler on a diving board, but two years later, our guy brushes off the dust and fires up this channel we’re chilling on right now. And instead of sticking to his Einstein-meets-Duncan routine, he starts dropping skateboarding vids faster than Tony Hawk can kickflip.
He runs that shtick for a few years, rakes in a modest 2k subs – not too shabby – then swerves off into business talk. Now, our man is so into econ that he probably dreams in bar graphs. And that’s when things get cray cray!
Fast-forward to the grand YouTube reveal: the AdSense loot. In 2018, the homeboy was making about enough each day to cover his caffeine fix – we’re talking a quarter a day at best. But then, BOOM! His finance vids take off like a bat outta hell and he’s pulling in up to three bucks a day by the end of the year. Hey, don’t scoff – that’s a 12-fold increase!
His top video in 2018? A bike rebuild that netted him a sweet 91 bucks. Yes, folks, the road to YouTube fame is paved with nickels and dimes.
So, now we’re in 2019, and our guy has gone from spare change to straight up ballin’, pulling in 103k by year’s end. He’s rolling in dough like a baker on speed, smashing his goal to make 2k a month and instead raking in up to 2k a day. We’re talking the kinda money that makes his daily coffee look like chump change!
By 2020, he’s making so much bread he could open a bakery. Half a mil in one year. Mind. Blown.
But let’s break it down – his most popular vid, about forex trading, clocked in at 2.5 mil views, which sounds super impressive until you realize he only made about 27 bucks per 1k views. That’s less than what most pizza delivery guys make in an hour. But then you multiply that by 2,500 and he’s laughing all the way to the bank with a whopping 70k.
But hold up, there’s a plot twist. Despite all the clout, it turns out that videos about drop shipping and forex trading have the highest CPMS – in other words, they make the most moolah per view. Who knew watching videos about making money could make you… well, money?
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So, there ya have it folks – the wild rollercoaster ride of one YouTuber’s journey from zero to hero, peppered with yo-yos, skateboards, econ, and a whole lotta hustle. What a time to be alive!
Frequently asked questions:
How many views on YouTube to get paid $1,000 dollars?
Aight, so if you’re chasing that $1K from AdSense, you’re looking at needing roughly 500K views. That’s roughly $2 for every 1,000 views (CPM). But keep it 100, CPM ain’t the same for everyone. It flips depending on where your viewers are at, the ad types, and how your channel’s doing.
How much does YouTube pay for $1 billion views?
So if your vid hits the big 1 billion mark, you could be looking at cashing in around $5,000. Word around town is that YouTubers can pull in between $0.01 to $0.30 per ad view, but on average, it’s about $0.18 a pop.
I’m Thomas, founder of Vid Gators, a platform dedicated to helping people earn money through Video Content . With experience in channel monetization, brand collaborations, and video-driven traffic, I share strategies and insights to guide others toward success on the platform.
