Actual Earnings?

Curious

Curious

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Hello all,

I'm new here but have been lurking for a while. I'm interested in the sort of money that you can earn from YouTube. I don't want anybody to post their actual earnings as I know this is against the rules.

I've been reading for a while and see that some people post wild claims about high CPM's whilst others are moaning that they are getting next to nothing. I know that earnings are relative to traffic and views etc but what I want to know is if a figure of $3 RPM is achievable?

Also people constantly talk about CPM when it is obvious that they mean RPM. If I had decent views and the majority of my traffic was USA/UK then is $3 RPM (actual earnings that I will see in my bank) doable?

Many Thanks.
 
earnings are random, there is not such thing as a fix. only the amount of watch time is needed to make the video get that 1 cent everything else is meanless.
 
I'm not asking if I will actually get $3, I'm asking if it is achievable. ie do some people actually earn that much?
 
Yes $3 RPM is definitely do-able.

Double digit CPM is also do-able.

It will however depend upon the relevance of the ads to the content.
 
It also depends on the demographics of your audience. If your audience is predominately over the age of 21, you'll more like get credited for beer and alcohol ads. Older audiences may get more car commercials. Some demographics are more sought out by marketers than others. It all depends.

Also, I would suspect that younger viewers are more likely to employ ad block software than older viewers, which would also dig in to your monetized view count.
 
Totally agree.

Niche channels like mine generally do well, as ads are more likely to target related products, and viewers are very likely to click on them.

Also in my view, if you post in 1080P there is much more likelihood the latest, high quality, very watchable, new generation ads will be placed on those videos.

Currently there are some photographically excellent ads from GoPro, vehicle manufacturers, travel companies etc being produced/promoted in 1080p.

It all helps get the numbers up.
 
Curious said:
So there is downsides? :D
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No downsides. For me, YouTube defaults to 480 and I have to keep setting it to 1080 each time I open up a new browser. If someone does have a slow connection, YouTube downsizes it for them. The only downside I see is your upload times.

Likely there might be downsides to not using 1080. If you only upload in 720 and I view it in fullscreen on my computer monitor which is set to 1080, it may look all pixelated from the upscale.

Now the question is whether you should upload in 4k or not.
 
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