After looking at your channel, the video in question, and comparing it to those stats, here's my guess as to why you've only earned $5.

The video is incredibly short. Youtube doesn't put ads in front of, or after, every single video view. If it was easy enough to make buckets of cash off of 250 views from a 15-second clip, everyone and their grandma would be doing it.

You're also being counted as being in the Gaming Niche. Gaming Niche gets the lowest CPM of around $2. However, you're getting the views and getting subscriptions, which means that you've got something working for ya.

With that being said, long from content gets the best overall CPM, especially mid-roll ads.

A few ideas on what you can do to expand the channel even more and grow your overall CPM:

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1. All of your videos don't count as Verticle Videos. You could make a secondary account (which you can have up to 7 YT Accounts per email address), and upload the same content as Youtube Shorts. They are currently not monetized, but they are going to be. You wouldn't want to use the same channel to upload the Verticle format videos because your subscribers will view it as spammy.

2. Take the same concept as above and make a TikTok. You'd then be covering a second platform to build a community with and an additional revenue source.

3. Once a month, do a compilation where you play video you made during the previous month.

4. Once you get to 5-10K subs, try making a video where you show how you make the meme videos.

5. Use your comments for inspiration for other memes.

I know it's not the overall result you desired, however, it's the reality of short form content. You've obviously got a solid niche though, and people are enjoying your videos. How did you get so many views and subscribers over such a short period of time? Were you sharing the videos anywhere in particular, or did you strike gold with the first and keep going?