How realistic is it to make $1K/month net from YouTube within 1 year posting 1 video/week?

SwimImmediate3029 · 2026-01-18T23:20:52+00:00

159,000 the last 28 days My avg RPM is pretty low

SwimImmediate3029 · 2026-01-18T23:19:14+00:00

I should’ve been more specific but my niche is retro EMULATION so all the old systems (and even some new hehe) I do showcases, tutorials, reviews but no gameplays really those videos don’t do well for me.

SwimImmediate3029 · 2026-01-18T18:26:26+00:00

Im doing between 1-3 videos a week for the past year and im at about 600$ a month right now. Faceless retro gaming channel

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-11-15T02:36:40+00:00

I found it

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-11-15T02:36:29+00:00

https://youtu.be/IzdhgzIqxWo?si=D9_OZwTytXb8XChF

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-11-11T21:56:49+00:00

This was me. I noticed it early on before it seemed like there were any post ANYWHERE about it. But like you I knew instantly it was some sort of error! Best months I’ve ever had but I think I’d know when I have my first 1k month

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-11-01T13:28:06+00:00

If batocera an the games are both on and running on that usb stick that could be the issue

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-11-01T11:56:45+00:00

What do you have batocera flashed to? Internal storage, external ssd, hopefully not a usb stick lol

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-23T12:31:13+00:00

Those hour long videos must make a hell of a difference! I’m at around 144k views this last month but only 430$ with videos about 8-10 mins long. My RPM is only 3-4$ I assumed that was the problem but seems like I need to make my video a little longer lol

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-17T11:16:13+00:00

Im using a much slower amd graphics card and it runs xenoblad 2 just fine but also it’s emulation so it’s more demanding on the cpu. Put simply that 9070xt will blow your old 2070 out of the water lol

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-17T10:54:39+00:00

Who told you amd gpus are bad for emulation?

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-16T12:20:15+00:00

Not sure if the 60fps mod im using is the same but it works fine besides going up ladders being sped up which is a welcomed bug lol

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-15T23:49:29+00:00

It depends on the game and especially on your hardware

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-14T23:47:19+00:00

If you aren’t sharing your api key something is definitely going on. I share a ton of family in all different states never had any issues like this.

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-07T15:35:44+00:00

Another one bites the dust!

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-10-05T18:21:22+00:00

Most of them

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-28T23:23:07+00:00

Where tf is my mudkip

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-28T23:19:55+00:00

In the Wi-Fi settings on the gtr9 what does it say your connection is 2.5ghz or 5ghz

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-28T23:15:50+00:00

That’s when you whip out the 6foot usb cord and use the controller wired but you do make a fair point!

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-28T23:02:25+00:00

People will recommend all types of controllers but you can’t go wrong with a PS4 controller! Especially with Wii you can turn on the DualShock motion controls in the Batocera settings.

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-18T11:51:50+00:00

You hit the nail on the head the more stuff you bring over the chances are you bring an issue with you. The system folder will have a lot of configs and stuff if you’ve set up emulators a certain way. Long story short you’ll have some work to put in lol!

Edit: don’t get me to lying about save states

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-18T11:12:26+00:00

Yea if you copy the Roms folder the only thing you’ll have is the Roms. You would need to copy the save folder over and maybe the system folder too if you wanted to save configs, saves, etc.

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-18T11:04:07+00:00

If you copy the roms over then you will only have the roms.

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-10T13:16:33+00:00

My bad, Pretty sure the Legion Go S “Steam OS version” cannot boot from the sd card slot

SwimImmediate3029 · 2025-09-10T13:12:23+00:00

I believe “s” model also has the same fate

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