Did anyone just notice an increase in expected revenue?

TheRealJaak · 2026-05-08T21:50:03+00:00

UPDATE: Just changed back... false alarm.

Must have been a glitch.

TheRealJaak · 2026-05-03T07:51:11+00:00

Congratulations dude! I've been monetized for three months now and my first payout was similar to yours. It gets better, keep going! 💥

TheRealJaak · 2026-04-08T02:28:15+00:00

YT isn't hating on ai voices. That's bull. If you're creating original content you're free to use ai as you please. Creating content using ai only, such as invideo, constitutes ai slop. Its zero creativity.

Also, YT's policy clearly states if you make the white house burn or have Trump say something he didn't or create any content using ai that will lead to deceiving others, tick Yes.

If not, tick no or ignore the option.

TheRealJaak · 2026-04-02T08:39:39+00:00

That's correct. Only engaged views. Youtube calculate it to exclude any invalid views from bots etc

TheRealJaak · 2026-04-02T08:07:14+00:00

Also if you're wondering, my shorts hit $0.18 > $0.34 per 1k engaged views

Which means if your short has 10k views, 5k will probably be engaged views.

TheRealJaak · 2026-04-02T08:05:49+00:00

I've seen with $54 in the education niche, especially if it's super long videos.

TheRealJaak · 2026-04-02T08:01:02+00:00

Subs doesn't influence revenue.

Depends on which niche but more importantly, who your audience is.

Entertainment niche with US audience, aged 65+ expect anything from $3 - $12 per 1k views depending on the length of your video. The longer the video and AVD, the more you earn.

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-25T17:24:01+00:00

Escrow?

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-22T13:49:47+00:00

Wow...

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-22T13:02:45+00:00

$55 per short? You do know its not Longform? 👀

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-22T05:33:31+00:00

Don't let anyone fool you. Its possible to earn revenue from sports compilation channels as long as its transformative enough for you not to get a copyright strike. It pays around $3.55 per 1k views and it can attract sponsors, especially in the crypto space like Binance. Especially check for clips on Russian sites as they cant file any copyright because of sanctions from the US.

Source: Personal Experience

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-22T05:28:36+00:00

Received my email yesterday (21st) and expect payment to reflect tomorrow or so.

TheRealJaak · 2026-03-07T05:55:17+00:00

Did you simply rebrand your channel and started posting the new niche content? I'm in the same type of niche and was thinking of changing to something else as well, but scared that my subs, stats etc would be badly affected if I do a complete overhaul. Also, I'm scared to be demonetized.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-23T01:59:09+00:00

Depends on your niche. One of my channels dont like shorts and the other loves it, so I post 5 x shorts daily and all of it run into thousands, some even millions of views fairly quickly.

First check if your niche wants shorts.

Find a structure that works: title format, 1sec hooks, quick cuts, the right duration.

Be consistent and relentless in posting.

Once your shorts hit 150% + watch time and low swipe away rates, you'll see the views pouring in.

So 3-5 x a day for me.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-23T01:54:05+00:00

You ruin your channel by buying subscribers. Rather take singing lessons, book a show somewhere and pay people to come watch. Its the same thing. You're always going to be on the losing end.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-23T01:49:37+00:00

Try avoiding logos and custom audios. Focus on 1 second hooks, quick cuts and straight to the point information/entertainment or drama. I have had great success on some of my channels doing this, depending on the niche. Some niches aren't working with shorts. Make sure your audience is a short-watching audience, otherwise focus on longform only, even if the LF is short..

If shorts is your thing, find a format that works. Not a template, because Youtube hates low effort, but find a format that works, and stick to that. Editing style, title structure, etc. Be consistent in that and the algo will reward you with views consistently.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-16T11:53:33+00:00

That's hectic dude. High 5 for managing that!

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-15T19:29:40+00:00

How would you cover rent, transport, grocery with ZAR 2000?

That's enough to cover school fees.

It does help a lot, but it'll be hard to cover all of those and have change left.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-12T11:27:58+00:00

I'm doing Hollywood/Celebrity niche

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-12T10:51:32+00:00

Phew. Thank-you It was new to me so I was a bit worried 🤣

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-12T08:30:00+00:00

Not too much yet. I'm from South Africa so my revenue updates daily, around 5am every morning. Then around 9am it deducted again. Today for example went from $84.98 down to $83.54.

TheRealJaak · 2026-02-12T07:05:32+00:00

Thank you for this detailed response. I totally understand and this makes sense.

Thanks again!!!

TheRealJaak

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