12d • 🗣 General
I analyzed 1,000 "successful" YouTube channels.
Here's what nobody talks about:
847 of them make $0 from YouTube.
127 make under $1,000/month.
23 make $1,000-$10,000/month.
3 make over $10,000/month.
The "success" you see online is mostly fake.
🧵 The brutal truth about YouTube money 👇
1/ THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP:
YouTuber: "I make 6 figures from YouTube!"
Reality check:
- AdSense: $2,400/month (1M+ views needed)
- Sponsorships: $500/video (if you're lucky)
- Merch: $200/month (after costs)
Total: $3,100/month = $37K/year
Where's the other $60K+ coming from? 🤔
2/ THE REAL MONEY SOURCES:
- Courses about YouTube: $50K+/month
- Coaching programs: $30K+/month
- Affiliate marketing: $20K+/month
- Speaking fees: $10K+/event
Notice the pattern? They make money TEACHING YouTube, not DOING YouTube.
3/ WHY THIS MATTERS:
You're learning business strategy from people whose business model is teaching, not doing.
It's like learning to swim from someone who only teaches swimming but never goes in the water.
4/ THE EXCEPTIONS (The real ones):
- Business owners using YouTube for leads
- Service providers building authority
- Product companies driving sales
- Consultants attracting high-ticket clients
They don't talk about "YouTube success."
They talk about business success.
5/ THE TAKEAWAY:
Before following YouTube advice, ask:
"What business does their YouTube support?"
If the answer is "teaching YouTube," run.
Find people who use YouTube to grow real businesses.
That's where the actual valuable advice lives.
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I analyzed 1,000 "successful" YouTube channels.
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