Notice that none of these top earners are making money exclusively with ad sense (YouTube’s ad revenue). That’s because doing so would only bring in $0.01 to $0.03 per view. That’s not much money.
If you really want to get rich from YouTube, not only will you need boatloads of subscribers (at least 1 million), but you’ll also need to spread yourself thin with multiple businesses and partnerships.
But that’s not the only path to take. That’s why I do things a bit differently with my YouTube channel which allows me to have a multi-million dollar business with only 541,000 subscribers (and dedicating only a small amount of time to my channel). I’ll share more about my approach, but first, let’s take a deeper look at how the top earners make money.