First and foremost, let’s set the record straight. YouTube does not pay per views. You earn money base on your CPC (Cost per click) and CTR (Click through rate, the ratio of clicks to impression).

For example, if the number of impressions is 15,000 and the number of clicks is 30, then CTR=30/15,000=0.2%. CPT – Cost Per Thousand – cost per 1,000 unique impressions.

CTR is the number of times an ad is clicked compared to the total numbers of visitors viewing the ad, whereas CPC only refers to the actual price paid for each click.

Now that we know what gets you paid on YouTube, lets explore this some more. I will make this as simple as possible.

Your earnings will depends on the following factors.

Incoming Traffic

Traffic Location

Ads Keyword

Your Video tags

YouTube pays you by the number of ad views and not the basis of subscribers. It also depends on the location of viewer as well. For example, if you have traffic from The United States, United Kingdom, Canada or even France you will get pay much higher – $2 to $5 per 1000 views. However, if your videos traffic is from India, you’ll earn approximately $1 per 1000 views because the click rates are very low.

It also depends on the demographics. So for example, if you are watching a Beyonce video in Nepal, her Vevo channel will earn a bit less as compared to a USA viewer.

Usually, higher the subscribers, more the views, more the ad views and hence more the revenue. However, this is a general rule with a lot of exceptions.

In conclusion, you don’t make money based on views, you make money from ad-revenue.

  • Optimize your title and description by including keywords that are related to your video.
  • The thumbnails and descriptions should also be proper and attractive. Your main aim is to make your video such that people click and watch it. This way YouTube will identify your video as a audience friendly video and will run more ads on it a it gets views.

Just keep making good quality contents, be consistent and promote your videos on all social media platforms. I hope I was able to shed some light on this. Wish you all the best on your YouTube channel success.

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