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The $1,000 CPM (Patreon)

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2015-04-06 21:33:52

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Hey Patrons, rewards will be send out tomorrow! In the meantime, Hank Green wrote an excellent article about the new ways creators make a living with the help of their followers – probably not news to you all because you are already part of this revolution. But maybe this article is interesting to you guys too – as a fans of lots of online creators and as creators ourselves this was a very cool read: https://medium.com/@hankgreen/the-1-000-cpm-f92717506a4b Thanks for supporting us another month – we really appreciate it!

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The $1,000 CPM

Sometime in the last year, my YouTube videos received their billionth view. At the average YouTube ad rate of $2 per thousand views (a $2 CPM), that's around $2 million in revenue from advertising over the last eight years. Not bad! Though, during those eight years, we have spent more than $4 million on the creation of YouTube videos.