The linked story is from a year ago. I actually run a YouTube statistics site called SocialBlade which one of the things it provides is <i>estimated earnings</i> of everyone, be them partners or not meaning if they do become a partner they can see how much they could make. It's based on some data from this story and also feedback from many many partners so its more or less accurate.<p>I am currently as of this post using an estimated cpm of 0.75 to 8.0 (ads have gone up dramatically in september). The cpm that partners will see vary greatly depending on what types of ads they use (prerolls pay way more for example) and where their viewers are (us pays way more then canada for example) but this range seems to be on par for most people.<p>Regarding what people are saying about partners dismissing the linked story, that was true, but they dismissed it because they said they made 3x more then it back in aug 2010.<p>Check out my site if you want to see updated estimations :)<p><a href="http://SocialBlade.com/youtube" rel="nofollow">http://SocialBlade.com/youtube</a>
Philip DeFranco did an AMA on reddit a few months ago[1]. In answer to how much he makes:<p><i>My companies make some nice revenue. I pay myself 60-100k though. Most of the money is reinvested. Thats the first time I've even kind of answered that question</i>[2]<p>[1]<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gb05p/iama_professional_youtuber_whatever_that_means/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gb05p/iama_professiona...</a><p>[2]<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gb05p/iama_professional_youtuber_whatever_that_means/c1m86kq" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gb05p/iama_professiona...</a>
/sigh/<p>This is completely inaccurate based off incorrect assumptions and statistics. Though not a youtube partner myself, I work with quite a few. This article has been dismissed by nearly all of the people it mentions
I'm surprised freddiew is not on that list, since he has a massive subscriber base, has tv and film celebrities lining up to participate in his videos and does youtube on a full-time basis. Surely he makes more than $100k.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/bugmafia" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/bugmafia</a> This channel makes $200 / day aka $6000 per month.
> I’d say that for someone right out of college, or even pre-college (like Fred), making $100,000 or more a year is not too shabby.<p>Not too shabby? What world are we living in? That's insane money for someone like Fred who is making a video every so often with close to zero production value. That's money for nothing and your chicks for free.