How much MONEY I make as a SMALL YOUTUBER with 10k subs...
Oct 9, 2026 · 16 min · 16 segments
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Oct 9, 2026 · 16 min · 16 segments
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I'm just gonna flip over now to the YouTube Studio app, which will let us look behind the scenes.
This is where it all go down, man, where we create all the-
It basically just gives me all the information on the activity of my channel.
The data here is fantastic, and there's a lot of it.
But let's start with the big number.
So at the time I record this, I've earned around 1,900 pounds before tax.
It changes daily, so it might show as higher than that now, 'cause it takes me ages to make a video.
You will notice I posted my first video here on the 27th of May.
The reason for this weird little symbol here is because I accidentally premiered the video instead of just posting it.
I didn't know what I [laughs] was doing.
So it was just me and one of those Chinese sexy bot chat things like, "Hey, boys, I'm single.
The way to know if it's me is if my name is grayed out like it is on screen now when I reply to you.
I will never give out my number in the YouTube comments, especially not an international number.
But yeah, don't reply to them.
Just delete them if you can.
Like, press the three dots and report them.
It's a massive help for the channel.
I do police it, but honestly, it's like Whac-A-Mole, and the bigger my channel gets, the more and more they just appear.
I think yesterday I had to block 25 different channels that were trying to do this.
It took me 16 videos and until the 7th of October to start making money.
I had to hit 1,000 subs and 4,000 hours of total watch time on my channel.
I'm just gonna flip over now to the YouTube Studio app, which will let us look behind the scenes.
This is where it all go down, man, where we create all the-
It basically just gives me all the information on the activity of my channel.
The data here is fantastic, and there's a lot of it.
But let's start with the big number.
So at the time I record this, I've earned around 1,900 pounds before tax.
It changes daily, so it might show as higher than that now, 'cause it takes me ages to make a video.
You will notice I posted my first video here on the 27th of May.
The reason for this weird little symbol here is because I accidentally premiered the video instead of just posting it.
I didn't know what I [laughs] was doing.
So it was just me and one of those Chinese sexy bot chat things like, "Hey, boys, I'm single.
The way to know if it's me is if my name is grayed out like it is on screen now when I reply to you.
I will never give out my number in the YouTube comments, especially not an international number.
But yeah, don't reply to them.
Just delete them if you can.
Like, press the three dots and report them.
It's a massive help for the channel.
I do police it, but honestly, it's like Whac-A-Mole, and the bigger my channel gets, the more and more they just appear.
I think yesterday I had to block 25 different channels that were trying to do this.
It took me 16 videos and until the 7th of October to start making money.
I had to hit 1,000 subs and 4,000 hours of total watch time on my channel.
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