re: Is YouTube etc influencer a real job

Essentially it’s nearly 20k for a 1 million view video. Also many of the bigger YouTubers copy and paste content onto other platforms so that they get earnings from there as well. Many make their own merchandise. And also many go on to make products for their audience.

2 examples:
Googan baits: started by a bunch of popular fish content creators on YouTube, they ended up selling the brand for a boatload of money

Prime Energy: this is what the South Park episode was based off of a few weeks back. Logan Paul and KSI essentially just made a rebranded body armor drink and sold it to a younger audience. Now they sponsor UFC fights, premier league teams, etc.

Although I dislike a lot of them, they know damn well how to market and make money. The sad part is that most kids now think that if they don’t have money like them by the time they are 25 then they think their life is over because they have to go work a normal job