re: How do people get paid off YouTube videos?

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# of views determines the level and frequency of ads that play. You get paid from that basically.

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This, also I want to say sometime last year or so YouTube cut back on how much they pay their content creators so people don't usually make as much as they used to.

You make the bulk of your money off of "donations" via Patreon and/or you open an online store and sell merchandise. For Patreon to make you decent money for example you'll announce on your YT videos that you have a "special giveaway" (like an Xbox or a GoPro etc.) for your Patreon donors. That causes people who aren't donors to want to donate $5 or $10 here and there for a chance to win. Also by offering "exclusive content" for Patreon subscribers only you'll have a decent chance of increasing revenue by requesting money from your viewers to view that content.