re: YouTube subscribers or people with channels

No way. I fricked up. I was going great last year when Shorts was booming and not many creators were on there. Now the viewers on Shorts has doubled and I didn't focus on long form. So my revenue dropped like most creators. A lot of creators are quitting. They were banking on the Shorts bonus to increase from $.001-$.0025 per 1000 views to $0.10-$.50 per 1000 views. Right now it is $0.01 per 1000 views. Combine that with a 400%-600% drop in views and you get....broke mofos. Long form is still the money maker. Well, that and affiliate marketing. Shorts has become TikTok 2.0. I also have a click bait chanenl purely for money from revenue. It is nuts what people watch. If they want to pay me for poo click bait so be it.