Youtube is an online video streaming website where video creators can upload their videos. Today youtube is considered one of the main income sources for many unemployment people and also for the original video creators. The youtube video creator is also known as YouTuber. As you can see the number of YouTubers is increasing rapidly all over the world.

Not only for fun and entertainment but also many YouTubers are now connected with youtube to run their lives, to earn real money.

Youtube Monetization A Beginner Guide

In this article, we are going to cover how you can earn real money from youtube. Before we start you should at least once need to check this awesome Google adsense guide for beginners. A beautiful article which contains a piece of detailed information about adsense, how to use to properly and how to protect your adsense account.

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Let’s move ahead if you have completed reading the above guide. This article will contain the information about youtube monetization, how to apply, how to protect, how to enable, payment and some pro tips to earn higher.

What is a youtube monetization?

In simple language, youtube monetization is a way of earning money by uploading videos on your youtube channel. You can earn a decent amount of money if you managed to create fabulous video content.

According to quora, Monetization literally means ‘to earn money’. YouTube monetization is the process of earning money from your uploaded YouTube videos by enabling ads on them. … Businesses pay YouTube for advertising and YouTube, in turn, shares a part of that revenue with the video owner. This is how monetization works.

I guess you are already familiar with this topic. From an old age people to a young age kid, youtube monetization is no longer the hardest topic to discuss.

How does it work?

You will not get paid only by just uploading videos on your youtube channel. To earn a decent revenue you must apply for Google adsense. Youtube and adsense are two different platforms. The video uploading things are done on youtube, and the rest of the work like managing advertisement, payment, revenue reports are conducted in adsense.

Adsense for youtube is a hosted platform. If you are unaware about hosted Adsense and non-hosted adsense account then you can check our adsense guide which we have mentioned above.

When people watch your youtube video, google adsense will display an advertisement on your video. If the number of your video view increase in a high amount, there will be high chances of getting a lot of advertisement views too.

Adsense for youtube mainly works on CPM (cost per milestone) that is the revenue of per 1000 ads views and CPC (cost per click). Now you can calculate how much you can earn if you get around 1 million video views on youtube.

The CPM and CPC rates vary from country to country. You will get a high CPM are CPC rates if your visitors are from the first-tier countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia. The rates of third-tier countries are very low in comparison to first-tier countries.

Things to do before applying for Youtube monetization

Uploading videos on youtube is not only enough to be a professional YouTuber. You have to think like a pro and follow the tips which will help you in the future. Here are some of the tips that you need to keep in your mind before applying for a youtube monetization.

Original video content

Original video content is the first thing you will ever need in your path. Always try your best to create an original video content. If you are thinking about copying others’ video ideas or using someone video on your youtube channel then I have to say sorry to you.

You know what? You will only face a lot of problems if you do so. If youtube drops a copyright strike on your channel then, you will not get another way to remove it. Waiting for a whole irritating 3 months will be only an option remaining for you.

This is why you must make your very own videos, also never use other’s music too. If you want to add some background music for your videos then you can get it directly from youtube, which is completely copyright free.

Clean channel

Make your channel clean. I mean stay away from copyright strike and community strike. It will be very difficult if you ignore those strikes. It will not only reject your application. They have the power to remove your whole channel from youtube. Beware from these two strikes. Creating your own video or music is the only way to stay away from such strike.

Video content

Youtube does not allow offensive content on their platform. The inappropriate content like uploading adult videos, selling of dr#gs, guns are strictly prohibited on youtube. You can read here all the youtube policies if you are a new creator.

Youtube partner requirement

Before applying for youtube adsense, make sure you have reached all the requirements. Years ago, the requirements were not that bad. Due to scammers and low-quality channels, youtube now has implemented a difficult youtube partner requirement. You will not be able to apply for youtube monetization if your channel does not reach 1000 channel subscribers and a 4000 hours video watch time.

You will get a lot of time to manage your youtube channel until you reach the given requirements. After that, you can do whatever you want.

These are the things that you need to follow before applying for the youtube adsense. Some other things like verifying channel, adding a profile picture and a cover picture are also required.

Popular and profitable niches on YouTube

Here are some of the popular and profitable niches for youtube. If you are still unknown about which niche you should pick, then this post will help you to get all the popular niche that you can select.

Gaming – This niche is very popular right now on youtube. You can see many YouTubers streaming popular games like FIFA, Fortnite, PUBG, Mobile Legend, Dota, Football Manager, Minecraft and many more. This will be a suitable niche for you if you like games more than anything else.

Vlogs – Vlogs can be the best choice for those people who like traveling new and exciting places.

Beauty – Hello makeup artist? This niche is seriously waiting for you.

Reviews and reaction – Providing reviews of products that you have used or making a reaction video is literally fun.

Unboxing – Making an unboxing video is somehow interesting. Can you buy all those latest gadgets to do an unboxing video?

Tutorials – If you are an expert in photoshop, after effect or in any kind of thing, then you can do a tutorials video.

Music and movie – For those who are born for music and videos, this niche will surely suit you.

Funny video – Do you love watching funny videos? If yes then why don’t you try to make your own funny videos?

The mentioned niche is the evergreen niche on youtube. The demand for such videos is very high. I hope you will fulfill the empty space in the coming days.

Knowing copyright strike and community guidelines strike

Copyright strike and community guidelines strikes are two different things on youtube. However, the result after getting 3 strikes on your youtube channel is the same for both. Your channel will be completely removed from youtube if you get 3 strikes within 90 days.

Copyright strike – You will get this strike if you copy video or music from other channels. Youtube will automatically detect the copied content on your channel. As a result, you will get a sweet gift from youtube.

Community guidelines strike – You will get this strike if you violate youtube community guidelines policies.

To know more detail about youtube guidelines policies, you can visit their official blog here.

How much can you earn from youtube?

You can earn a decent amount of revenue from youtube. As we already described above, Adsense for youtube mainly works on CPM (cost per milestone) that is the revenue of per 1000 ads views and CPC (cost per click). Now you can calculate how much you can earn if you get around 1 million video views on youtube.

The CPM and CPC rates vary from country to country. You will get a high CPM are CPC rates if your visitors are from the first-tier countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia. The rates of third-tier countries are very low in comparison to first-tier countries.

The CPM rates of first-tier countries are upto $10. However, for third-tier countries, the rates are below $2. The CPC value can reach up to $2 in top countries but in less developed countries you will not get more than $0.30.

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