How to make money from YouTube videos – 10 ways to monetize your content

By Madeleine AmosAugust 10, 202110 mins read

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Can you make money from YouTube videos? YouTube says yes. Read on to discover ten ways for creators to make money on YouTube, as revealed by the platform itself.

YouTube has been spoiling creators recently. As well as launching a redesigned YouTube for Creators website, it has published a helpful list sharing 10 ways for creators to monetise their content on YouTube.

From monetising YouTube Shorts to its newly launched Super Thanks, which let fans personally support their favourite channels, check out its 10 tips for making money on YouTube below.

1. Shorts Fund

YouTube Shorts is aimed at luring creators into making TikTok-esque videos. Now with the YouTube Shorts Fund, a $100M fund for 2021-2022, eligible creators will be selected each month to claim a bonus payment. It could be anything from $100 up to $10,000.

You don’t need to be in the YouTube Partner Program to be eligible but must be creating original content, have uploaded a Short in the last 180 days, and be in an applicable location. Check out all the details here.

2. Ads

Advertising has always been the main way for artists to make money from YouTube. Ads on YouTube work through Google Ads.

3. YouTube Premium

YouTube Premium is YouTube’s paid subscription tier, giving users access to YouTube Music and YouTube without ads. YouTube says a majority of revenue generated from YouTube Premium goes to YouTube partners.

4. Channel memberships

For a monthly fee users can join a creator’s channel to get perks and exclusive content.

5. Super Chat

Fans watching your livestream or Premiere can get your attention in the endless river of chat by buying a Super Chat. It makes their message stand out in the stream so you can see that you have a loyal fan in the crowd.

6. Super Thanks

Super Thanks let fans show their appreciation on videos you’ve uploaded. They can post a unique brightly coloured comment, so you can immediately see that they’ve thanked you for your uploads.

7. Super Stickers

Super Stickers let fans show their support in livestreams by buying a sticker that will stand out through the crowd to let the artist know they’re watching.

8. Merchandise

Artists can use a virtual shelf to display official branded merchandise on the watch page, so your fans can easily buy artist merch.

9. Ticketing

Got a tour coming up? List your concert dates on YouTube so your fans can buy tickets by clicking through immediately to buy tickets.

10. YouTube BrandConnect

YouTube BrandConnect previously existed as FameBit, aimed at turning viewers into customers via influencers. Creators and brands can create content to target fans with strategic insight tools.

Bonus – YouTube Content ID with RouteNote

Earn money every time anyone uses your song in a video on YouTube by making your music identifiable by YouTube Content ID using RouteNote, for free. Find out more here.

Bonus 2 – YouTube Music with RouteNote

We also partner with YouTube Music, YouTube’s music streaming service, letting you upload your tracks to the platform to put your music in front of scores of listeners – without it costing you a penny. Find out more here.

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10 replies

Waseem abbas says:

July 10, 2022 at 9:34 pm

Very good

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1. Mercy says:
  
  July 13, 2022 at 7:31 pm
  
  How do I post on YouTube
  
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  1. LucyLH says:
    
    July 14, 2022 at 4:02 pm
    
    Hey,
    
    Upload your releases to your RouteNote account and select YouTube Music, when selecting your stores and territories. RouteNote will then distribute your music to YouTube Music and YouTube.
    
    By selecting YouTube Music as a store, this will add your release to the YouTube Music library as well as create a topic channel with automatically generated art tracks on YouTube
    
    Topic channels are automatically created by YouTube as part of distribution to YouTube Music.
    
    We have an article on our support hub regarding this, please refer to this link for more information – http://support.routenote.com/kb-article/how-do-i-create-a-topic-channel/
    
    Don’t have a RouteNote account? Sign up for free today – https://www.routenote.com/rn/signup_page/design
    
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  2. Chisleey says:
    
    July 23, 2022 at 4:35 pm
    
    amaizing
    
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  3. Emmanuel says:
    
    July 25, 2022 at 3:13 am
    
    Very good
    
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  4. Christian says:
    
    July 31, 2022 at 2:22 pm
    
    How does YouTube pay money
    
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    1. LucyLH says:
      
      August 3, 2022 at 9:28 am
      
      Hey,
      
      RouteNote collects the earnings for reproductions (streams and views) of the content that you upload to RouteNote – this is also known as the master license. We can now also offer sync royalties if you are eligible for this.
      
      To learn more about the types of royalties RouteNote collects as well as other types of royalties you may be entitled to, please take a look at our article here: https://support.routenote.com/kb-article/what-type-of-royalties-do-routenote-collect/
      
      Your earnings and statistics for the majority of stores are reflected on your account 45 days after the month they are earned in; for example – August’s earnings will be available on October 15th. Please note that a few of our partner stores report earnings and statistics 75 days after the end of the month or quarterly throughout the year.
      
      Payments are then automatically made between the 15th – 20th of each month, providing that the $50 minimum earnings threshold has been met.
      
      The exception to this is if the 15th of the month falls on a weekend. If this occurs, the payment period will commence upon the next working day.
      
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Crispino Quejada says:

July 25, 2022 at 6:35 pm

How to manitize my account

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1. LucyLH says:
  
  July 26, 2022 at 12:46 pm
  
  Hey,
  
  Please read our blog post above for information on how to monetise your content on YouTube.
  
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Crispino Quejada says:

July 25, 2022 at 6:37 pm

Thanks

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