Depends on the type of content they create, how they monetise it, etc. I know two creators on YouTube of about the same size (about 50K subscribers), and their

Depends on the type of content they create, how they monetise it, etc. I know two creators on YouTube of about the same size (about 50K subscribers), and their results have been very different. One of them made enough money to tour the world non stop, and currently lives a digital nomad esque lifestyle, and the other one had to get a job after his channel couldn't support a lifestyle in rural China. Generally, the more you rely on YouTube for your income, the higher your stats will need to be to live full time off your work. Whereas if you've got money from Patreon, merchandise, etc... then things don't need to be as extreme. So someone in the former group will likely need about 200K subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views per video on YouTube, whereas one in the latter could get away with a 30-50K channel and far less views per video. The topic obviously matters too. Gaming content is hell to monetise, whereas financial or business related content seems to have much better ad rates and what not. If Neil Patel was a gaming blogger, he'd be maybe one tenth as rich.