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I think that might be way off. Most adds are skipped. And 18/1000 is 1.8 cents not 18 cents. "On Average the YouTube channel can receive $18 per 1,000 ad views

I think that might be way off. Most adds are skipped. And 18/1000 is 1.8 cents not 18 cents. "On Average the YouTube channel can receive $18 per 1,000 ad views. This equates to $3 - $5 per 1000 video views." I.e. 0.3 to 0.5 cent per video of which Google pockets 68%:32% which gives about 0.2 cent per video for Google per video view. The first stats site says about 9 views per visit and day, so 9 videos a day is about 1.8 cent, times 30 days is 54 cents. A year would be 6.5USD for the average user - about half a month of Premium.

eek04_ 6y ago
You're right - $18/1000 is 1.8, I was just copying the number from the article. So that's off by me. However, as far as I understand, Google pays out the ads for premium customers, so you shouldn't count just the "to Google" portion. That's off in your calculation, to a factor of about 3. Using $4 (the average in $3 to $5) and 9 videos per day, we get 0.4cents * 9 * 365 = $13.14/year - a bit over a month of premium. Still devastating to my argument, of course.