I have seen youtubers who live off youtube with average video views of 20-30k per upload. If an ad plays on 1/10 videos, and each ad makes the person 0.1 cent

I have seen youtubers who live off youtube with average video views of 20-30k per upload. If an ad plays on 1/10 videos, and each ad makes the person 0.1 cent its still (30 million * 0.1 * 0.1) / 100 = 3 thousand dollars. Now take into account the added subscribers this adds which will make all future videos more profitable, and that I'm probably underestimating ad revenue, it is worth it.