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Tell that to the creators making 6 dollars per million views :)

I never looked into this but couple of links show that it's much more than $6/Million views.

> On average, my videos that have over 1,000,000 views have usually earned between $2,000-$5,000.

Some more links -

Research Nasim Aghdam. Youtube simply deems content unmonetizable. You'll get good rates on 5 views and 0 rates on a million views. :)

Further, your 1M view video on mesothelioma is going to be paid much more than your 100M view video on needle drugs