In this thread, the numbers cited (I didn't verify) are: - $50B/year revenue - $70B/3 years in payments to creators

Youtube paying out ~50% of revenue to creators seems almost too good to be true to me. That isn't their only cost, the infrastructure of youtube must be insanely expensive. They're almost certainly taking far less in profit than they are paying to creators.

edit: I read the numbers in the thread wrong, $15B/year in subscriptions not $15B/quarter.