A well-known YouTuber has opened up about the amount he earns from the site after his videos clocked up 200 million total views.
Garron, an Irish content creator, said he’d recently been watching a video by Charlie, better known online as MoistCr1TiKaL, in which Charlie explained he was switching off viewer-funded options.
“I’m explaining why I’m disabling any and all means of people having the ability to donate money to me. No more super chats, no more YouTube memberships for all intents and purposes. No more bits on Twitch,” said Charlie in a video.
“I would much rather you keep your money. Use it for yourself or use it for things you deem important, whether it’s charitable causes or what have you. But just stop forking it over to me.”
After hearing that, Garron decided to check his own analytics and share a detailed look at his income with viewers.
He explained that since launching his channel in 2021, he’s earned €32,811.58 ($38,780) overall, with roughly €24,000 ($28,365) of that coming in this year alone.
Despite the huge 200 million view count, Garron said the bulk of his revenue comes from YouTube Shorts — and that individual Shorts often bring in surprisingly small amounts.
According to him, a typical Short might earn around 46 cent, though occasionally one can reach about €13.
He also noted that swearing can lead to demonetisation, which reduces how much he can make from certain uploads.
“I think it’s amazing, I look at this like free money, even if it was €200, I’d be thrilled with that,” said Garron.
“I’m proud of every f**king penny of it.
“The first job I had I was earning €1,400 a month and I thought I was a very rich man.
“My second job I was earning €1,900 a month and I used to get commission as well so sometimes it would go over €2,000 and when I made over €2,000 a month I felt like I was on top of the world.
“I was paying for a room in Galway and I was paying €620 a month so I’d pay that and with my €2,000 I’d have €1,500 left over.
“I’d go out and spend it on takeaways.”
With such a large share of his total coming in this year, Garron suggested the channel’s growth is translating into stronger earnings — even if Shorts revenue remains inconsistent.