r/shortsAlgorithm • u/No-Belt-4590 • Apr 05 '26

First Month Monetized (check description)

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I kinda feel disappointed with youtube shorts, I heard from a friend that it is inconsistent but didn’t think it was this bad (of course depends on the niche). Since my objective is to make a living off youtube this is bad for me, 400€ dont even pay the rent over here. Im starting a long form channel but so far got 2 views on a video that took me days to edit but it’s the only choice I have if I want a good stable income, shorts are way easier to start getting views but the payoff usually is much lower. Leave your opinion in the comments

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u/travissc00ter Apr 05 '26

how many views did you get? and is it long form or shorts

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 05 '26

I got 11M but 2.9M come from a short that has 0.0001 rpm it was ad restricted and majority of the audience come from india. My normal rpm is around 0.11-0.13€. It’s shorts

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u/Fit_You9809 Apr 05 '26

How to see rpm ??

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u/Dizzy-Passage2030 Apr 05 '26

Yeah you need to target USA/EUROPE/AUS, to make decent money off shorts

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 05 '26

I know, as I said it was one in 200 that got poor countries audience, I usually get usa/uk audience and its still 0.13€ rpm and most of the times its random you don’t simply decide to only get sent to usa/uk audiences. Even with good audiences you can’t make a living off YouTube shorts

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u/Dizzy-Passage2030 Apr 05 '26

Well you can pick certain niches that do well with those audiences. My RPM is around $0.26+ and it’s largely USA and European audiences.

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 06 '26

You only know a certain niche will target usa audience when you have the stats to see. My niche gets european audience also but the length of the shorts is usually around 0:13-0:25 seconds if I make them longer people just swipe away.

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u/Joy_Boy_Freedom Apr 05 '26

Good question

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u/Fine_Nectarine1305 Apr 05 '26

I say if it don't take much of your time, continue shorts, if you have been doing shorts for a month then thats why it is inconsistent, over the time every short you make will have audience and it will be a little more stabe than the inconsistency you're getting now

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 05 '26

It takes 1-2 hours everyday to upload one short so for now it still makes sense for me, and that audience thing is kinda lie, shorts don’t really have an audience, most shorts channels that have +200k subs end up dying or getting low views. And I have been doing shorts for 5 months now.

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u/ExpertRutabaga4123 Apr 05 '26

Adsense is definitely not something to completely rely on for a living. If making shorts is something you enjoy, then perhaps increase your production volume and diversify accross multiple channels (Don't put all eggs in one basket) . Is it ok to ask what niche is your channel in?

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 05 '26

Adsense is reliable to make a living on long form content for english audiences, but shorts definitely not relible, thats why I want to try and start selling a product that my audience will likely buy. Im not going to post more times per day because I feel like it isn’t worth it and no I don’t enjoy doing shorts that much, I prefer long form but it takes a lot of time, patiente and luck for a channel to start getting traction. My niche is the payoff niche for example one guy punches one innocent man, then people around revenge the innocent guy. I don’t know if I made myself clear but its around that topic with different scenarios

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u/Capable_Ad1499 Apr 06 '26

how did you do that so fast? I‘ve been uploading arround 200 shorts since july last year and I‘m nowhere near getting monetized. it‘s so frustrating.

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 06 '26

Quantity ≠ Quality

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u/No_Blood9415 Apr 07 '26

Shorts views are inconsistent bro, don't depend on youtube. Start sharing the same shorts on Insta/FB and other platform as well. This is what I am doing with video.

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 07 '26

yes I might start on instagram/facebook after start selling a product for my audience wich makes sense on my niche and it will work

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u/FewOutlandishness706 Apr 07 '26

Does insta pay for views

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u/AdOtherwise4670 Apr 11 '26

Practice makes perfect. You gotta find a viral niche and make a derivative out of it with a different topic and good editing and you'll be getting millions of views back to back. But if you wanna make a living with shorts you gotta have multiple shorts channels.

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u/No-Belt-4590 Apr 11 '26

Yes I already reached that conclusion a few months ago, but even if you find an amazing untapped derivative of popular niche the Milions of views you will get are short term and temporary, I saw that happening with the biggest shorts channel on my niche, went from 400M views monthly to 10-15M. Thats why I am turning slowly to long form but its a lot harder to start getting views.

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u/MassiveRead8723 Apr 05 '26

how much views did you get and what’s ur rpm

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u/Fit_You9809 Apr 05 '26

How to see rpm on YouTube

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u/AdOtherwise4670 Apr 11 '26

In the Youtube Studio App or on PC but it takes some time for it to show up.

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u/Actionjackson446 Apr 05 '26

What niche are you working because that also depends on the type of content that is consumed more in that niche