There are many videos on YouTube that get millions of views every single day. Every now and then you'll see an article pop up in the news about how much money YouTubers make from videos that get 1 million views or more. Depending on the particular article you read you may feel either highly encouraged or discouraged to ever try making any money on YouTube with your own channel. Typically, a YouTube video will only make pocket change even if it gets thousands of views, but how much money can you make on YouTube with 1 million views? The video recently posted to TailHappyTV explains that the amount of money a YouTuber earns for a video with 1 million views really depends on a lot of factors.

Advertisers will pay between $0.50 and $2 for 1000 views on average, but this is not always the case. If you break down the math you will discover that a YouTube video with 1 million views may earn you between $500 and $2,000. The video posted to TailHappyTV illustrates this in great detail has Matt compares two separate videos that each got 1 million views side by side and breaks down the statistics in an attempt to answer the question how much money can you make on YouTube with a video that gets 1 million views. It is definitely possible to make much more then $2,000 in a single YouTube video, however, you will likely need to be talking about a topic that generates more income from advertisers. Usually one of the highest paid topics to speak about on YouTube is financial related content.