Hey guys it's Olivia and I'm back with another video.
So the title of this week's video is pretty self-explanatory. Um, I got my first payment
from AdSense and I'm basically just going to tell you how much it is. But I don't want
this video to be too short, so I'm going to give you a little bit of background information.
But before we get into this week's video be sure to subscribe to my channel because I
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Popsocket videos, and with all that being said let's get into this week's video.
So you might be thinking, "What do you have to explain all you have to do is tell us a number,"
but there's a little bit of explanation to be done so I'm going to do it. So I have been
on YouTube for almost 2 years maybe like a year and a half-ish. I started my channel
in March of 2016 and right off the bat I started monetizing my videos, because I was 17 at
the time so I wasn't old enough to have an AdSense account, but my Dad also has a YouTube
channel so he already had an AdSense account. And since he had already reached the 10,000
views requirement in order to monetize, then I could monetize right off the bat. I don't
know if it's you need to have 10,000 for that particular channel or just 10,000 for one
of your channels and then you can monetize the rest of your channels, I don't really
know how it works to be completely honest. But I do know that I have been monetizing
my videos since the very beginning. And so I don't know the payment threshold for any
other country, but for Canada the payment threshold is $100. So you might be thinking,
"Wow, it took you almost 2 years to get to $100," well yes and no. So as I said I was
using my Dad's AdSense account, but he also has his own channel, so my money and his money
kind of got mixed up. So it's like we couldn't tell what money was made from my channel and
what money was made from his channel, there's probably a way to figure it out but we just
couldn't figure it out. So, in January of this year I turned 18 so then I created my
own Adsense account and then I linked my YouTube channel to my Adsense account. So the money
that I have earned has been since January of 2017, not March of 2016. So how much money
I've actually made through the whole course of my channel I don't really know, but this
is the amount of money that I have made since January. And so a lot of people on YouTube
don't want to talk about how much they make, and I really don't care because I'm not like
super successful and I just made a million dollars. Like, if you've been on YouTube long
enough, especially if you're a small YouTuber like me, you know that you're not going to
make the payment threshold every month. So it took me 10 months to get the threshold,
the minimum threshold of $100; so that's like approximately $10 per month. So I'm not going
to get another YouTube payment for another few months. So it's like anyone who's small
knows that AdSense money isn't that much but it is something so I'm not complaining.
So, what we've all been waiting to hear the magic number; how much have I made for my first YouTube payment?
I made $109.83. So it's not a whole bunch of money but it is something
and I'm really proud of my accomplishment, so yeah. That might not be a lot to some people
but it's something to me and while I can't go full time on YouTube yet, I can technically
say that YouTube is my job because I have been paid for it. Is it my full-time job?
No, but it is a job that I have and I can say that because I have received payment.
So yeah, that's basically all for this week's video I know that I probably made it longer
than it needed to be because you came here to hear one number and I had to go off and
do my thing and tell you a backstory, but if you've watched any of my other videos
I tend to do that. But yeah, that's all for this week's video I hope you enjoyed it if
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