EPISODE · Feb 8, 2026 · 11 MIN
How Much YouTube Paid Me in One Year with 12k Subscribers
from Marketing by Shelby · host Shelby Leigh, Bestselling Author and Marketing Coach for Creatives
Curious about how much YouTube pays a creator with about 12,000 subscribers? In this video, I take you behind-the-scenes into my YouTube channel dashboard to show you my total revenue, monthly breakdown, comparison to the previous year, and a real look at which videos brought me the most revenue.Plus, I share more about my real strategy with YouTube: how it brings me new leads and how my brand deals increased in 2025!Check out my past YouTube monetization videos:How much YouTube paid me with 7k subscribers: https://youtu.be/DmaUvEHo9TAHow much YouTube paid me in one month: https://youtu.be/ycmqgA7Q8Q4CHECK OUT MY LATEST MARKETING FREEBIES created for you at: https://marketingbyshelby.com/freebieJOIN THE CREATIVE'S CONTENT CLUB WAITLIST! Want hands-on marketing support, templates and shortcuts, feedback, step by step marketing strategies and more, every single month?! Join my all-in-one marketing membership, The Creative's Content Club! Add your name to the waitlist to receive an invite soon: https://marketingbyshelby.com/waitlist-ytABOUT SHELBY: Hey, I'm Shelby, bestselling writer and marketing/business coach for creatives. After growing my own audience as an author to more than 500k on social media, working in social media management for 8+ years, becoming a full-time writer and selling over 60k books with social media and content marketing, I now teach other creatives, like authors, musicians, artists, poets, photographers and more, how to grow and sell their creative work with marketing! CONNECT WITH SHELBY: I post marketing tips here on YouTube (subscribe for more videos!) as well as on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/marketingbyshelbyhttps://marketingbyshelby.com/ Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe for weekly marketing videos and give this video a like so more authors and creatives can find these tips.
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Curious about how much YouTube pays a creator with about 12,000 subscribers? In this video, I take you behind-the-scenes into my YouTube channel dashboard to show you my total revenue, monthly breakdown, comparison to the previous year, and a real look at which videos brought me the most revenue.Plus, I share more about my real strategy with YouTube: how it brings me new leads and how my brand deals increased in 2025!Check out my past YouTube monetization videos:How much YouTube paid me with 7k subscribers: https://youtu.be/DmaUvEHo9TAHow much YouTube paid me in one month: https://youtu.be/ycmqgA7Q8Q4CHECK OUT MY LATEST MARKETING FREEBIES created for you at: https://marketingbyshelby.com/freebieJOIN THE CREATIVE'S CONTENT CLUB WAITLIST! Want hands-on marketing support, templates and shortcuts, feedback, step by step marketing strategies and more, every single month?! Join my all-in-one marketing membership, The Creative's Content Club! Add your name to the waitlist to receive an invite soon: https://marketingbyshelby.com/waitlist-ytABOUT SHELBY: Hey, I'm Shelby, bestselling writer and marketing/business coach for creatives. After growing my own audience as an author to more than 500k on social media, working in social media management for 8+ years, becoming a full-time writer and selling over 60k books with social media and content marketing, I now teach other creatives, like authors, musicians, artists, poets, photographers and more, how to grow and sell their creative work with marketing! CONNECT WITH SHELBY: I post marketing tips here on YouTube (subscribe for more videos!) as well as on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/marketingbyshelbyhttps://marketingbyshelby.com/ Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe for weekly marketing videos and give this video a like so more authors and creatives can find these tips.
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