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@vidIQ

Creator education · 2.5M followers · 190K views on this post

$1,000In their words: “$1,000 from Shorts ad revenue over the current three-month period”

“The channel has just earned a thousand dollars from its 5 million engaged shorts views over the current three-month period.”

Paid by: YouTube Partner Program, YouTube Shorts bonus program.

The post where @vidIQ talks about their pay, 2026-10-23. Opens on YouTube.

What brands pay creators with over 1M followers

Creators with 100K–1M followers got up to $18,000 a video in October. With over 1M, that's the bar to beat.

From creators' own posts, coded for the Creator Pay Report.

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