# Ever wonder how much your favorite YouTube characters make?

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**Created:** [October 3, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ever-wonder-how-much-your-favorite-youtube-characters-make/265124 "2012-10-03T13:07:41Z")
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### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ever-wonder-how-much-your-favorite-youtube-characters-make/265124/5 "2012-10-03T13:27:40Z")

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> [@AMERICA](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/america/50799/24):
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> I have a feeling those numbers are extremely inflated. No doubt in my mind that they probably make a good chunk of change though.
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> They are basing that solely off the number of views per day, and IIRC ad’s watched are what generate revenue. Every time someone clicks a link even if they do not watch it is counted as a view, but that does not mean that youtube is paying out whatever it is they pay out per add viewed.

even if the ads blow and nobody wants to click on them to see what the product is… how many times do you think someone accidently clicks the add instead of the little red X at the top right, or a sec too early on the countdown to skip this add and chalks up another view for the advert.

power in numbers.

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