I will give you now a brief overview of how you can earn money from YouTube and TikTok.
This post will be just about facts. Not about ideas what and when to post videos to reach this numbers.
Youtube was initially the platform of long videos, tiktok was the perfect site for short videos.

Now youtube allows you to publish short videos and tiktok allows long videos.
So you can choose both platforms for short and long videos.
But how can you make money of them?
YouTube
To monetize your YouTube channel, you need to join the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) .
To be eligible for YPP, you need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the last year
Sometimes 500 subscribers and 3000 watch hours make you elligible for the YPP, but you understand now the basic elibibility criteria.
Once you meet the eligibility criteria, you can start earning money through ads, sponsorships, merchandise, and other means.
The amount of money you can earn per video depends on several factors, such as the number of views, engagement rate, and ad revenue. You can use a YouTube money calculator to estimate your potential earnings.
You can not take every pennies off of youtube, you have to reach to certain amount on your account. If you do not have that amount yet, then your balance will rolling to the next month.
Youtube payments are usually made monthly.
They are other elibilitiy criteria, if you only create Shorts, then the criteria can differ from above.
TikTok
TikTok offers several ways to monetize your content, such as the Creator Fund, brand partnerships, and merchandise sales (TikTok shop).
To be eligible for the Creator Fund, you need to have at least 10,000 followers and **100,000 views in the last 30 days . The amount of money you can earn per video on TikTok is not fixed and varies depending on several factors, such as the number of views, engagement rate, and sponsorships.
YouTube Money Calculator – See How Much Money You Can Make. https://influencermarketinghub.com/youtube-money-calculator/.
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