I shall assume, by pinging me in your list, that you seek a valid answer. I shall also assume that, as you posted the comment in the wee hours of the morning, not many may have responded with any information.
The information you found it generally correct. Here is some additional info:
"For every ad that runs on a specific channel, YouTube takes a 45% cut of what the advertiser pays for the placement. The creator gets the remaining 55%."This, one sees that Google is the large winner in all the "content creation" when spread across all "content creators."Source: https://www.thinkific.com/blog/youtube-money-per-view/#does
"Views refer to the total number of times your video or channel has been watched. Each time a viewer plays a video and watches it for at least 30 seconds, YouTube counts it as a view."Thus, the silly notion that listening for less time than what the "criteria" requires -- some think a short view would "help " increase traffic count for a "content creator" -- doesn't do anything really.Source: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/how-to-promote-your-youtube-channel/
"YouTube counts views for Long-Form, Short-Form, Shorts, and Live Stream videos when the following criteria have been met: A user has physically clicked the play button to begin the video. The video has played for at least 30 non-consecutive seconds."
Source: https://hurrdatmarketing.com/digital-marketing-news/how-are-youtube-views-calculated/
Moreover, a tally of the time in one's day required to listen to all the YouTube videos this thread, and others like it, can be calculated. One could see how much of gleeaikin's time would be required per day to listen fully to this "content." I think I shall make some tally in the coming days for you. As to some payments to "content creators" validated by third party sources, some of the videos recommended daily on this thread are as follows in descending order:
1 -- Kanal13 -- Since Nov 6, 2012 ....an average of $565,194.87 per year.Tallying these few (of many more) YouTube channels as documents above and as cited by UMCrevmom, the aggregate comes to almost $1.5 million USD for ten "content creators."2 -- Reporting from Ukraine -- Since Mar 4, 2022 ...an average of $287,827.17 per year.
3 -- Combat Veteran Reacts -- Since Mar 8, 2021 ...an average of $146,638.67 per year.
4 -- UATV English -- Since Feb 8, 2017 ...an average of $117,699.20 per year.
5 -- Denys Davydov -- Since Apr 20, 2014 ...an average of $111,115.53 per year.
6 -- Warthog Defense -- Since Sep 13, 2016 ...an average of $110,586.74 per year.
7 -- Oracle Eyes" -- Since Mar 29, 2014 ...an average of $63,631.08 per year.
8 -- Operator Starsky 🇺🇦 -- Since Jan 10, 2019 ...an average of $24,913.78 per year.
9 -- Divine Justice -- Since Jan 4, 2018 ...an average of $20,727.26 per year.
10 -- NIT International -- Since Dec 3, 2013 ...an average of $19,741.81 per year.
11 -- The Pioneer -- Since Feb 7, 2008 ...an average of $3,651.68 per year.
Putting the Macgregor YouTube channel in the mix, though he as a "content creator" is not to be accepted while the above are to be, his yearly take seems to be about $35K.
While I have tracked Macgregor back to "content creation" in the US, I have also tracked Denys Davydov "content creation" to Switzerland, so one may see his 'fight' is done in relative comfort. As is a Macgregor relatively comfortable.
We're only in early August, so this year is not complete. So much more monetization to harvest from the Ukraine-Russia event from these few channels.
On other observation, if one were to listen to all the recommended "content" in its entirety, it would absorb several hours a day. Even to just listen enough to monetize the channel per YouTube's criteria, one would have to "click" and listen for more than 30 seconds each, or more than six minutes just to get an "incomplete" flavor of the "content."
A comment to me said that all the monies above were being funneled into the Ukraine war effort, which is an assertion without proof. It is as if one were to argue that Macgregor -- as counterpoint to this -- was sending the money from his "effort" to the US government. On all sides, there are so many proverbial bridges to sell.
Now without assertion, and from a comment I made to another thread:
Meanwhile, $32,686,509.707,657.00 and rising.That "debt per person" devolves to our kids and grandkids, while the "content creators" and Google/YouTube rich get richer....
Debt per taxpayer - $253.686.00Source: https://www.usdebtclock.org/
Thank you for providing the extra info about monetizing videos. However I still don’t know what RPM means. I also looked at the US Debt Clock link you provided. It certainly has a lot, and it can be loaded as an app. I was disappointed to NOT find any info about debt additions by administrations. I would have liked to compare Obama and Bush 2, and Trump vs. Biden, especially since they may be running against each other.