Returns are indeed big, even when you are partnered with a company. We are still getting several hundred a month for a a channel we abandoned a long time ago. I guess YouTube knows how to properly distribute the traffic in flooded niches as long as the first visitors that see your video show the proper signals that verify they have found what they were looking for.
FORGOT TO READ THE LAST PART. I WOULD NOT INVEST IN AN ARTIST FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING MONEY WITH YOUTUBE. THE IDEA DOES INDEED SUCK TO THE POINT THAT I'D RATHER RECORD MYSELF COOKING GENERIC RECIPES.
FORGOT TO READ THE LAST PART. I WOULD NOT INVEST IN AN ARTIST FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING MONEY WITH YOUTUBE. THE IDEA DOES INDEED SUCK TO THE POINT THAT I'D RATHER RECORD MYSELF COOKING GENERIC RECIPES.