Hey Ben, love your videos. Do you think your audience might be served different advertisements then the bulk of YouTube, and hence your revenue is more stable?
Yes, I think that may be true. It's fairly opaque even to us creators -- I don't know which ads are served, or how many people click, etc. Patreon has been a huge help, and if it gets high enough, I'll probably turn off ads altogether.
If Youtube can't make money from you why would they host your content?
If they don't continue hosting Ben's content they would be inviting competition.