For a select few: Yes.

For most: No.

Joining that select few is extremely hard, and becomes harder as the space gets more crowded. The winners approach it as a business with a lot of effort, money, and even risky bets poured into making it work.

The real money doesn’t come from YouTube any more. It comes from sponsorships. You have to be able to invest the years it takes to build an audience of millions before you can get decent sponsorship money.