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YT premium money does partially go to creators though??

Only to those that have a signed contract with YT, no?

Isn't that a really low bar though? If you're making any money off YouTube you've signed a contract. YT Premium just lets you make more.

To my understanding, the money primarily goes to large creators first. So the smaller creators get a smaller contribution out of my YT Premium.

So, if I really do want to support the creator, other external systems are better.

No, YTP money is paid to creators based on time YTP subscribers spend watching their content. So if you watch small channels that's who will benefit from your subscription.

The money mostly goes to large creators simply because those large creators have way more viewing hours.

The nice thing about YT Premium is that you have a single subscription to manage, and it then helps support a wide number of creators, even ones who you only see a single video of. It'll go to helping way more people in total than you would ever get around to signing up for individual Patreon subscriptions for.

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