YouTube has become more profitable than blogging in Kenya. The platform pays based on the number of views your channel gets. The metric used to determine the payment is RPM.The RPM shows how much money you’ll make from 1000 video views. In Kenya, you will earn Ksh 50 to Ksh 150 per 1000 views.
Here is the amount of money to earn:
1000 views—Ksh 50 to Ksh 150
5,000 views—Ksh 200 to Ksh 500
10,000 views—Ksh 1,000 to Ksh 2,500
20,000 views—Ksh 2,000 to Ksh 5,000
50,000 views—Ksh 5,000 to Ksh 10,000
100,000 views—Ksh 10,000 to Ksh 30,000
300,000 views—-Ksh 30,000 to Ksh 70,000
500,000 views—Ksh 50,000 to Ksh 100,000
1 million views—Ksh 100,000 to Ksh 200,000
5 million views—Ksh 500,000 to Ksh 800,000
10 million views—Ksh 1 million to Ksh 2 million
The income above is when your traffic is 90%-100% from Kenya. If traffic from USA is more than 50%, you will earn double the amount stated above.
The videos should be of high quality and contain content for high paying niche. The best paying niches are: making money online, personal finance, mobile loans, banking and insurance.