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The fourth stream, advertising revenue, comes from YouTube ads shown to viewers. To participate in the YouTube Partner Program, one needs to achieve specific milestones, such as 4,000 hours of watch time and 1,000 subscribers. The speaker worked tirelessly for six months to meet these goals before starting to earn ad revenue.
They elaborated on metrics like CPM (cost per thousand views) and RPM (revenue per thousand views after cuts). The speaker offered transparency by sharing figures from a video that garnered substantial views. This income stream is identified as among the most active, requiring significant content creation effort.