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  "batch": "1500-youtube-earnings-and-payouts",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r1500_youtube_earnings_and_payouts_learn_r1042_gaming_realistic_income_ranges_youtube_revenue_share_2024",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "YouTube: Money.fees",
      "summary": "YouTube shares 55% of advertising revenue directly with creators, artists and media companies through the YouTube Partner Program.",
      "body": "YouTube shares 55% of advertising revenue directly with creators, artists and media companies through the YouTube Partner Program.\n\nWhat YouTube actually says:\n\n“55% goes directly to creators, artists and media companies through the YouTube Partner Program– and has a ripple effect on the broader economy.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/creator-economy/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "YouTube",
      "evidence_quote": "55% goes directly to creators, artists and media companies through the YouTube Partner Program– and has a ripple effect on the broader economy.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "1500-youtube-earnings-and-payouts",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Money.fees",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "creator_program",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "money.fees"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r1500_youtube_earnings_and_payouts_learn_r937_youtube_and_tiktok_video_realistic_income_ranges_youtube_earnings_to",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "YouTube: Money.payout",
      "summary": "YouTube paid $100 billion to creators, artists, and media companies over the four-year period January 2021 through December 2024.",
      "body": "YouTube paid $100 billion to creators, artists, and media companies over the four-year period January 2021 through December 2024.\n\nWhat YouTube actually says:\n\n“$100 billion paid to creators, artists, and media companies in the past four years* *Jan 2021–Dec 2024”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/creators/earn/youtube-partner-program/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "YouTube",
      "evidence_quote": "$100 billion paid to creators, artists, and media companies in the past four years* *Jan 2021–Dec 2024",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "1500-youtube-earnings-and-payouts",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Money.payout",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "creator_program",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "any"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "money.payout"
        ],
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      }
    }
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}