Operational policy for distributing YouTube channel revenue among multiple people

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Sat, August 10, 2019

Here’s what I thought about regarding an operational policy for distributing YouTube channel revenue among multiple people.

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Prerequisites

  • Want to operate a YouTube channel with multiple people and distribute the revenue
  • YouTube channel revenue is transferred to Google AdSense
  • The transfer amount to Google AdSense combines AdSense ads and YouTube ads
  • Want to know only the YouTube ad transfer amount

Fastest flow to open a YouTube channel

  1. Open YouTube channel with existing Google account
  2. Associate with YouTube channel once Google AdSense review passes

Reference information from YouTube official help

YouTube channel owner can be changed

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First, since YouTube channel owners can be changed, don’t worry about “which account should manage it?” and create the channel immediately, then change the owner later.

AdSense account associated with YouTube channel can be changed

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The AdSense account configured for the YouTube channel can also be changed later. So I think you should just create the YouTube channel, start operating it, and configure AdSense later once the review passes.

Checking revenue

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Here are the key points to keep in mind regarding revenue:

  • Estimated revenue: Check in "YouTube Analytics revenue reports"
  • Confirmed revenue: Check in "AdSense payment reports"
  • YouTube Analytics estimated revenue may differ from confirmed amounts

That’s all from the Gemba.