YouTube is a place where people can show off their creativity and make money at the same time. While some creators enjoy being in front of the camera, others may not.
The good news is that you can make money on YouTube without revealing your identity.
So, you want to make money on YouTube without revealing your identity but need help knowing where to begin? This article is for you!
Choosing A Niche For YouTube
Choosing a niche on YouTube is critical because it determines everything from who your audience will be to how much money your channel will make.
Some of you may be wondering how the type of audience you have will affect how much money you make. If, for example, your videos attract an audience between the ages of 20 and 35, your channel is more likely to make money than a channel that attracts an audience between the ages of 10 and 16.
How Advertisers Decide How Much They Pay You On YouTube
Advertisers are willing to pay more if the audience watching the video has extra money to spend on whatever is being shown.
If the target audience is between the ages of 10 and 16, they are unlikely to buy what is being advertised because they do not have disposable income, and the advertiser is willing to pay a lot less for the ads.
Examples Of YouTube Niches
Some of the best YouTube niches are health, wealth, happiness, relationship, travel and technology. So, what makes these some of the best niches?
This is because they have a high demand and meet certain criteria we defined here at BriskFinance. These niches have videos that consistently receive over 100,000 views, demonstrating a demand.
The second criterion is that these six niches have good to excellent CPM. This means they can make more money per thousand views on average than other niches in ad revenue. This is great because you can make a lot of money even if you don’t get a lot of views.
Finally, alternative monetization methods are the third criterion these six channels meet. This means they can make more money using other monetization methods than they do through ad revenue.
If you are still getting familiar with these alternative monetization methods, they are affiliate marketing and selling digital products such as courses, e-books and other items.
Narrowing Down On YouTube Niches
The six mentioned niches are remarkable in satisfying all three criteria. We advise you to narrow down and focus on specific sub-niches within your niche for various reasons.
The number one reason is that when a video goes viral, it feeds all the other videos on your channel because people will check out your channel, and if they see related videos, they will watch those as well.
The second reason is that you will have a higher viewer-to-subscriber ratio.
The third reason is that you will implement our number one secret for getting views and subscribers.
Now we’ll review the sub-niches within the six niches and show you some example channels.
The first niche we’ll look at is the “Health Niche”.
The number one niche within this niche is:
Number 1: Building Muscle
Body Hub is an example of a channel in this niche. According to Social Blade statistics, this channel debuted on July 13th 2016, and now has nearly 1.2 million subscribers.
They primarily make videos that inform people about the various exercises and workouts they can do to gain muscle. This channel has a video called “What will happen if you plank every day for 1 minute”.
When you watch this video, you will notice that no one is showing their face; instead, you will see various stock footage attempting to explain what is said in the voiceover. Similar stock videos can be found at Pixabay.com, Pexels.com.
You can also use artificial intelligence (AI) such as Pictory to create these videos in minutes; you only need a script, and the video will be generated for you.
This video was posted about two years ago and has received over 19 million views. This is an evergreen niche; so this video is still being watched by people today and is still generating revenue.
According to Social Blade stats, this channel received 2,426,000 views in the last 30 days, and they estimate that this channel could earn between $606 and $9,700. Even though the estimated amount is pretty good, it is inaccurate because Social Blade estimates these earnings using a CPM of 25 cents and $4.
We estimate that this channel could earn between $4,560 and $20,000 based on the historical average CPM of the health niche, which ranged between $1.88 and $8.25. YouTube receives 45% of this amount, with the remaining funds going to the channel’s owner.
Number 2: Losing Weight
Bestie is an example channel within this niche. According to Social Blade statistics, this channel was launched on February 6th, 2017 and now has nearly 4.5 million subscribers. They make videos in the health niche to teach people how to lose weight.
A popular video on this channel is titled “Top 18 Fat Burning Foods For Women”.
This video was uploaded four years ago and currently has nearly 8 million views. You will notice that the procedure remains the same the further you read on. No one is ever showing their face; all we see is stock footage attempting to explain what is said in the voiceover.
Number 3: Natural Remedies
You don’t have to talk about gaining muscle or losing weight if you’re in the health niche. You can also discuss natural remedies.
Here’s an example channel called Natural cures, which makes videos about natural remedies for various ailments. This channel has a video called “Why You Should Sleep With Garlic Under Your Pillow.”
This video has over 30 million views, indicating that it is also an evergreen niche. So, how much do they make?
Social Blade stats shows this channel received nearly 1,200,000 views in the last 30 days. Using the historical average CPM of the health niche, which is between $1.88 and $8.25, we estimate that this channel earned between $2,256 and $9,900.
YouTube Wealth Category
Let us move on to a different category, “Wealth”. A very successful sub-niche within the wealth category is:
Number 4: Make Money Online
“YT Shorts Girl” is a popular channel in this niche that has been around for a long time. This channel was launched in February 2019 and had approximately 118,000 subscribers.
This channel has a video titled “Earn $110 Per Hour Watching YouTube Videos [Make Money Online].”
This clip was uploaded two years ago and has nearly 400,000 views. The good news is that the make money online niche has a high CPM.
The make money online niche’s historical average CPM is between $30 and $40. Assuming this video was uploaded when the channel was monetized, with approximately 400,000 views, they could have earned between $12,000 and $16,000 from this video alone.
YouTube deducts 45% of this amount, leaving the remainder to the channel owner.
Number 5: Investing
The advantage of the investing niche is that it has a very high CPM. This niche’s historical average CPM ranges between $25 and $40.
“Chris Invests” is an excellent example of a channel that makes videos in this niche. According to Social Blade statistics, this channel was founded on November 13th, 2018. This channel’s sole purpose is to educate people on how to invest their money and everything else related to money.
This channel has a video called “Why the First $100,000 is so Hard (And The Next Is Easy).” This clip was uploaded a year ago and has received 1.4 million views. When you watch this video, you’ll notice that they’re using whiteboard animation instead of stock images, which is also a great way to create videos.
So, how much money is generated by this channel?
According to Social Blade statistics, this channel received 930,000 in the last 30 days. Using the average CPM of the investing niche, which is between $25 and $40, we calculated that this channel could earn between $23,250 and $37,200, which is fantastic.
YouTube receives 45% of this amount, with the remaining funds going to the channel’s owner.
Investing can be confusing and a very broad niche, however, if this interests you then a good place to start to learn so you can create a YouTube channel surrounding it is by learning the 8 essential investing tips for beginners.
Number 6: Luxury
The luxury niche also has a very high CPM because most of their videos discuss expensive lifestyles, causing advertisers to want to invest more in this niche. This niche’s historical average CPM ranges between $50 and $60.
Alux.com is an excellent example channel in this niche. All they do is make videos about the luxury niche, informing viewers about how wonderful life can be with money.
According to Social Blade statistics, this channel was launched on October 27th, 2013, and now has 4.3 million subscribers. This channel has received 5,305,000 views in the last 30 days.
We estimated that his channel earned between $252,250 and $318,300 based on the historical average CPM of $50 and $60.
You can see how some channels are very profitable. This is why it is critical to select an evergreen niche.
Number 7: Business Stories
Suppose you’re interested in being an entrepreneur in companies and how they’ve grown. In that case, you can create videos about some of the biggest businesses we know about today and give a backstory.
The “Hook” channel is an example of this. This channel was founded on April 6th, 2019 and has approximately 738,000 subscribers. It receives about 500,000 views per month for creating videos based on business stories.
Now let’s move over to the happiness category, and one of the best niches under the happiness category is:
Number 8: Ancient Wisdom
This could be wisdom from philosophers, stoics, and people who have passed down some of the best tenants for living a good life throughout the ages.
Numerous channels provide enormous value to the world, and you can do the same by repackaging some of this knowledge into YouTube videos.
“Philosophies for Life” is an example of such a channel.
This channel was founded on august 21st, 2018, and now has over a million subscribers. They get about 2 million views per month and only talk about philosophers and stoics from the past, which they break down in an easy-to-understand manner, and they only upload a couple of videos per month.
Number 9: Confidence
The Brainy Dose is a great example channel in this niche. This channel was founded on November 7th, 2016, and now has over 2,1 million subscribers.
All they do is make videos that teach people how to be more confident by using simple conversation starters. This channel has a great example video called “How to read anyone instantly.”
This video was posted four years ago and has nearly 9.5 million views. Meaning this is also an evergreen niche. This channel has received 3,620,000 views in the last 30 days, which is fantastic.
Let us move on to the next category, relationships.
Relationships
This niche could have sub-niches such as “#10 How to Get a Girlfriend,” “#11 How to Get a Boyfriend,” and “#12 How to Get Your Ex Back.”
“Modern Love Potion” is an example channel that makes videos in those niches. This channel was created on November 17th, 2019, with around 28,000 subscribers.
“#13 How to Fix Relationship Problems’ is another idea in the relationship niche.
The next category is travel, and there are numerous sub-niches within travel that we could discuss, but we will only touch on a few.
YouTube Travel Category
“#14 Travel guides” is an example niche in the Travel category. An example channel in this niche is called “Touropia.”
This channel was launched on July 25th, 2011 and now has nearly 1.2 million subscribers. The channel discusses various places to visit in a state, country, or region and receives approximately 4.5 million views monthly, which is fantastic.
The videos consist of images and clips from the locations mentioned, with narration overlaid.
Number 15: Travel Ideas
The channel “World According To Briggs” is an example of this. This channel was founded on October 21st, 2015, and now has nearly a million subscribers.
All they do is create a list of the top ten different travel ideas. This channel has a video titled “Top 10 Most Secluded Towns in the United States.” This video was posted four years ago and has received over five million views.
Number 16: Best Places to Live In The World
Skerry Harry is one example of a channel that does this. It was founded in 2017 and currently has nearly 200,000 subscribers. This channel’s example video is titled “10 highest paying countries for expats.”
This video was uploaded a year ago and has almost 2 million views. One advantage this channel has is that they produce videos around financial-related topics, so they are likely to have a higher CPM because they combine two very high CPM niches.
Now let’s look at the Technology category, with the first sub-niche being:
Number 17: Futuristic Tech
TechZone is an example of a channel that creates videos in this niche. This channel was formed on October 18th, 2016m and now has over 4 million subscribers.
They only make videos about different futuristic gadgets and inventions. This channel receives over 30 million views per month on a good month. You can see how productive this niche is.
The amazing thing about this channel is that they translate their videos into multiple languages, including Spanish, Portuguese and many others. Each of these languages has millions of views and subscribers.
Number 18: Technology Tutorials On YouTube
TechGumbo is an example channel in this niche. They only discuss different tutorials.
Most of their videos are screen recordings of various software, the majority of which is entirely free. This channel has received approximately 1,700,000 views via screen recordings in the last 30 days. Again, you can easily record videos like this using free software like OBS.
Many different types of software are available, and you can make videos about each one. You can then compare software to competitors and discuss which is better and why.
Different Types of Niches On YouTube
Overall, there are many different sub-niches within the main categories. Still, at BriskFinance, We believe that health, wealth, happiness, relationship, travel and technology are the absolute best niches.
But does that mean you can only succeed on YouTube if you’re in one of these niches? No.
Outside of these niches, there are numerous channels that perform admirably and are primarily supported by ad revenue. That can be effective, but if you’re starting your first niche channel, we strongly advise considering at least one of the main categories.
Let’s look at a few niches that aren’t in the previously mentioned categories but can do extremely well on YouTube.
Number 19: The Scary Niche
Channels in this niche include Top15, Chills and Nuke’s Top 5. They only make scary videos and topics and get millions of views each month.
Let’s say that the RPM is around $4, using Chills for example, and in the last 30 days he received 5 million views according to social blade. That means from 5 million views he made $20,000 in just the last 30 days.
Number 20: Animal Videos
Animals Facts and Animalpedia are two examples of channels in this niche; they only create videos about pets like dogs and cats.
In exchange, these channels receive many views and earn a lot of money.
Number 21: Celebrities
The next niche on the list is celebrities. Channels such as Drama Bay produce various videos about various celebrities and what is going on in their lives.
Number 22: Cars
This niche can be linked into areas of the luxury niche, which is known to have a very high CPM across YouTube.
If you can make a video that somehow links the cars and luxury niche together, then you can expect to have a very high ROI.
Number 23: Food
There are numerous food subcategories, such as street food and recipes. These videos receive millions of views and earn a lot of money.
Number 24: 360 Videos
You can hire someone to make videos like this for you or get a 360 camera and record videos like this yourself.
Number 25
These are some bonus niches we have curated for you:
- Making Money Online
- Technology
- Investing
- Health
- Travel
- Legal
- Insurance
- Makeup
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Cars
- Movies
These niches have high CPMs because the top advertisers on YouTube, like Apple, want to advertise in niches such as technology, which causes their CPM to be high.