How about instead of stating "what you heard". You take the time to provide the actual real stats provided by YouTube.
Suhel, below is great information pertaining to your question....
Contrary to popular myth, most YouTube partners don't get paid.
First, they would have to have an AdSense account, and believe
it or not, most partners don't have one. But even if they did, only
in unique circumstances, when Google places "specific" adverts
with their videos, do they sometimes* get a few bucks based on
1000s of views, or (more importantly) when people actually click
on those ads.
The number of subscribers is irrelevant, because anyone can be
a "FREE" subscriber without ever having to watch any particular
videos (meaning particular advertisements).
Much more important to advertisers are the "channel views" that
partners have, and the pace that they're growing. Do people just
happen to watch a couple videos by a partner -- or do they go to
the partner's channel and watch "THEM"? That's the real reason
why "channel views" are so very important: just like with real TV,
advertisers pay the networks for their "ratings", "target audience"
and "demographics". They do not pay the TV show (in this case,
a partner), nor do they pay the episode (in this case, the videos).
After all, corporate media buyers do not know the exact content
of the next video that a partner may come up with.
(* Of course, there are non-paying advertisements also, such as
when Google places its own ads for things like "Google Chrome"
and when record labels have ads alongside uploaded videos that
otherwise infringe on their copyright.)
It's not that easy becoming a YouTube "partner". Almost all of them are either
a film / video creator or producer, an artist (musician, singer, comedian, actor),
a media company, an advertiser, a broadcaster, a person of great significance
(like President Barack Obama) or somebody with a special project or mission
(like Shawn Ahmed and his Uncultured Project for the children of Bangladesh).
http://youtube.com/UnculturedProject
But that is not enough to become a "partner". YouTube has even more criteria:
-- You create your own original videos (meaning videos nobody else has done)
-- The content is 100% yours (there aren't any elements that belong to others)
-- You own all of the implied copyrights
-- Your videos are viewed by thousands
-- You upload videos on a regular basis
-- The videos are suitable for all viewers
-- You are a resident in one of the 19 countries where YouTube has local sites
-- You can prove you are 18+ years old.
Generally, YouTube will not consider you unless you've got some combination
of "subscribers" and "videos" that when multiplied together can easily surpass
10,000 channel views. Thus, you would need, for example, something like 800
subscribers and 20 videos or maybe 500 subs and 30 vids -- as well as a total
view count close to the 1,000,000 mark.
If you wish to know more, go to the top righthand corner of any YouTube page,
click "Help", and type "partner" in the searchbox. Or click on either link below:
http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=12632
http://www.google.com/support/youtu...lient=&hl=&cx=&cof=&adkw=&search_type=hc_help
