Ali Adbaal Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes On YouTube
Ali Abdaal Net Worth – $8 Million
Ali Abdaal is a young doctor and YouTube content creator from the United Kingdom. He has an estimated net worth of $8 million. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and is currently working as a junior doctor in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). He started making content about his life as a medical student and now vlogs about his life as a doctor. In addition to that, he does study videos, tech reviews and the occasional video of him and his friends singing songs. He posts an average of 2 – 3 videos a week.
How Much Money Does Ali Abdaal Earn On YouTube
The channel has over 6 million subscribers as of 2024 and has accumulated over 400 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 200,000 views per day (approx 20% of the views are from Shorts) from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $1,200 per day ($440,000 a year) from the ads that appear on the videos.
YouTube content creators based in the US, UK, Canada and Australia generally get paid $2 – $12 per 1000 monetized views in most niches after YouTube takes its cut. Monetized views usually range from 40% – 80% of the total views. All these are influenced by several factors like the device played on, time of the year, the location of the viewer, ad inventory, how many ads there are on a video, how many people skip the ads, type of advertisement, ad engagement, type of content, etc.
The cost of an ad view is based on an auction between advertisers based on views. Advertisers have to bid a minimum of $0.01 per view. There is also a program known as Google Preferred where deep-pocketed companies can target ads on the top 5% most popular content. The ad rates here are higher than normal.
Apart from ads, YouTube content creators also generate extra income from other methods such as YouTube Premium, Superchats & Superstickers, Super Thanks, Channel Membership and Shopping.
Super Chat and Super Sticker are used by fans to connect with creators during live streams and premiers. When one buys a Super Chat, their comment is highlighted within the live chat while the Super Stickers get an animated image that surfaces in live chat. Super Thanks lets creators earn revenue from viewers who want to show extra gratitude for their videos. Fans can buy a one-time animation and get to post a distinct, colorful, and customizable comment in the video’s comment section.
Shopping allows eligible creators to connect their stores to YouTube to feature their own products.
YouTube Shorts generate revenue in a different way as compared to traditional videos. The revenue from ads appearing between Shorts will be pooled together then a portion of the total revenue will be allocated to a Creator Pool. Each country has its own Creator Pool. Eligible creators will be paid based on their share of total views. Shorts that use music make less money due to licensing costs.
General Expenses
Content creators incur a wide variety of expenses to create their content. These can include things like production costs, employee salaries, travel expenses, rent, buying new equipment, utilities, amenities, entertainment, subscription fees and other living expenses. One of the biggest expenses for most creators is taxes. Your tax brackets generally depend on your income. In a country like the United States, the highest tax rate is 37%. A combination of all these expenses determines one’s ability to save and invest, consequently how much one’s net worth grows.
Ali revealed that his costs for 2020 were $256,000, 2021 ($1.5 million) and 2022 ($2.5 million). His overall profit is approximately $2 million.
Other Sources Of Income
When he was practising medicine, Ali made extra income as an NHS doctor. Generally, junior doctors are paid a minimum of £28,243 a year in their first year and this rises to £32,691 a year in their second year. General practitioners get paid between £60,455 and £93,000 a year. He also runs a small business called 6med that helps students applying to medical school.
In December 2021, Ali revealed that he had 15 different streams of income make up his personal and business income. Some of them include Nebula, stocks, real estate (3 real estate properties), Twitch, six-figure book publishing deals, cryptocurrencies etc.
Ali’s top sources include:
a) Affiliate income – He has partnered with platforms like Epidemic sounds, Readwise, UGMonk, Ghost, Amazon, Teachable, Tube Buddy etc. He negotiates some of these directly with different companies. Amazon Associate is a popular affialiate program with Amazon that generates Ali some income whenever someone buys a product via the links he posts at the description section of his videos. His total Affiliate Income averages around $200,000 a year.
b) YouTube – In a year he makes an average of $650,000 a year from YouTube ads on the videos on his channel.
c) Sponsorship and brand deals – Overall he makes an average of $550,000 a year by directly promoting different brands on his videos and social media platforms. Generally, the rate he charges varies due to various things and it can range at around $15 per 1,000 views.
d) Skillshare – In this platform, he has around 10 online classes. Here teachers are paid around 7 cents per minute of watch time. His total royalties from the platform range from between $55,000 – $75,000 per month and also makes an average of $8,000 a month in terms of affiliate income. In total, Ali brings in an average of $700,000 a year from Skillshare.
e) Part-time YouTuber Academy – In 2021, he launched a course for YouTubers where he teaches aspiring content creators how to grow their channels from 0 to 100,000 subscribers. It makes an average of $1.7 million a year from sales.
f) Podcast – He runs two podcasts by the names Not Overthinking which he does with his brother and Deep Dive where he interviews different inspiring people. The podcasts make money from YouTube ads & sponsorships. Deep Dive currently makes an average of $150,000 a year.
g) Self-hosted Courses – These are courses that are not hosted on Skillshare but their own platform. It currently generates over $200,000 a year.
h) Investments – These are generally assets that one can acquire to generate passive income through income generation or capital appreciation (increase in value). An example can be the stock market which has delivered an average annual return of 8% over the past couple of decades. Other investment options can include real estate, bonds, savings accounts, art, collectibles and many others.