Sailing La Vagabonde Net Worth – $1.5 Million

 

Sailing La Vagabonde is a YouTube channel created by an Australian couple named Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu. They have generated an estimated net worth of $1.5 million from the platform. The content in the channel is mainly documenting their life aboard their sailing catamaran La Vagabonde, which is where they live. They want to inspire others to explore alternative options of living and spread ocean awareness.

Riley and Elayna met in Europe and at the time Riley had just bought a yacht but had no clue of how to sail. He asked Elayna to set sail with him on his 43.4ft Beneteau Cyclades ‘La Vagabonde’. Elayna at the time had started making ‘homemade’ style vlogs for friends and family to see what they were up to. They gained a lot of viewers from all over the world which led them to get a great deal for a new catamaran in France so that they can continue their adventure all over the globe.

How Much Money Does Sailing La Vagabonde Earn On YouTube?

The channel has over 2 million subscribers as of 2022 and has accumulated over 400 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 170,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $1,300 per day ($480,000 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 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, YouTubers also generate extra from YouTube Premium viewers who pay a monthly fee to view premium content on YouTube and watch videos without ads. Here they get paid based on watch time on their videos. The longer the viewers watch their videos, the more money they earn.

The couple makes extra income from brand sponsorships such as Audible, Noom, DJI etc. They also have supporters on Patreon.