Meat Canyon (Papa Meat) Net Worth: How Much Money He Makes
Meat Canyon (Papa Meat) Net Worth – $7 Million
Meat Canyon, also referred to as Papa Meat, is a popular YouTube content creator, animator, voice actor, comedian and writer whose real name is Hunter August Hancock. He has an estimated net worth of $7 million. His content on his main channel, Meat Canyon, is parody animations of characters in Western media such as Johnny Depp, Elon Musk, Steve Harvey, Drake, Logan Paul and many others.
On the second channel, Papa Meat, Hunter doesn’t use animations but rather appears as himself. He talks about other content creators on YouTube who have done controversial things, review movies with a bias toward horror movies and from time to time reviews viral videos.
How Much Money Does Meat Canyon (Papa Meat) Earn On YouTube?
Meat Canyon has over 8 million subscribers as of 2024 and has accumulated over 1.5 billion views so far. It gets an average of 1 million views per day (approx 50% of the views are from Shorts). This should generate an estimated revenue of $4,000 per day ($1.5 million a year)
Papa Meat has over 2 million subscribers and has accumulated over 200 million views. It gets an average of 300,000 views per day which should generate an estimated revenue of $2,400 per day ($870,000 a year).
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.
YouTube Premium viewers pay a monthly fee to view premium content on YouTube and watch videos without ads. Here, content creators get paid based on watch time on their videos. The longer the viewers watch their videos, the more money they earn.
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.
Other Sources Of Income
i) Sponsors
Hunter is able to get extra income by getting sponsorship deals from different companies. He has promoted brands such as Better Help, State of Survival, Bad Dragon, Nord VPN, Keeps, Manscaped, Noom, Empires and Puzzles, Displate, Omaze etc.
ii) Patreon
This is a platform where his viewers can support him directly and in return can get extra perks in return. It ranges from $1 – $5 per month.