YouTube sensation Shelby Church compares ad revenue sources for vloggers and bloggers. Bloggers have a much higher CPM and can earn $15 or more CPM (for every 1000 views) with ad networks like MediaVine and AdThrive. In contrast, Shelby earns about $5 CPM for her YouTube videos.
For example, FoodwithFeeling earns about $12k per month from ad revenues with 800,000 page views per month. Shelby Church made $4k with over 900,000 views. BySophiaLee earns more than $10k per month with ads and earns even more with affiliate sales. Pinterest is a major driver of traffic for these sites. Shelby Church also said her Medium articles have earned her $18,000.