Comment by BeetleB

> The problem is that all of those accounts that don't earn money don't earn money because they get no views, because they make videos no one wants to watch.

That's an absurd statement.

Every video I've uploaded has gotten some views. Very few videos get zero views.

People forget that historically, Youtube wasn't a place for "content creators", but really just for people to share stuff with friends. Easily 95% of uploaders are not trying to make any money.