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Lets do the math: 800 million views for 8 million dollars; so to make $8.000 you need 800.000 Youtube views... this is in no way an example for other artists; and "Gangman style" is a exception in music popularity grow, like "Asereje", "Macarena", "Smells like teen spirit" or "Mambo #5" (is just that YouTube didn't exist back then).


800mil/8mil=100 views per $ so to make $8, you would need 800 page views

That's $10CPM, which is a very reasonable rate.


Except the $8m figure included iTunes sales too.

Source: TFA.


It seems reasonable but pulling a $10 blended CPM on YouTube on this many views on the same content has probably never happened.


what's "Smells like teen spirit" doing on that list? Nirvana weren't one hit wonders.


The list seems to be of very popular songs; it just so happens that many of the songs are one-hit wonders.




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