How much money is really required to be happy and does YouTube pay enough for that? I'm going into real numbers, but also discussing some of the research behind money and happiness and amitting my other sources of income for survival.

For further reading, here are some of the various studies, surveys, and articles I mentioned in this video.

Kahneman and Deaton. 2010. "High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being."
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...

Killingsworth 2021. "Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year." https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073...

Killingsworth et al. 2023. "Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolved."
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...

Threlkeld, Kristy. 2021. "A Piece of the Pie: Understanding the Importance of Fair Pay" https://www.indeed.com/lead/the-impor...

Indeed Editorial Team. 2022. "Career Salary Averages by Industry and Education Level." https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/...

Tan et al. 2020 "The association between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and subjective well-being: A meta-analytic review." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-7...

Spicer, Alan. Updated 2023. "What Percentage of YouTubers Make Money?" https://alanspicer.com/what-percentag...

Dean, Brian. 2024 "Substack Users and Revenue Statistics" https://backlinko.com/substack-users

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00:47:17 The Money-Happiness Connection
04:50:00 About Fair Pay
06:18:10 How Much I'm Paid