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by rorrr 4993 days ago
I charted the LOG(video views) here:

http://i.imgur.com/WubeX.png

What's really interesting is that LOG(LOG(video views)) looks pretty much the same:

http://i.imgur.com/NnSrA.png

So I'm not sure what law the distribution follows, but the top players get a TON more money than the rest. The top 211 players make more than the rest 4789.

EDIT:

It also means that the top player universalmusicgroup makes $485,707/month, and the 1000th player playboy makes only $7,880/month (assuming payouts are proportional to the views, which isn't perfectly correct)

Here's the table:

      universalmusicgroup    $485,707
      machinima              $261,804
      JustinBieberVEVO       $206,638
      RihannaVEVO            $198,898
      expertvillage          $182,052
      LadyGagaVEVO           $160,885
      AtlanticVideos         $147,373
      EminemVEVO             $145,593
      RayWilliamJohnson      $141,569
      IGNentertainment       $139,634
      failblog               $134,727
      UltraRecords           $134,724
      muyap                  $126,330
      smosh                  $124,425
      shakiraVEVO            $122,633
      hollywoodrecords       $121,395
      FueledByRamen          $113,681
      beyonceVEVO            $109,576
      barelypolitical        $104,784
      collegehumor           $103,772