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Cost of Living

@costoflivingworld

5.9K subscribers24 videos1M viewsUSen7.7y old

Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedMoney & frugal living

Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly

Subscribers

5.9K

+30 · 1d

Views / hour

174

recent uploads · 3.2K in 24 h

Views 7d

6.4K

over 1 day so far

Total views

1M

24 videos

Uploads / week

3.3

34 min median

Median views

6K

last 20 uploads

Outlier

4.6×

vs niche median

Ad revenue 30d

$1.6K–3.6K

see how we estimated it

Growth

Subscribers and views as FameX records them

Subscribers

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Monetization

YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months

$Likely monetized

Subscribers5.9K / 1K

Watch hours (12 mo, est.)126K / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

Global cost of living and minimum wage analysis

Content pillar

Minimum wage breakdown

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.

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Why it's faceless

Stock footage · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence

1All video descriptions and titles describe in-depth country cost of living documentaries relying on voice-over, verified economic data, and stock/archival footage.

Videos

This is REAL LIFE in TAIWAN: a $6.20 minimum wage, $15 healthcare & the WORLD'S most important chips

222 views · 1d ago

This is REAL LIFE in MEXICO: 20,000-peso rent in Mexico City, over two months of minimum wage

5K views · 4d ago

This is REAL LIFE in JAPAN: a ¥1,177 minimum wage, under $8 an hour – Documentary

371 views · 6d ago

This is REAL LIFE in the PHILIPPINES: ₱17,000 rent in Manila, almost a month of minimum wage

5.1K views · 1w ago

This is REAL LIFE in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: a RD$21,840 resort minimum wage, under $2 an hour

4.8K views · 1w ago

This is REAL LIFE in JAMAICA: J$90,000 rent in Kingston, a J$17,000 weekly minimum wage

36.4K views · 1w ago

This is REAL LIFE in SOUTH AFRICA: a 5,894-rand minimum wage, under $2 an hour – Documentary

704 views · 2w ago

This is REAL LIFE in HAITI: a 26,000-gourde minimum wage, under $200 a month – Documentary

16.1K views · 2w ago

This is REAL LIFE in GUYANA: a G$60,147 minimum wage, under $290 a month – Documentary

2.7K views · 2w ago

This is REAL LIFE in EL SALVADOR: a $1.68 hourly minimum wage, under $410 a month – Documentary

4.8K views · 2w ago

This is REAL LIFE in JAMAICA: a J$17,000 weekly minimum wage, under $3 an hour – Documentary

272K views · 3w ago

This is REAL LIFE in PUERTO RICO: a $10.50 minimum wage, 4% tax for millionaires – Documentary

105K views · 3w ago

This is REAL LIFE in VENEZUELA: a 130-bolivar legal minimum wage, less than $1 a month – Documentary

1.2K views · 3w ago

This is REAL LIFE in CUBA: a 3,210-peso legal minimum wage, under $5 a month – Documentary

6.9K views · 4w ago

This is REAL LIFE in CHINA: a 1,780-yuan minimum wage, under $270 a month – Documentary

9.6K views · 4w ago

This is REAL LIFE in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: a 16,993-peso minimum wage, under $295 a month

131K views · 4w ago

This is REAL LIFE in INDONESIA: a 3.2-million-rupiah minimum wage in Bali, under $185 a month

1.6K views · 5w ago

This is REAL LIFE in THAILAND: a 10,400-baht minimum wage, less than $320 a month – Documentary

32.4K views · 5w ago

This is REAL LIFE in COLOMBIA: a 1,750,905-peso minimum wage, under $430 a month – Documentary

13.7K views · 6w ago

This is REAL LIFE in INDIA: a 20,358-rupee legal minimum wage, under $215 a month – Documentary

16.2K views · 6w ago

How it makes money

Ad revenue estimate, products and where the channel sends viewers

How we estimated ad revenue

Last 30 days. Every step is shown, and the parts add up to the total.

Niche RPM

what this niche typically earns per 1,000 views from an English audience

$8.00–$18

Audience

English

×1

Video length

20–40 min · mid-rolls

×1.2

Long-form · 167K views

at $9.60–$21.6 RPM

$1,599–$3,598

Shorts · 0 views (0%)

at $0.03–$0.08 RPM

$0.00–$0.00

Estimated total$1,599–$3,598

An estimate from public data, not YouTube Analytics. Sponsorships, memberships and products aren't included.

What they sell

No product found yet.

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Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.

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Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.

About Cost of Living

Is Cost of Living a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies Cost of Living as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). All video descriptions and titles describe in-depth country cost of living documentaries relying on voice-over, verified economic data, and stock/archival footage.

Is Cost of Living monetized?

Probably. With 5,900 subscribers and an estimated 125,919 watch hours in the last 12 months, Cost of Living appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.

How much does Cost of Living make?

FameX estimates Cost of Living earns about $1,599–$3,598 a month from YouTube ads, based on 167K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the money & frugal living niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is Cost of Living growing?

In the last 1 days, Cost of Living gained 30 subscribers and got 6,419 channel views. It has 5,900 subscribers and 1,004,611 total views.

What kind of videos does Cost of Living post?

Cost of Living makes global cost of living and minimum wage analysis; it uploads about 3.3 videos a week; typical videos run 34 minutes.

Data updated 20 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More money & frugal living channels