For most people in Gen Alpha, being a Youtuber is a big dream. While this can work, one problem with starting a Youtube channel in recent times is that most large creators are already established. While we do get some creators which see sudden rises in popularity, a very large part of these creators had been making videos for many years.

While you could artificially make your channel popular by following trends and creating content based off of that, this is not guaranteed to work. Moreover, one of the main appeals of Youtube as a career is that untl it takes off, depending on what kind of content you make and your target audience, content creation can serve as a hobby or an extension to another hobby rather than a part-time job.

However, other than revenue from views and sponsors, there are other ways Youtube can be used to make money. For instance, Youtube could serve as an extension to your job. If you are trying to start a business, make a game, e.t.c. you could use content creation for advertising.