Full-time creator

The definition turns on the income replacing a job, so the threshold is personal and depends entirely on what your outgoings look like. What the label hides is where the money comes from. YouTube's own reporting says more than half of channels earning five figures or more make that money from sources other than ads and Premium, so the realistic picture is sponsorship, products, memberships and services with ad revenue as one line among several. The risk the title carries is concentration. One platform, one format and one income line is a job with a single client and no notice period.