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YouTube Channel in the Entertainment Niche

YouTubeListed on Empire Flippers· Oct 29
$125.7K
Asking Price
$5.0K/mo
Monthly Revenue
$5.0K/mo
Monthly Profit
2.1x
Profit Multiple
20 months
Business Age
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Why We Picked This

This YouTube channel generates $5.0K/mo profit with exceptional 98.9% margins on a 2.1x multiple—well below typical digital-asset pricing. The 1M+ subscriber base, 2B+ lifetime views, and 20-month operating history provide tangible traction. However, the business depends entirely on YouTube's ad algorithm and fair-use interpretation; platform policy changes or copyright challenges pose material risks that a buyer must stress-test independently. Verify audience demographics, geographic distribution of views, recent monthly performance trends, and the specific content sourcing model to assess sustainability.

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Strengths

  • ✓$5.0K monthly profit with 98.9% margins—exceptionally clean economics for a digital asset
  • ✓1M+ subscribers and 2B+ lifetime views represent substantial, verifiable audience scale
  • ✓2.1x profit multiple is below typical YouTube channel valuations (3-5x observed range)
  • ✓Platform-verified financials and clean compliance record (no strikes, penalties, or claims)
  • ✓Relatively hands-off operation: 25 hours/week owner time leaves room for optimization or outsourcing
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Details to confirm

  • •Confirm monthly revenue and viewership trends for the past 12 months to rule out seasonal volatility or declining performance
  • •Request detailed breakdown of audience geography, demographics, and top-performing content categories—critical to assess algorithm resilience and monetization sustainability
  • •Clarify the fair-use content sourcing model: which creators/properties are being referenced, and obtain written confirmation of YouTube's position or legal review of fair-use risk
  • •Verify that the 98.9% margin accounts for all hosting, editing, thumbnail design, legal, and transaction costs; typically YouTube channels have higher effective cost structures

Additional details to confirm

Evidence 92/100
Unusually high reported profit marginMaterial platform dependency

Buy vs Build: BUY

78
AI-native cash cost
$2.0K–$5.0K
Estimated time
4 weeks
Asking price
$125.7K

Building a YouTube channel from zero requires months of organic audience growth and algorithmic trust-building; no amount of AI coding or templates accelerates subscriber acquisition. This deal purchases 1M verified subscribers, 2B views of algorithmic credibility, and $5K/mo of active YouTube-monetized revenue—none of which can be replicated in weeks or months. Software replacement cost is trivial (channel management tools, editing templates, thumbnail generators). The 20-month operating history and clean compliance record are non-reproducible business assets. Valuation is attractive relative to platform risk, and the acquisition price is justified by traction durability over software development.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$61K
Annual Revenue
$60K
Annual Profit
$5.0K
Monthly Revenue
25 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin99%
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Business Overview

This listing is for a YouTube channel in the sports and entertainment niche - with over 1 million subscribers and more than 2 billion lifetime views. The channel posts both short and longform content - however the majority of views come from short form content. An average of around 30-40 videos per month are posted - with the current owner sourcing footage and editing it. A new owner can consider taking over the editing / posting, or outsourcing it to allow for a more hands off approach. This channel relies on fair use, and the seller notes that the channel has never received any copyright strikes, copyright-related penalties, or any other penalties from YouTube. It has maintained a clean record throughout its entire operation. The channel is monetized entirely by YouTube Ads making this a very simple business to run. Owner works ~25 hours/week. Reason for sale: The Seller would like to explore other opportunities. Growth opportunities: Increasing Shorts output to expand the channel’s reach; Testing sports topics and analyzing performance data to prioritize successful content; Outsourcing editing to scale production while reducing the owner’s time commitment

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Quick Facts

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Type
YouTube
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Age
20 months
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Source
Empire Flippers
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Listed
Oct 29, 2026

Deal Score

72
Worth a Look
Evidence confidence92/100
2.1x
Good Multiple
Asking$125.7K
MRR$5.0K/mo
Profit$5.0K/mo
Profit Multiple2.1x
Age20 months
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.

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