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He might even be too advanced for the game, due to KSP not supporting N-body physics. Come to think of it, he'd probably be really good.

I wonder if he would experience the learning curve like usual beginners.

There are many different partnerships on youtube, lemme gather my knowledge.

Adsense: Make fractions of a penny for every 100 views. Money only redeemable within $100. Anyone can get one, simple sign up process. If you have copyrighted content/strike, you lose the partnership and offers to any other partnership within the future.

Youtube/Google Creator Partnership: You need to apply for this one. They usually only accept people with no copyright strikes, and ~1,000 subscribers. 100k views and at least 20 videos gave you a better chance, iirc.

Yeousch: Gaming partnership. Channels with good amounts of subs, about 300 with gaming content usually get in. Pretty easy, and it pays better than adsense.

Machinima: Another gaming partnership. 1,500+ subs and 75k views is needed to apply. Pretty tough to get, pays pretty well if you're active.

There's many more partnering networks like Fullscreen, but that's basically how partnering works. I think you signed up for adsense after you saw the monetization banner.