This One YouTube Video Made Him a Millionaire

30 Jan 2026 · 1 min
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A Romanian creator uploaded one 10-hour looped video of a crackling fireplace a decade ago. It got 157 million views and earned about $1 million in ad revenue, growing the channel to 120k subscribers with no other content.

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