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        "label": "Gaming / vlog / entertainment",
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      "Subscribers convert to views at wildly different rates — algorithm-driven niches (Shorts, true crime) often have low sub-to-view ratios.",
      "Q4 (Oct–Dec) ad rates are 30–60% above Q1.",
      "Shorts pay 2–10× less than long-form. A 100k-sub Shorts-heavy channel earns far less than a long-form one."
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