It is not hard to earn money on Youtube, if you strategize well. This would include choosing the right niche, creating quality content and building a loyal audience and then monetizing it the right way.  All you need to do is choose one of the strategies like selling online courses, advertisements, affiliate/influencer programs, consulting/freelancing, crowdfunding or selling physical products.  Once done, estimate your traffic requirements and build content and SEO to reach the required number.  If you follow the steps and tricks in the article, you will not feel that it is hard to make on Youtube.