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They get a lot more per premium viewer than they would get from AdSense.
It's no even fucking close. A premium viewer is worth like 100x normal views.
I don't recall the actual numbers, LTT has talked about it many times.

If anything, it might actually hurt creators . . .

No. That's quite insane.

Best way to support individual creators is to watch and click the ads that pop up on their videos or donate to their patreons that most of them have..

Obviously dumping cash into their pockets is most effective way to support them, but I don't want to sign up for 50 patreons any more than I want to sub to every streaming service or pay for a cable subscription.
The cost benefit to me is, premium.
I'm not going to endure ads just to also pay the creator directly to minimize support for the platform.

Of course there are other streaming services depending on what your youtube looks like.
Nebula, Curiosity stream, Magellan, etc. which you can get for like $20/year.
If you only watched documentaries, those would be better options.