This video ranks various YouTube niche categories based on their monthly earning potential, ranging from $1 to over $100,000. The speaker provides examples, earnings data (RPMs), and explains their reasoning for each niche's ranking. The video also reveals the speaker's personally profitable niches.
The transcript doesn't offer a generalized list of characteristics for high-view channels across all niches. However, it mentions specific examples of successful channels within certain niches and some implied characteristics based on the speaker's commentary. For example, high-view channels in the celebrity news niche are described as consistently covering trending topics. In the gaming niche, high-view channels leverage multiple income streams (ads, sponsorships, merchandise). More detailed characteristics are not explicitly provided.