How to clone economics videos with AI and build a profitable YouTube channel
Primate Economics is an Australian channel that explains economics with monkey drawings and bananas. 550K subscribers. 24 videos. 29.1 million views. An average of 1.2 million views and 22,900 subscribers per video published.
And it does it with an extremely simple format: sketch-style drawings, straightforward narration, and economic concepts everyone wants to understand.
In this article, we explain why this niche is a gold mine, and how you can clone this type of content with Vuela's Video Cloner V2 in minutes and in any language.
Primate Economics: the numbers
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Channel | @Primateeconomics |
| Subscribers | 550K |
| Videos | 24 |
| Total views | 29.1M |
| Average per video | 1.2M |
| Subs per video | 22.9K |
| Country | Australia |
| Created | February 2022 |
| Slogan | "Explain money with banana" |
22,900 subscribers per video published. One of the best growth ratios on all of YouTube. And it achieves it with a format anyone can replicate.
Why the finance niche pays up to 10x more
Not all YouTube niches pay the same. Finance and economics content is consistently one of the highest-paying, with CPMs that multiply other niches by 10.
| Niche | Average CPM |
|---|---|
| Finance and credit cards | $15 - $45 |
| Insurance | $12 - $38 |
| Legal | $10 - $35 |
| Technology | $8 - $25 |
| General entertainment | $2 - $5 |
Why do they pay so much? Because a single credit card customer generates $500 to $2,000 for the issuing bank over the relationship. Mortgage, insurance, or investment platform customers generate even more. Advertisers can justify paying $15-$45 per thousand impressions because the return is enormous.
With Primate Economics' 29.1M views, at an average $20 CPM, we're talking about over $580,000 in ad revenue from just 24 videos.
Why Primate Economics is so easy to clone
Primate Economics' format has three characteristics that make it perfect for AI cloning:
1. Simple drawings. These aren't complex 3D animations or motion graphics. They're whiteboard-style sketches with monkeys, bananas, and arrows. A visual style the Video Cloner replicates effortlessly.
2. Straightforward narration. A single voice explaining the economic concept clearly with no complex production. The cloner can replicate and translate that voice to any language.
3. Universal topics. Inflation, the stock market, taxes, rent, debt... these are concepts people search for in every language and every market. The content doesn't expire.
How to clone Primate Economics videos step by step
Before we walk through the full process, watch the complete walkthrough on Vuela:
Step 1: Pick a video from the channel
Go to @Primateeconomics and choose the video you want to clone. Some of their most popular videos:
| Video | Topic |
|---|---|
| How does inflation work? | Inflation |
| Why is rent so high? | Real estate |
| How does the stock market work? | Stock market |
| How do taxes work? | Taxes |
| How does debt work? | Debt |
Any of them works as a starting point.
Step 2: Open Video Cloner in Vuela
Go to All Tools → Video Cloner. Paste the YouTube video URL you want to clone.
Step 3: Choose the output language
This is the key to the process. Video Cloner lets you change the language of the cloned video to target different markets:
| Language | Potential market |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 500M+ speakers. Latin America, Spain, US Hispanic |
| French | 300M+ speakers. France, Francophone Africa, Canada |
| Portuguese | 250M+ speakers. Brazil, Portugal |
| German | 100M+ speakers. Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
| Hindi | 600M+ speakers. India |
Each language is a new channel. The same proven content, multiplied by every market.
Step 4: Clone and publish
Hit clone. Video Cloner V2 generates your version of the video ready to publish.
Video Cloner V2: the major upgrade
We've launched the second version of Video Cloner and the improvements are substantial:
Multiple voices. If the original video has several people speaking, the cloner detects and replicates each one independently. You're no longer limited to single-voice videos.
Lipsync. Lip synchronization with the new audio. If the video shows someone speaking, the lips adapt to the new language.
Long scenes. V1 had duration limitations per scene. V2 doesn't. You can clone long videos without forced cuts.
Voice cloning. Maintains the tone, rhythm, and style of the original voice. The result sounds natural, not like an automated translation.
Virtually no restrictions. V2 works with many more video types than V1: animations, live-action, presentations, screencasts, tutorials...
The strategy: one economics channel per language
Economics content is universal. Inflation works the same in the US as in Spain as in Brazil. Taxes are a universal topic. The stock market generates curiosity in every market.
The strategy is simple:
- Clone all 24 Primate Economics videos in Spanish. You have a complete channel ready to monetize.
- Repeat in French. Channel for the French-speaking market.
- Repeat in Portuguese. Channel for Brazil and Portugal.
- Repeat in German. Channel for the DACH market.
Each market has its own audience hungry for financial content in their language. And finance CPM stays high across all markets, not just English.
A single Spanish channel with 5M views can generate between $75,000 and $225,000 in ad revenue.
Why cloning to other languages works
Most quality financial content on YouTube is in English. The Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German markets have much less competition but the same demand.
When you clone a proven video (that already averages 1.2M views) and translate it to a language with less competition, you have a double advantage: validated content + underserved market.
Clone your first economics video with Vuela
The channel exists. The numbers are proven. The V2 cloner is ready.