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YouTube Earnings Calculator

Estimate how much a YouTube channel could earn from long-form videos and Shorts. Adjust views and RPM, or paste a link to start from real public numbers.

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Estimated earnings per month

About $1,230

Range: $887 – $1,574(Estimate)

  • Daily
    10,000 views
    $29.58 – $52.45
    Middle estimate $41.01
  • Weekly
    70,000 views
    $207 – $367
    Middle estimate $287
  • Monthly
    300K views
    $887 – $1,574
    Middle estimate $1,230
  • Yearly
    3.7M views
    $10,797 – $19,144
    Middle estimate $14,969
Adjust inputs
10,000 a day

Type a number or drag the slider (1 to 100 million views a day).

Ad rates depend mostly on the viewers' country.

Some topics, like finance, attract higher-paying advertisers.

RPM (revenue per 1,000 views)$2.96 – $5.25

Set from our data for this country and topic. Drag to use your own range. Our data: $2.96 to $5.25.

Good to know

An estimate based only on the values you entered. Actual earnings vary widely by country, audience and ad market.

How this is calculated

Long-form RPM = advertiser CPM $11.95 – $14.67 × share of views that show an ad 45% – 65% × creator share 55% × view-count adjustment 1 = $2.96 – $5.25 per 1,000 views.

Earnings = daily views × RPM ÷ 1,000. A week is 7 days, a month 30 days and a year 365 days.

Since August 24, 2026, YouTube counts public views from the first frame. YouTube says this doesn't change earnings: revenue and RPM are still based on engaged views, so this factor is 1 (no adjustment). If you enter public view counts, the estimate may run a little high.

Rates come from our dataset 2026-10-v2 (updated Oct 1, 2026): rounded ranges from public creator reports and ad-industry data. They are not provided or confirmed by YouTube. RPM figures are in US dollars.

About this tool

How we estimate

Estimated earnings are views multiplied by RPM, divided by 1,000. RPM (revenue per 1,000 views) is what the creator keeps after YouTube's share, so it's lower than CPM, the price advertisers pay.

For long-form videos we start from typical advertiser CPMs in the viewers' countries, leave out views that don't show any ad, apply the creator's 55% share and adjust for the video's topic. Shorts are paid differently, so they use their own RPM ranges. Every result is a range with a low, an expected and a high value.

Long-form vs Shorts

Long-form videos earn from ads shown on the video itself. Shorts ads play between Shorts in the feed; that revenue is pooled, shared out by views, and creators keep 45% of what is allocated to them. As a result, Shorts RPM is usually a small fraction of long-form RPM. Switch between the two to compare.

What moves the number

  • Audience country: advertisers pay very different amounts for viewers in different countries.
  • Topic: finance, business and technology usually draw higher ad rates than entertainment or music.
  • Season: ad budgets peak at the end of the year and drop in January.
  • Ad settings and audience: videos made for kids can't show personalized ads, and longer videos can carry mid-roll breaks.
  • Views with ads: ad blockers, short sessions and viewer location mean not every view shows an ad.

Start from a real channel or video

Paste a video or channel link and we fill in daily views from public numbers: for a video, its views divided by the days since it was published; for a channel, the average views of its recent uploads and how often it posts. The format (long-form or Shorts) and topic come from the video, and you can change any value afterward.

These figures come from public view counts and our own RPM assumptions. They aren't what YouTube pays or has confirmed, and real earnings can be very different.

FAQ

Is this what YouTube pays?

No. It's an estimate based on public numbers and typical rates. Only the channel owner can see real earnings, in YouTube Studio under Analytics.

What is RPM?

RPM is revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube's share, counting every view, including views without ads. CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube's share. That's why RPM is always lower than CPM.

Why is the range so wide?

Earnings vary a lot by country, topic and season. A range is more honest than a single number.

How much does a video with 1 million views earn?

It depends mostly on where the viewers are and what the video is about. A long-form video watched mainly in a high-paying country can earn several times more than the same views in a lower-paying market, and a Short with a million views earns far less than a long-form video. Set your audience country and topic in the calculator to see a range for your case.

Where do the rates come from?

They're rounded ranges we put together from earnings that creators have shared publicly and from ad market reports. YouTube doesn't publish these rates, so treat them as a starting point, not a quote.

Does a channel need the YouTube Partner Program to earn?

Yes. To share ad revenue, a channel has to be in the YouTube Partner Program. The calculator assumes the channel is monetized; if it isn't, its ad earnings are zero even when ads appear on its videos.

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