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YouTube Money Calculator

Estimate how much a YouTube channel earns from ads. Enter daily views and an RPM range to see daily, monthly and yearly earnings.

Video type
RPM (earnings per 1,000 views)

Starts at a common range for long videos. Use the RPM from your YouTube Analytics for a closer estimate.

Per day
$10.00 – $50.00
Per month
$300 – $1,500
Per year
$3,650 – $18,250

Earnings by number of views

ViewsEstimated earnings
1,000$1.00 – $5.00
10,000$10.00 – $50.00
100,000$100 – $500
1,000,000$1,000 – $5,000
10,000,000$10,000 – $50,000

Estimates of ad revenue after YouTube's share, using $1.00–$5.00 RPM. Real earnings depend on the audience's country, the topic and the time of year.

How to use this YouTube money calculator

  1. 1

    Pick long videos or Shorts

    Shorts and long videos pay very differently, so choose the format the views come from. Mixing both gives a number that fits neither.

  2. 2

    Enter daily views

    Type the views a channel gets per day, or tap a preset to try a few sizes. Divide a monthly view count by 30 to get there.

  3. 3

    Adjust the RPM

    Set the low and high RPM. The daily, monthly and yearly estimates update as you type, and the table below shows the same RPM applied to common view counts.

How YouTube pays creators

Ad money is split between YouTube and the creator, and a channel only starts earning once it is accepted into the YouTube Partner Program. These are the rules that decide what reaches your bank account.

ItemDetail
Long videosCreator gets 55% of the ad revenue
ShortsCreator gets 45% of the revenue assigned to them from the Shorts ad pool
To earn from ads1,000 subscribers and 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months
Or, with Shorts1,000 subscribers and 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days
Other incomeMemberships, Super Chat, Super Thanks and YouTube Premium views

Sources: YouTube Help on the YouTube Partner Program and the official YouTube blog on revenue sharing.

RPM and CPM, explained

Two numbers decide what a view is worth, and mixing them up is the most common reason estimates are off. Set the RPM in the YouTube money calculator above, not the CPM.

RPM: what the creator earns
Revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share. It counts every view, including ones with no ad, so it's the number to use for estimates. It is also the number YouTube Studio reports.
CPM: what advertisers pay
Cost per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube's share. It's always higher than RPM, so using it overstates earnings, often by two or three times.
Why RPM varies so much
Topics advertisers pay more for, like finance or software, earn more per view than gaming or entertainment. The same view count can be worth ten times as much in a different niche.
Where viewers live
Views from countries with bigger ad markets pay more, and ad prices rise near the end of the year. A channel watched mostly in the US earns far more than the same channel watched elsewhere.

Frequently asked questions

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