YouTube Money Calculator
Estimate YouTube AdSense earnings per video, per month and per year from views, niche CPM and audience country — for long-form videos and Shorts.
Results are estimates based on public benchmarks, not guarantees. Actual figures depend on your audience, content and platform changes.
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YouTube shares 55% of the ad revenue from long-form videos with the creator and pays Shorts from a separate, much smaller pool. What a view is worth therefore depends on three things: your niche (what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions — the CPM), where your viewers live, and how many of your views actually show an ad. Enter those and the calculator gives you a realistic RPM range and what it means per day, month, year or per video.
How this calculator works
Long-form: RPM = CPM × 55% creator share × monetized-view rate × country factor. CPM ranges by niche are 2026 industry estimates (finance $20–40, tech $10–22, education $8–16, gaming $3–6, entertainment $2–5, music and kids $1–3). The country factor scales US-level CPMs down for markets with cheaper ads (Germany ≈ 0.8, Brazil ≈ 0.25, India ≈ 0.12).
Shorts: revenue comes from the Shorts ad pool and is almost niche-independent — creators report roughly $0.03–$0.08 per 1,000 views, scaled by the same country factor.
Earnings = views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. Channel memberships, Super Thanks, sponsorships and affiliate links are not included.
Frequently asked questions
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
For long-form videos the creator RPM typically lands between $1 and $10 per 1,000 views — around $1–3 for entertainment and gaming, $4–8 for education and lifestyle, and $10–20+ for finance, software and business channels with a US audience. Shorts pay far less: about $0.03–$0.08 per 1,000 views.
What is the difference between CPM and RPM?
CPM is what advertisers pay YouTube per 1,000 ad impressions. RPM is what you receive per 1,000 video views after YouTube's 45% cut and after counting views that showed no ad. RPM is always lower than CPM.
How many views do I need to earn $1,000 a month?
At a $4 RPM you need about 250,000 monthly views; at $8 RPM about 125,000; with Shorts at $0.05 RPM you would need 20 million. Use the table under the results for your own niche.
When can I start earning on YouTube?
The YouTube Partner Program requires 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days, and an approved AdSense account.
Why are my real earnings different from the estimate?
Ad demand changes with the season (Q4 is highest), viewer age and device, video length (8+ minutes allows mid-roll ads) and brand-safety of the topic. Treat the result as a range and compare it with your YouTube Studio RPM.
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