YouTube earnings
YouTube Money Calculator
Estimate what a YouTube account your size earns per month from YouTube Partner Program, brand deals, and affiliate links.
Estimated monthly earnings
$3,480–$16,325
Most likely around $7,066 per month, or $84,795 per year.
Platform ad revenue
250,000 views at an effective RPM of $1.02–$6.80
$722
$255–$1,700
Brand deals
1 sponsored integration per month at $3,000–$11,250 each
$5,500
$3,000–$11,250
Affiliate income
Estimated from click-through and conversion on your monthly views at a $15 average commission
$844
$225–$3,375
These are estimates, not guarantees. Creator payouts vary widely with watch time, seasonality, advertiser demand, and platform policy changes. Figures are modelled from publicly reported creator RPMs and published rate cards — see our methodology for how each band was derived. Nothing here is financial advice.
Quick answer
YouTube pays most channels $1.20 to $8.00 per 1,000 views (RPM) after its 45% cut. That is roughly $1,200 to $8,000 per million views, depending mostly on niche and where your viewers live.
YouTube ad revenue by views
| Views | Low ($1.20 RPM) | High ($8 RPM) |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $12 | $80 |
| 100,000 | $120 | $800 |
| 500,000 | $600 | $4,000 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,200 | $8,000 |
| 10,000,000 | $12,000 | $80,000 |
Long-form AdSense only. Sponsorships and affiliate income come on top.
About the YouTube Money Calculator
YouTube pays creators 55 percent of the ad revenue their long-form videos generate, keeping 45 percent. That split is why your RPM — revenue per 1,000 views — is always meaningfully lower than the CPM advertisers pay. Typical RPM sits between $1.20 and $8.00, but the spread inside that band is enormous and almost entirely explained by two variables this calculator asks for: your niche and where your viewers live. A finance channel with a US audience can clear $15 RPM while a gaming channel with a largely Tier 4 audience struggles past $0.60 on identical view counts. On top of ad revenue, the estimate models sponsored integrations priced per 1,000 views — the standard way brands buy YouTube placements — and affiliate commissions from description links. For most channels above roughly 100,000 monthly views, sponsorships overtake AdSense as the larger line item, which is the single most useful thing this tool will tell you.
What people use it for
- Estimate AdSense income before your channel is monetised
- Understand why your RPM is lower than the CPM figure in YouTube Studio
- Price a sponsored integration off your average views per video
- Compare what the same channel would earn in a different niche
- Model how many monthly views you need to go full time
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Questions people ask
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
Most channels earn between $1.20 and $8.00 per 1,000 views after YouTube's 45 percent cut. Finance, business, and real estate channels with US or UK audiences regularly exceed $10, while gaming, music, and entertainment channels with global audiences often sit below $1.50.
What is the difference between CPM and RPM on YouTube?
CPM is what advertisers pay for 1,000 ad impressions. RPM is what you keep per 1,000 video views after YouTube's 45 percent share, and it counts every view including those that never showed an ad. RPM is always lower, and it is the number that predicts your payout.
How many views do I need to make $1,000 a month on YouTube?
At a typical $3.40 RPM you need roughly 295,000 monthly views from AdSense alone. In a high-CPM niche like finance at $12 RPM, about 83,000 views does it. Add one sponsored integration a month and those numbers drop sharply.
What are the requirements to monetise a YouTube channel?
The YouTube Partner Program requires 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 valid public watch hours in the past 12 months or 10 million valid Shorts views in the past 90 days. You also need an AdSense account and must follow YouTube's monetisation policies.
Which YouTube niches pay the most?
Finance, investing, insurance, real estate, and B2B software consistently carry the highest CPMs because advertisers in those categories have high customer values. Gaming, music, comedy, and kids content sit at the low end, often paying a third to a fifth as much per view.
Do longer videos earn more on YouTube?
Yes. Videos over 8 minutes can carry mid-roll ads, which typically lifts RPM by 30 to 60 percent because a single view can serve several ad impressions. This is why so many channels target the 8 to 12 minute range.