YouTube money calculator based on views, country and topic
Estimate what a channel earns from ads and memberships, based on its views, where its viewers live and what it is about.
YouTube pays per 1,000 views, and that rate changes a lot with where the viewers live and what the channel is about. A finance channel watched in the United States can earn more than ten times as much per view as a gaming channel watched in India. Enter your daily views and the calculator starts from the usual rate for your audience and topic. If you know your own RPM from YouTube Studio, type it in and the estimate uses that instead.
YouTube ad earnings
Your own figure is in YouTube Studio under Analytics, Revenue, RPM.
You keep 70% of memberships. Leave members at 0 if you typed your own RPM, which already counts them.
Can this channel earn yet?
- 500 subscribers
- 3 public uploads in 90 days
- 3,000 watch hours or 3 million Shorts views
- 1,000 subscribers
- 4,000 watch hours or 10 million Shorts views
From 1 February 2027, YouTube asks new channels for 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views, and Shorts earn only for channels with 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
What RPM means
RPM is what you earn for every 1,000 views after YouTube takes its share. YouTube keeps 45% of the ad money on long videos, 55% on Shorts and 30% of memberships and Super Chat. RPM also counts views that showed no ad, which is why it is lower than what advertisers pay.
Long videos and Shorts
Shorts earn far less per view. Their ad money goes into a shared pool each month, part of it pays for music and the rest is split by each channel's share of views. Long videos usually earn between $1 and $6 per 1,000 views, Shorts about $0.03 to $0.08.
What changes on 1 February 2027
From that date a channel needs 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days to earn from Shorts at all. New channels that apply for ad earnings will need 1,000 subscribers and 8,000 watch hours in a year, or 20 million Shorts views in 90 days. Channels already in the program keep their place, and long video earnings do not change.