Estimate how much a YouTube channel or video earns from its views, with your own RPM — or look up a video and estimate its earnings so far.
YouTube pays per 1,000 views at your RPM (revenue per mille), and RPM varies a lot by niche, audience country and season. Estimated earnings = views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. For example, 10,000 views at an RPM of $1–$5 earns roughly $10–$50. Enter daily views or a video link, set your own RPM range, and the calculator shows the estimate.
RPM = what a creator earns per 1,000 views after YouTube's share. The defaults are assumptions, not YouTube data — replace them with the RPM shown in your YouTube Studio for an estimate that matches your channel.
Per day
$10.00 – $50.00
10,000 views
Per month (30 days)
$300 – $1,500
300,000 views
Per year (365 days)
$3,650 – $18,250
3,650,000 views
Estimate only: views × RPM ÷ 1,000. Actual earnings depend on how many views are monetized, ad demand, audience location and season.
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Quick answer
YouTube pays per 1,000 views at your RPM (revenue per mille), and RPM varies a lot by niche, audience country and season. Estimated earnings = views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. For example, 10,000 views at an RPM of $1–$5 earns roughly $10–$50. Enter daily views or a video link, set your own RPM range, and the calculator shows the estimate.
What is YouTube Money Calculator?
The YouTube Money Calculator estimates how much a channel or a single video could earn from YouTube ad revenue, based on views and an RPM range you control. It has two modes. 'By daily views' takes a daily view count and shows estimated earnings per day, per month (30 days) and per year (365 days). 'By video link' looks up a video's current public view count and estimates what it has earned so far. The math is simple and shown openly: views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. The default RPM ranges are clearly labelled assumptions, and you should replace them with the RPM from your own YouTube Studio for a realistic YouTube earnings calculator result. Everything is calculated in your browser.
How to use YouTube Money Calculator
1
Choose a mode
Pick 'By daily views' to project a channel's income from its typical daily views, or 'By video link' to estimate what one video has earned so far from its public view count.
2
Enter views or paste a link
Type your average daily views, or paste a YouTube video URL so the tool can look up the video's current view count.
3
Set your RPM range
Enter a low and a high RPM in dollars. The defaults — $1–$5 for long videos and $0.02–$0.10 for Shorts — are assumptions only. For a real estimate, use the RPM shown in your YouTube Studio analytics.
4
Read the estimate
In daily-views mode you'll see a low–high range per day, per month (30 days) and per year (365 days). In video-link mode you'll see the estimated earnings to date for that video.
Try it when you need to…
Try it when you want a rough answer to how much a channel with a given number of daily views might earn
Try it when you're comparing what long videos and Shorts might earn at different RPMs
Try it when you want to estimate what one specific video has earned so far from its public views
Try it when you're setting income goals and need to know how many views a target would take at your RPM
Try it when a sponsor or partner asks about your channel's ad income and you want to show the math
Use cases
Creators — turn the RPM from YouTube Studio into monthly and yearly income projections
New channels — see what different view levels could mean once you join the YouTube Partner Program
Shorts creators — use it as a YouTube Shorts money calculator with a Shorts-specific RPM range
Marketers and agencies — sanity-check a creator's likely ad income before negotiating a sponsorship
Curious viewers — get an honest, formula-based estimate instead of a headline number
Key features
✓Two modes: estimate by daily views or by video link
✓Daily, monthly (30-day) and yearly (365-day) earnings in daily-views mode
✓Looks up a video's current public view count in video-link mode
✓Adjustable low and high RPM in dollars, so results show a range
✓Default RPM ranges for long videos and Shorts, clearly labelled as assumptions
✓Runs in your browser with a transparent formula: views ÷ 1,000 × RPM
Tips & best practices
Replace the default RPM with your own. Once your channel is monetized, YouTube Studio's Analytics shows your actual RPM, and that one number makes the estimate far more meaningful than any default.
Don't confuse RPM with CPM. CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions; RPM is what you receive per 1,000 views after YouTube's share, counting all views, including ones with no ads.
Treat the result as a range, not a promise. Monetized views, niche, audience country and season all change what a view is worth.
Estimate Shorts and long videos separately. Their RPMs differ, so mixing them into one view count makes the estimate less useful.
Only members of the YouTube Partner Program earn ad revenue. If your channel isn't monetized yet, the calculator shows what views could be worth after you join, not what you're earning today.
Frequently asked questions
There's no fixed rate. What you earn per 1,000 views is your RPM, and it varies with niche, audience country, season and how many views are monetized. If your RPM is $3, 1,000 views earn about $3; at $0.05, they earn five cents. Check your actual RPM in YouTube Studio.
It uses one formula: views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. It runs the formula with your low and high RPM to give a range. In daily-views mode it multiplies the daily result by 30 for a month and 365 for a year; in video-link mode it uses the video's current public view count.
CPM (cost per mille) is what advertisers pay for 1,000 ad impressions. RPM (revenue per mille) is what the creator actually receives per 1,000 views after YouTube takes its share, spread across all views, including ones where no ad was shown. RPM is the number that matters for your income.
It depends on views and RPM, and RPM varies widely. Here's the math with assumed values: 10,000 views a day at an RPM of $1–$5 is $10–$50 a day, $300–$1,500 a month (30 days) and $3,650–$18,250 a year (365 days). Swap in your own RPM to get a realistic figure.
Yes. Shorts have their own default RPM assumption, $0.02–$0.10, kept separate from the long-video default of $1–$5. With that range, 100,000 Shorts views would come to about $2–$10. If you have Shorts revenue in YouTube Studio, use that RPM instead of the default.
Because no single RPM is right for everyone. The defaults ($1–$5 for long videos, $0.02–$0.10 for Shorts) are placeholders so the calculator shows something useful straight away. Your real RPM depends on your niche, audience and season, so replace them with your own figures.
No. Only channels in the YouTube Partner Program earn ad revenue, and even then only monetized views generate income. The YouTube income calculator shows what views could be worth at a given RPM; it doesn't check whether a channel is monetized.
It's as accurate as the RPM you enter. The tool uses the video's current public view count, but it can't know how many of those views were monetized or what the creator's real RPM is. Treat the result as a ballpark range, not the creator's actual earnings.