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Engagement rate measures how actively your audience interacts with your content, expressed as a percentage. It is calculated by dividing total interactions (likes, comments, saves, shares) by your follower count and multiplying by 100. Brands use engagement rate as the primary metric for evaluating creators for sponsorships. A high engagement rate signals an active, loyal audience.

YouTubers typically earn between $3 and $45 per 1,000 views (CPM), depending on their content niche. After YouTube takes its 45% cut, creators keep $1.65 to $24.75 per 1,000 views (RPM). Finance and tech channels earn the most, while gaming and entertainment earn less. Use our YouTube Money Calculator for a personalized estimate.

YouTube pays the most per view through ad revenue sharing, with RPM ranging from $1.65 to $24.75 depending on niche. Instagram and TikTok pay less through direct ad revenue but offer strong sponsorship income. Instagram sponsorship rates run $10–$25 per 1,000 followers, while TikTok rates are $5–$15 per 1,000 followers. YouTube Shorts pay $0.02–$0.12 per 1,000 views.

Sponsorship rates depend on your platform, audience, engagement rate, content niche, and deal type. On Instagram, the standard rate is $10–$25 per 1,000 followers for a basic feed post mention. On TikTok, rates are $5–$15 per 1,000 followers. On YouTube, brands pay per view instead: integrations run $8 to $70 per 1,000 average views depending on niche. Use our Sponsorship Rate Calculators for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X for a personalized rate card.

A good Instagram engagement rate depends on your follower count. In SociaVault's 2026 benchmarks the median runs 3.42% under 10K followers, 2.15% at 10K–50K, 1.53% at 50K–100K, 1.12% at 100K–500K and 0.81% at 500K+. The platform average is about 1.81%. Beat the median for your size by a clear margin and you are doing well.

TikTok has the highest engagement rates of any major platform. In SociaVault's 2026 benchmarks the median runs 7.84% under 10K followers, 5.21% at 10K–50K, 3.89% at 50K–100K, 2.73% at 100K–500K and 1.84% at 500K+. Across all accounts it is 4.25%, about 2.3 times Instagram. Beat the median for your size and you are doing well.

YouTube Shorts pay much less than long-form videos: roughly $0.02–$0.12 per 1,000 views compared to $1.65–$24.75 for long-form content. Shorts can reach millions of viewers with less production effort, though, and many creators use Shorts to build subscribers who then watch higher-paying long-form content.

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Platform rules and payout shares come from each platform's own documentation, and published figures come from the studies and reports named on each page. Where nothing is published, such as sponsorship prices per follower, we use our own estimate. Every source, and every figure we estimate ourselves, is listed on our Methodology page.