YouTube Money Calculator
Updated July 2026See what your views pay before you film. Set your niche, audience mix, and upload rate to get daily, monthly, and yearly ad revenue with an honest low to high range.
See what your views pay before you film. Set your niche, audience mix, and upload rate to get daily, monthly, and yearly ad revenue with an honest low to high range.
RPM for Technology: $4.40 to $12.10 per 1,000 views (CPM $8 to $22), times 1x for video length and 1.00x for your audience mix.
Applied month over month to the 12 month projection. Leave at 0 for a flat channel.
December pays about 1.7x January. Seasonality reshapes the year, it does not add money to it.
A real Studio RPM already includes your geography and ad load, so niche and audience stop applying.
At 50K views a day in Technology, you would earn about $11,719/mo, or $140,633 over a year. That is top creator territory.
$11,719
ad revenue a month from long-form, before tax
Per day
$385
Per year
$140,633
The same 50K views a day as Shorts would pay about $107/mo. Shorts calculator
Ad revenue only, before tax. Sponsorships and tips are estimated below. Methodology
Sponsorship, same audience
$2,917 - $5,833
per integration at 117K views. Most channels earn more here than from ads. Sponsorship calculator
Mid estimate per month. Total for the year: $140,633
Your rate is mostly locked in by niche and audience. These are the levers that are actually yours, applied to your settings.
Pull more of your audience into tier 1 countries
Going from 50% to 90% US, UK, CA, AU viewers takes your rate from 1.00x to 1.16x. Same views, $1,875 more a month.
Advertisers pay far more in Finance & Business
Its mid RPM is $12,100 per million views against $7,700 in Technology. Not a reason to switch niche, but a reason to make the videos in your niche that advertisers bid on.
Take videos past 20 minutes for more mid-rolls
Longer videos carry more ad breaks, worth about 1.3x against a standard upload. Under 8 minutes you lose mid-rolls entirely and drop to 0.7x.
Your rate is nearly fixed. Views are the number you move
At 5% growth a month, this channel ends the year earning $20,044 a month instead of $11,719.
Rates for a Technology channel at 117K views per video. Sponsorship pays per view roughly 5x what ads do, which is why most channels this size earn more here.
| Deal type | CPM | What to charge |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated mention, 30 to 60s | $25 – $50 | $2,917 – $5,833 |
| Dedicated video, 3 to 5x the rate | $100 – $200 | $11,667 – $23,333 |
Super Thanks lets viewers tip $2 to $50 on a video. YouTube takes 30%, you keep 70%. At 1.5M views a month:
| Tipping rate | Tippers/mo | Your share |
|---|---|---|
| Low, 1 in 10K viewers tips | 152 | $533/mo |
| Typical, 5 in 10K viewers tips | 761 | $3,729/mo |
| High, 1 in 1K viewers tips | 1,522 | $10,653/mo |
RPM is what you earn per 1,000 views. CPM is what advertisers pay before YouTube takes its 45%. RPM below includes your audience mix and video length, CPM does not.
| Niche | CPM | Your RPM | Per 1M views | At your views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance & Business | $12 - $45 | $6.60 - $24.75 | $12,100 | $18,415/mo |
| Technology | $8 - $22 | $4.40 - $12.10 | $7,700 | $11,718/mo |
| Education | $5 - $18 | $2.75 - $9.90 | $6,600 | $10,044/mo |
| Health & Fitness | $6 - $18 | $3.30 - $9.90 | $6,600 | $10,044/mo |
| Beauty & Fashion | $3 - $10 | $1.65 - $5.50 | $3,300 | $5,022/mo |
| Travel | $4 - $10 | $2.20 - $5.50 | $3,850 | $5,859/mo |
| Food & Cooking | $3 - $8 | $1.65 - $4.40 | $2,750 | $4,185/mo |
| Lifestyle | $5 - $14 | $2.75 - $7.70 | $4,950 | $7,533/mo |
| Entertainment | $3 - $10 | $1.65 - $5.50 | $2,750 | $4,185/mo |
| Gaming | $4 - $12 | $2.20 - $6.60 | $3,850 | $5,859/mo |
RPM is CPM times YouTube's 55% creator share, then adjusted for your audience mix and video length. Earnings assume every view is monetized.
Where your viewers live moves your RPM more than anything else you control. The same 1,000 views pay wildly different amounts by country, because advertisers bid far more to reach high-income markets. Below are blended cross-niche averages for 41 markets, grouped into four tiers by advertiser spend, so treat them as directional rather than precise. To check an exact rate for your niche and country, use the YouTube CPM Calculator. To work the other way and start from an income target, the Views Goal Calculator tells you how many views that needs. For why the gaps exist, and how to shift your audience toward higher-CPM regions, see YouTube CPM rates by country.
The most competitive ad markets: large advertiser bases and high purchasing power.
| Country | CPM | RPM |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $6–$20 | $3–$9 |
| Norway | $6–$16 | $3–$8 |
| Switzerland | $5–$14 | $2.50–$7 |
| Australia | $5–$15 | $2.50–$7 |
| Canada | $4–$12 | $2–$6 |
| United Kingdom | $4–$12 | $2–$6 |
| Germany | $4–$11 | $2–$5 |
| Denmark | $4–$11 | $2–$5 |
| Sweden | $4–$10 | $2–$5 |
| Austria | $3–$9 | $1.50–$4 |
Developed economies with mature digital ad markets, but smaller advertiser pools than Tier 1.
| Country | CPM | RPM |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $3–$9 | $1.50–$4 |
| France | $2.50–$7 | $1.20–$3.50 |
| Japan | $2–$6 | $1–$3 |
| South Korea | $2–$5 | $1–$2.50 |
| Belgium | $3–$7 | $1.50–$3.50 |
| Finland | $2.50–$7 | $1.20–$3.50 |
| New Zealand | $3–$7 | $1.50–$3.50 |
| Ireland | $3–$7 | $1.50–$3.50 |
| Italy | $2–$5 | $1–$2.50 |
| Spain | $2–$5 | $1–$2.50 |
| Singapore | $2.50–$6 | $1.20–$3 |
| United Arab Emirates | $2.50–$6 | $1.20–$3 |
Growing ad markets with rising digital spend, but far less advertiser competition than Tier 1 or 2.
| Country | CPM | RPM |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | $2–$6 | $1–$2.50 |
| Mexico | $1.50–$4 | $0.70–$2 |
| Poland | $2–$5 | $1–$2.50 |
| Turkey | $1–$3 | $0.50–$1.50 |
| Argentina | $1–$3 | $0.50–$1.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | $2–$6 | $1–$2.50 |
| Malaysia | $1.50–$4 | $0.70–$2 |
| Thailand | $1–$3 | $0.50–$1.50 |
| Colombia | $1–$3 | $0.50–$1.50 |
| Romania | $1.50–$4 | $0.70–$2 |
Large audiences but limited advertiser budgets. High view volumes here do not translate to proportionally high revenue.
| Country | CPM | RPM |
|---|---|---|
| India | $0.80–$3 | $0.30–$1.20 |
| Indonesia | $0.80–$3 | $0.30–$1.20 |
| Philippines | $0.60–$2.50 | $0.25–$1 |
| Vietnam | $0.50–$2 | $0.20–$0.80 |
| Pakistan | $0.50–$1.80 | $0.20–$0.70 |
| Bangladesh | $0.40–$1.50 | $0.15–$0.60 |
| Nigeria | $0.60–$2 | $0.25–$0.80 |
| Egypt | $0.50–$2 | $0.20–$0.80 |
| Kenya | $0.60–$2.50 | $0.25–$1 |
CPM is the advertiser-side gross rate per 1,000 ad impressions. RPM is creator take-home per 1,000 video views, after YouTube's 45% cut and non-monetized views. Finance, business, and tech content runs roughly 2 to 3x these blended figures, while music and kids' content runs below them. Full country breakdown.
Long-form ad revenue across the full niche and audience spread. Gaming with a global audience sits near the bottom, at about $1.65 RPM. Finance with a US audience sits near the top, past $24.
| Monthly views | Typical ad revenue | Channel size |
|---|---|---|
| 100K/mo | $165 – $2,475 | Small, side income |
| 1M/mo | $1,650 – $24,750 | Growing, part-time |
| 10M/mo | $16,500 – $247,500 | Established, full-time |
| 100M/mo | $165,000 – $2.48M+ | Top creator tier |
You hit the high end when three things stack: a high-CPM niche, a US, UK, CA, or AU audience, and videos over 8 minutes that run mid-rolls. Most channels land in the middle.
Maya, finance explainers
$9,000/mo
400K views a month, mostly US, on 10 minute videos that run mid-rolls. High CPM, high-value audience, full ad load.
Leo, gaming highlights
$2,500/mo
3M views a month, seven times Maya, but a global audience and gaming sits near the bottom of the CPM range. Less than a third of her income.
Priya, cooking
$2,200/mo
800K views a month from a mixed US and global audience on 8 minute videos. Mid-pack CPM, mid-pack geography.
The pattern holds at every size: niche and audience country move earnings more than raw view count. A smaller finance channel out-earns a much larger gaming one. Each figure uses this calculator's mid-range RPM for the niche, audience, and video length described.
We take a CPM range for your niche, apply YouTube's 55% creator share to get RPM, then adjust for video length and audience geography. The projection runs 12 months forward with your growth rate and, optionally, the seasonal curve that puts December about 1.7x above January.
Ad revenue is only one line of income. Most channels at this size earn more from brand sponsorships than from ads, and the gap widens as the audience gets more specific. Tips, memberships, merchandise, and affiliate links sit on top of both.
Every figure here is a range, not a promise. Two channels with identical view counts routinely earn 3x apart on ad revenue alone, mostly because of where their viewers live and how many ads their videos can carry. Ad-blocker usage and the share of views that serve an ad at all move it further. Read the full methodology.
Where people go next from this page.
Longer guides behind the numbers above.
The 55/45 creator split, and the monetization requirements.
CPM ranges by vertical, and digital ad market data.
Creator survey data and sponsorship rate benchmarks.
Seasonal ad-spend patterns behind the Q4 curve.
Aggregated from public disclosures and industry surveys.
No single source is used in isolation; the ranges represent the consensus across them. Full formulas and the update schedule are on the methodology page.