How This YouTube Money Calculator Works
Paste a channel link above to pull its recent monthly views straight from public data, or switch to Enter views and type in a monthly view count of your own. Either way, pick a content niche for a real RPM range — or type in your own from YouTube Analytics — and this YouTube money calculator multiplies the two together to show a day, month, or year estimate.
Get a Views Number
Paste a channel link to pull its recent monthly views, or type in your own monthly view count directly.
Pick an RPM Range
Choose a content niche for a real Studio-data range, or type in your own RPM from YouTube Analytics.
Read the Estimate
See the ad-revenue range per day, month, or year — and, for a channel, per video.
When you query a channel, the calculator also lists its recent long-form uploads with a per-video estimate that updates live as you change the RPM range — so you can see exactly which videos are driving the total, not just a single number with no evidence behind it.
What the Estimate Uses
The math behind every number this YouTube money calculator shows is plain multiplication, not a model or a prediction:
Monthly views
From a channel query or your own number
× RPM ÷ 1,000
The niche range or custom value you picked
= Monthly revenue
Shown as a range, not a single figure
For a channel query, the monthly views figure comes from its recent long-form uploads — videos published under 7 days ago are excluded from that average because their view counts are still climbing and would understate how established videos actually perform. The Revenue by video list marks those excluded uploads so you can see exactly which ones didn't count.
YouTube RPM by Niche
These ranges come from real YouTube Studio data — not CPM relabeled as RPM, and not a single flat number applied to every channel. The gap within a niche is often bigger than the gap between two different niches, which is exactly why this YouTube revenue calculator shows a range instead of one figure.
Bars show the middle 50% of channels in each niche; the dot marks the median. Source: AIR Media-Tech, real YouTube Studio data from 300 channels, May 2025–May 2026 (3,595 channel-months).
| Niche | Median RPM | Middle 50% range |
|---|---|---|
| Education & Science | $10.22 | $2.31 – $19.50 |
| Lifestyle | $2.98 | $1.77 – $5.24 |
| Entertainment | $2.43 | $0.88 – $5.02 |
| Crafting & Handmade | $2.39 | $1.00 – $3.90 |
| Gadgets & Tech | $2.33 | $0.70 – $3.71 |
| Music | $2.28 | $1.35 – $4.16 |
| Gaming | $2.05 | $0.70 – $3.62 |
| Health & Sport | $1.23 | $0.72 – $1.53 |
| Kids & Teens | $0.33 | $0.16 – $0.88 |
| Transport (directional — fewer than 10 channels) | $5.69 | $3.17 – $9.81 |
| News & Politics (directional — fewer than 10 channels) | $2.60 | $1.79 – $3.62 |
| Food & Cooking (directional — fewer than 10 channels) | $2.25 | $1.50 – $3.11 |
| Business & Finance (directional — fewer than 10 channels) | $2.01 | $0.73 – $5.17 |
Source: AIR Media-Tech, real YouTube Studio data from 300 channels, May 2025–May 2026 (3,595 channel-months).
Why Shorts Pay Less
Shorts and long-form video are not the same product to advertisers, and the RPM gap between them is large — often an order of magnitude.
Shorts RPM was roughly 3%–14% of same-niche long-form RPM (a separate AIR Media-Tech study, 274 channels). This calculator only estimates long-form video revenue.
See our YouTube Shorts RPM breakdown for the numbers by niche and channel size, and YouTube monetization requirements for who qualifies to earn from Shorts. This YouTube money calculator only estimates long-form ad revenue — Shorts aren't part of the math.
Why Your Studio Revenue Can Differ
Even with the right RPM range, this YouTube money calculator can't reproduce what a creator sees in YouTube Studio, because RPM already folds in several things public view counts can't show:
RPM also folds in factors CPM doesn't, like memberships and YouTube Premium revenue, and swings with season — Q4 CPM runs well above January.
What This Tool Does Not Do
To keep every number this YouTube money calculator shows honest, there are a few things it deliberately doesn't do:
Detect a channel's content niche or audience country
You pick the niche yourself from the buttons above — we never infer it from the channel.
Estimate Shorts revenue
Shorts pay very differently from long-form video and the data by niche is incomplete — this calculator only covers long-form.
Include sponsorships, memberships, or merch
Brand deals, channel memberships, Super Chat, YouTube Shopping, and affiliate links are all outside ad revenue and not counted here.
Show a channel's real YouTube Studio payout
This is arithmetic on public view counts and an RPM you choose — not a measurement of what the channel actually earns.
Confirm whether a channel is monetized
This tool assumes ads are running. Use the YouTube Monetization Checker to see whether a channel shows public signs of being in the YouTube Partner Program.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official YouTube earnings calculator?
No. YouTube does not publish an official earnings calculator, and this site is not affiliated with YouTube or Google. We read the same public data a browser sees on a channel page, and let you apply your own RPM assumption to it.
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
There's no single number — it depends heavily on content niche, viewer country, ad settings, and season. Real YouTube Studio data from 300 channels puts the middle 50% of niches anywhere from $0.16 to $19.50 per 1,000 views. See the niche table below for typical ranges.
What's the difference between CPM and RPM?
CPM is what an advertiser pays per 1,000 ad impressions. RPM is what a creator actually receives per 1,000 views — after YouTube's cut, and averaged across videos that show no ads at all. RPM is always lower than CPM, often by half or more. Many "average CPM by niche" lists online are really describing CPM, then presenting it as if it were a creator's payout.
Why is the estimate a range instead of one number?
Because RPM itself is a range, not a fixed number — it moves with audience country, ad-slot settings, and season even within the same niche. Showing a single number would be false precision; the range is honest about what public data can and can't tell you.
Can this tool see a channel's real earnings?
No. Nobody outside YouTube and the channel owner can see actual ad revenue. This tool only does arithmetic on public view counts and an RPM you choose — it's an estimate, not a measurement, and it can't confirm whether a channel is monetized at all. Use the YouTube Monetization Checker for that.
Does the estimate include Shorts, sponsorships, or memberships?
No. This calculator only covers long-form video ad revenue. It doesn't include Shorts (which pay differently — see below), brand deals, channel memberships, Super Chat, YouTube Shopping, or affiliate links.
Where do the niche RPM ranges come from?
From AIR Media-Tech, a YouTube-focused agency that pooled real YouTube Studio data from 300 partner channels (May 2025–May 2026). The ranges are the middle 50% of channels in each niche — not a marketing estimate and not CPM relabeled as RPM.