YouTube Money Calculator

What the YouTube Money Calculator does

Enter your daily views and an estimated CPM, click Calculator, and the tool gives you a rough idea of what a YouTube channel could earn from ads. Think of it as a planning tool. Nobody outside YouTube can tell you exactly what a channel earns, and the result is only as good as the CPM you put in.

How to use it

1. Enter the number of views your channel gets per day. If you only know the monthly total, divide it by 30.
2. Enter an estimated CPM in dollars. If you already earn money on YouTube, use the figure from your own YouTube Studio. If not, pick a cautious guess.
3. Click Calculator.
4. Run it again with a lower and a higher CPM. The gap between the results shows you the realistic range.

CPM and RPM: which number should you use?

CPM is what advertisers pay for 1,000 ad impressions. RPM is what a creator earns per 1,000 views after YouTube takes its share, and it can include income from things like memberships and YouTube Premium. As Tubefilter reported, creators keep 55% of the ad revenue from monetized views, which is why RPM is usually lower than CPM. A calculator that only multiplies views by CPM will give a number that is too high, because it ignores YouTube's share and the views that never show an ad. If you can, use your RPM.

How to calculate YouTube earnings by hand

The formula is simple: views divided by 1,000, multiplied by your RPM.

• 1,000 views a day at a $2 RPM is $2 a day, or about $60 a month.
• 1 million views at a $3 RPM is $3,000.

The RPM figures here are made-up examples, not typical rates. Replace them with your own.

Why two channels with the same views earn different amounts

• Audience country. Advertisers pay more to reach some countries than others.
• Topic. Videos about finance or software attract different advertisers than videos about games or music.
• Monetized views. Not every view shows an ad.
• Format. Shorts and long videos are paid differently.
• Season. Advertisers spend more at some times of the year than others.

YouTube does not pay a fixed amount per view, so any single number you read online is an average that may not fit your channel.

You need the Partner Program first

Ad revenue only starts after YouTube accepts your channel into the Partner Program. YouTube's help page sets the main thresholds at 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 valid public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million valid public Shorts views in the last 90 days. Until then, the calculator shows what you could earn, not what you do.

Estimating a video you found

To get a feel for what someone else's video might earn, check its views with the YouTube Video Statistics tool, divide them by the days since it was uploaded to get views per day, and enter that figure here. Remember that only the channel owner sees the real earnings, so treat the result as a guess.

FAQ

How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?

There is no fixed rate. It depends on the audience country, the topic, the format, the season and how many views are monetized. Check your own RPM in YouTube Studio once you are in the Partner Program.

How many views do you need to make $100 on YouTube?

Divide 100 by your RPM and multiply by 1,000. At a $2 RPM that is 50,000 views, and at a $4 RPM it is 25,000 views. Your own RPM decides the real number.

Is the YouTube Money Calculator accurate?

It gives an estimate, not an exact figure. The result depends on the CPM you enter, so try a low and a high value and look at the range.

Does YouTube pay for views before I join the Partner Program?

No. Ad revenue sharing starts after your channel is accepted into the program.

Is the tool free?

Yes, it is free.

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