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YouTube Money Calculator: ad revenue and sponsorships, from your views
Type your subscribers and your usual views. See what ad revenue and a sponsorship could pay, and what the Partner Program needs before YouTube pays anything.
YouTube Earnings Calculator
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- Nothing you type is stored
What you get back
ExampleWhat a month could look like
An estimate for one month
$475 to $1,150
- From brand deals
- $375 to $750
- From YouTube itself
- $100 to $400
With one sponsored video a month. From 8,400 subscribers and 24,600 views a video.
Ad revenue and sponsorships, side by side
Two lines from the same views, so you can see which one is doing the work. This is what comes back when you type your subscribers and your usual views.
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What a month could look like
A low and a high for one month on YouTube, built from the two lines under it.
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What a sponsorship could pay
Your usual views times $15 to $30 per 1,000, for a mention inside your own video.
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The Partner Program gate, checked
1,000 subscribers, checked against your number, and the watch hours only you can see.
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Every number sourced
The ad revenue band, the sponsorship rate and the gate are each linked to where they were published.
How it works
Type three numbers
Your subscribers, the views a long video usually gets, and how many you post a month. Rough is fine.
The math runs in your browser
Nothing is looked up and nothing is sent. No channel link and no sign-in.
You get two lines
What ads could pay, what a sponsor could pay, and what the Partner Program still needs.
Built by our team
What makes it worth using
The rate has two sources
$1 to $4 per 1,000 views is where two published figures agree, and a measured median sits inside it. All three are linked.
It checks the gate first
Under 1,000 subscribers the ad line is $0, and the page shows what is missing.
Sponsors beside ads
The same views priced both ways. At the published rates the sponsor line is the larger one, and the page shows it for yours.
Free, and nothing is stored
No sign-up and no email wall. What you type stays in your browser.
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
About $1 to $4 on long videos, for a channel in the Partner Program. That is what the creator keeps.
Where the band comes from. It is where two published figures agree: vidIQ ($1 to $5) and Shopify ($1 to $4). AIR Media-Tech measured a median of $2.30 per 1,000 views across 300 channels, which sits inside it.
Why yours may differ. The same study found niche medians from $0.33 to $10.22, and Shopify lists $4 to $12 for channels with a mostly US audience. What you make videos about and where your viewers live move the rate a great deal.
What the share is. YouTube’s help pages say creators are paid 55% of the ad revenue on their long videos. The band above is after that split.
How much do YouTubers make per million views?
Views in one month on long videos, at the published band, for a channel already in the Partner Program.
| Views in a month | Ad revenue, about |
|---|---|
| 10,000 | $10 to $40 |
| 100,000 | $100 to $400 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,000 to $4,000 |
| 10,000,000 | $10,000 to $40,000 |
These are the band multiplied out and rounded. Shorts are not in it: the published figures we read for Shorts do not overlap, so we show none.
When does YouTube start paying?
When the channel is accepted into the YouTube Partner Program. Before that, the ad line is $0 at any number of views.
For ad revenue: 1,000 subscribers, plus 4,000 watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
Earlier, without ads: at 500 subscribers, 3 uploads in 90 days and 3,000 watch hours, YouTube opens fan funding such as memberships. There is no ad revenue at that level.
A change is coming. YouTube says that from February 1, 2027, new creators will need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views, still with 1,000 subscribers.
A made-up channel with 420 subscribers and 900 views a video gets $0 from ads today. The calculator says so, shows the gap, and still prices a sponsor mention at $15 to $25, which at that size mostly means product or a flat fee for your time.
How much do YouTubers make from sponsors?
On the same views, a sponsor pays at a higher rate than the ads do.
A mention inside your own video is priced at about $15 to $30 per 1,000 views, the band where Modash ($15 to $35) and Influencer Marketing Hub ($15 to $30) agree. Take one video on the made-up channel at the top of this page, at 24,600 views. The ads on it come to $25 to $100. A sponsor mention inside it is $375 to $750.
With one sponsored video in a month, that channel’s estimate is $475 to $1,150, and most of it is the sponsor.
The YouTube Sponsorship Rate Calculator prices a sponsorship from your real views, for a mention or a whole video, with what usage rights add.
YouTube pay rates, and where they come from
None of these numbers is ours. Each rate is the band where two published figures agree, and each requirement is the platform’s own. We would rather show you the sources than ask you to trust us.
Last checked: October 2026
What the platform pays
- vidIQ, “How much does YouTube pay per view in 2026?” (April 2026)Most creators earn between $1 and $5 per 1,000 views, which it gives as the average RPM: what a creator keeps per 1,000 views.
- Shopify, “How much does YouTube pay per view in 2026?” (March 2026)Gives a global benchmark of $1 to $4 per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share, and $4 to $12 for channels with a mostly US audience.
- AIR Media-Tech, “State of YouTube monetization 2026: statistics from 300 channels” (updated October 2026)Across 300 channels it works with, the median was $2.30 per 1,000 views from May 2025 to May 2026, from $0.33 in the lowest niche to $10.22 in the highest.
Who gets paid at all
- YouTube Help, “YouTube Partner Program overview and eligibility”
- YouTube Help, “YouTube partner earnings overview”
- YouTube Help, “Changes to the YouTube Partner Program”
- YouTube Help, “Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program”
What a sponsored post pays
- Modash, “Influencer marketing CPM benchmarks” (March 2026)Estimated CPM ranges by format for US and UK creators: TikTok videos $7 to $25, Instagram Reels $15 to $45, YouTube integrations $15 to $35, YouTube dedicated videos $50 to $75 and up. The author says they come from experience and conversations, not a large study.
- Influencer Marketing Hub, “YouTube influencer rates” (August 2026)YouTube sponsorship CPMs frequently fall between $15 and $30, depending on niche, audience geography and creator demand.
Questions people ask
How much do YouTubers make?
From ads, about $1 to $4 per 1,000 views on long videos once the channel is in the YouTube Partner Program. From sponsors, about $15 to $30 per 1,000 views for a mention inside a video. On the made-up channel on this page that is $100 to $400 a month from ads and $375 to $750 for each sponsored video.
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
About $1 to $4 per 1,000 views on long videos, which is what a creator keeps after YouTube’s share. That is the band where vidIQ ($1 to $5) and Shopify ($1 to $4) agree. AIR Media-Tech measured a median of $2.30 across 300 channels.
How much does YouTube pay for 1 million views?
About $1,000 to $4,000 on long videos for a channel in the Partner Program. It moves with what the channel is about and where the audience lives. A channel outside the program is paid nothing for the same views.
How much does YouTube pay per view?
A fraction of a cent. At $1 to $4 per 1,000 views, one view is worth about 1 to 4 tenths of a cent. That is why channels are measured per thousand.
How many subscribers do you need to get paid on YouTube?
1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in the last 12 months for ad revenue. YouTube opens fan funding earlier, at 500 subscribers, but that level has no ad revenue. From February 1, 2027, new channels will need 8,000 watch hours.
How much do YouTubers make from sponsors?
For a mention inside a video, about $15 to $30 per 1,000 views, the band where Modash ($15 to $35) and Influencer Marketing Hub ($15 to $30) agree. A whole video about the brand is about $50 to $75. On a video with 24,600 views, a sponsor mention is $375 to $750 and the ads on it are $25 to $100.
Does this include YouTube Shorts?
No. The published figures we read for what Shorts pay do not overlap with each other, so under our own rule we show none. Type the views on your long videos.
Why does my channel earn more or less than this?
Because the rate depends on things only you can see. AIR Media-Tech found niche medians from $0.33 to $10.22 per 1,000 views, and Shopify lists $4 to $12 for channels with a mostly US audience. Your own number is in YouTube Studio, under revenue.
Is this a YouTube money calculator by channel?
No. It works from numbers you type about your own channel and does not look anyone up. It cannot tell you what a named channel makes. To price a sponsorship from your real views, the YouTube Sponsorship Rate Calculator reads your handle.
Is it free?
Yes, with no account. The math runs in your browser, so the numbers you type are not sent to us or stored.
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