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YouTube earnings calculator

Estimate YouTube earnings from your views and your RPM, for long videos and Shorts, per month and per year.

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How to use

Enter the views you expect in a month and the RPM for each format. The calculator works out views ÷ 1,000 × RPM for long videos and for Shorts, adds them up, and shows the total per month, the total per year (× 12) and the combined RPM across all views. With a monthly target, it also shows how many long-form views a month would reach it on their own at your long-form RPM.

RPM, revenue per mille, is what you earned per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share. For long videos YouTube counts all views, including those that showed no ad; for Shorts it counts engaged views. It includes revenue from ads, channel memberships, YouTube Premium, Super Chat and Super Stickers. You find it in YouTube Studio under Analytics → Revenue. Revenue takes two days to appear there, and the final amount paid can differ from that estimate.

RPM is not CPM. CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube’s share, and it counts only monetized views, so multiplying all your views by it overstates your earnings. In the YouTube Partner Program, creators get 55% of the net ad revenue on their long videos and 45% of the revenue allocated to them from the Shorts Creator Pool. YouTube does not publish official average RPMs, so the values filled in here are only an example: replace them with your own.

To earn from ads, a channel must be in the YouTube Partner Program. Today, ad revenue sharing takes 1,000 subscribers and either 4,000 qualified public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. From 1 February 2027, new applicants will need 1,000 subscribers and either 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. From the same date, every channel, including those already in the program, will need 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days to earn from the Shorts Creator Pool, and from YouTube Premium on Shorts, each month. When your monthly Shorts engaged views × 3 (about 90 days) fall below 10 million, the calculator warns you and shows the total without Shorts earnings; it uses your engaged views as an approximation of qualified views.

YouTube pays through AdSense for YouTube once your earnings reach the payment threshold and there are no holds on your account, for example US$100, €70 or £60. If you live outside the United States and have submitted tax info, Google withholds between 0% and 30% of the part of your earnings that comes from viewers in the United States, depending on any tax treaty. Without tax info, 24% of an individual’s worldwide earnings is withheld. The results are before any tax, and everything is calculated in your browser.

Example

The example: 250,000 long-form views at an RPM of 2.50 give 625, and 5 million Shorts engaged views at 0.08 give 400, so 1,025 a month and 12,300 a year. A target of 2,000 a month would take 800,000 long-form views at that RPM.

  • 100,000 long-form views × RPM 3.00300 a month: 100,000 ÷ 1,000 × 3.00.
  • 1,000,000 Shorts engaged views × RPM 0.10100 a month today. From February 2027, about 3 million Shorts views in 90 days is below the 10 million threshold, so these Shorts earnings would not be paid.
  • 250,000 long-form × 2.50 + 5,000,000 Shorts × 0.08625 + 400 = 1,025 a month and 12,300 a year. About 15 million Shorts views in 90 days is above the threshold.
  • Target of 2,000 a month at a long-form RPM of 2.50800,000 long-form views a month: 2,000 ÷ 2.50 × 1,000.

Frequently asked questions

How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?

It depends on the channel, which is why the calculator asks for your RPM instead of assuming one. YouTube does not publish official average RPMs. Your own RPM is in YouTube Studio under Analytics → Revenue.

What is the difference between RPM and CPM?

CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube’s share, counting only monetized views. RPM is what you earned per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share, counting all views and every revenue source it includes. Multiplying your views by your CPM overstates your earnings.

How are Shorts paid?

Ad revenue from the Shorts feed goes into a Creator Pool, except that when a Short uses music, part of the revenue linked to its views goes to music licensing. The pool is shared out by each creator’s share of engaged views in each country, and the creator keeps 45% of what is allocated to them.

What changes in February 2027?

New applicants will need 8,000 watch hours in the last 365 days or 20 million Shorts views in the last 90 days, plus 1,000 subscribers; these entry thresholds do not apply to channels already in the program. To earn from the Shorts Creator Pool in a month, every channel will need 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. A channel below that stays in the program and keeps earning from long videos, and its Shorts revenue sharing resumes automatically once it is back above 10 million. YouTube announced this on its official blog on 10 August 2026.

Are the results what I will be paid?

No. They are estimates before tax, based on the RPM you enter. Earnings change from month to month, the final amount in AdSense can differ from the estimate in YouTube Studio, and YouTube’s partner terms do not guarantee how much, or whether, you will be paid.

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