YouTube Earnings Calculator
"$5 per 1,000 views" is a 2016 number. RPM is a niche lottery, finance runs $15–40, gaming runs $2–6. Put in your real numbers.
AdSense pays the creator 55% of AdSense revenue on long-form (the RPM row is creator-side, 2026 creator reports medianed per niche band). Shorts pay a pooled ~$0.05–0.15 per 1,000 Shorts views, an order of magnitude below long-form, which is why Shorts are a funnel, not a paycheck.
How the math works
- AdSense long-form: views × monetized% × RPM × geo factor. RPM band midpoints per 2026 creator-reported ranges (finance high, gaming floor), the niche row explains the lottery.
- Shorts: pooled revenue model, blended $0.06 per 1,000 views, creators report $0.04–0.12; the funnel-to-long-form value is the real play.
- Eligibility (YPP 2026): 1,000 subs + 4,000 public watch-hours (12 mo) OR 1,000 subs + 10M Shorts views (90 days). The row checks your view volume against the fastest lane.
- Sponsors/members are shown separately because ad RPM is only ~40–60% of a real channel's income at scale.
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
Creator-side RPM 2026: $2–6 gaming, $4–9 lifestyle, $7–16 tech, $15–40 personal finance. So 100k views = $200 in gaming, $2,400 in finance, the niche row is the whole game.
How much do 1 million YouTube views pay?
Long-form at a mixed-median RPM of ~$6: ~$6,000. Finance-niche channels: $15–40k. Shorts-only: ~$60–150. Same views, 300× spread, the spread is the niche and format rows.
When do you get monetized on YouTube?
1,000 subscribers + 4,000 watch-hours in 12 months, or 1,000 subs + 10 million Shorts views in 90 days. The eligibility row shows which lane your view volume fits.