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YouTube Money Calculator,
estimate your channel earnings.
Estimate your daily, monthly, and yearly YouTube earnings from your view count and expected CPM or RPM. Adjust the sliders, pick a channel-size preset, and watch the 12-month projection update live.
Quick presets
Rate type
CPM is the gross ad rate; YouTube keeps 45%, so you receive a 55% share.
Daily
$124
from $49.50
Monthly
$3.7K
from $1.5K
Yearly
$45K
from $18K
12-month projection
Cumulative earnings
Range reflects the share of views that actually serve a monetised ad. The high line assumes near-full monetisation; the low line assumes a conservative ~40%.
Guide
How YouTube monetization actually works.
YouTube creators earn primarily through the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), which places ads on their videos and shares the resulting revenue. The platform keeps 45% of ad revenue and pays the creator the remaining 55%. This calculator turns your view count and ad rate into an earnings estimate using that standard split.
The earnings formula
If you enter a CPM (the gross rate advertisers pay), the calculator applies the 55% creator share. If you enter an RPM (your net revenue per 1,000 views), it uses the full amount, because RPM already accounts for YouTube’s cut and unmonetized views.
Partner Program requirements
Before you can earn ad revenue, your channel must qualify for the YouTube Partner Program. The standard thresholds are:
- 1,000 subscribers, and
- 4,000 valid public watch hours in the past 12 months, or 10 million valid public Shorts views in the past 90 days.
- An active AdSense account and adherence to YouTube’s monetization policies.
CPM vs RPM — why the gap matters
New creators are often surprised that their earnings are far below the CPMs they read about. That’s the CPM-versus-RPM gap. A channel might have a $10 CPM but a $3–$4 RPM, because only a portion of views are monetized and YouTube takes its 45%. RPM is the number that actually predicts your payout, so if you know your RPM, use it for the most realistic estimate.
Tips to increase your channel revenue
- Target higher-CPM niches. Finance, software, and B2B topics attract advertisers willing to pay far more per impression than general entertainment.
- Lengthen watch time. Videos over 8 minutes can carry mid-roll ads, multiplying impressions per view.
- Lean into Q4. Advertiser budgets peak from October to December, lifting CPMs across the board.
- Diversify income. Memberships, Super Thanks, affiliate links, and sponsorships often out-earn ad revenue alone.
- Grow your audience geography. Views from the US, UK, Canada, and Australia typically monetize at much higher rates than many other regions.
Earnings estimates provided by this tool are projections and not a guarantee of actual YouTube revenue. YouTube monetization is subject to viewer location, seasonality, ad formats, and advertiser demand.