YouTube money calculator
Estimate what a channel earns — per video, per month, per year — from views, niche RPM and sponsorship uplift.
Your inputs
Total views across the whole channel in a month.
RPM is revenue per 1,000 monetized views. Finance and business niches command the highest rates; entertainment the lowest.
Estimated earnings
Per video
$206 – $633
Per month
$1.6k – $5.1k
Per year
$20k – $61k
Modelled with a $12–$32 RPM band, a 55% monetized-view rate, and sponsorship uplift that scales with audience size. Real earnings vary with geography, watch time and season.
How the money math works
01
Views ÷ 1,000 × RPM
Ad revenue scales with monetized views — roughly 55% of total views serve ads — times your niche's RPM band.
02
Niche sets the rate
Advertisers pay far more to reach finance and business audiences than gaming or entertainment ones — often 5–10× per view.
03
Sponsors multiply it
Channels above ~40K average views add 40–90% on top of ad revenue through sponsorship slots.
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