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YouTube Money Calculator

Real view counts from the YouTube API, an earnings range from a CPM you control.

Leave this empty to work from a view count you type in yourself.
Replaced by the real figure when you paste a URL.
Not every view is served an ad. Set what you see in your own analytics.

Worked example ·

"LISA - SaWaDiKa (Official Music Video)" is trending in India with 144,836,277 views.

At 55% monetised views and a $0.25–$4.00 CPM that is roughly $19,914.99 – $318,639.81 in ad revenue. Paste its URL above to see the same sum with your own numbers.

What this tool does

Paste a video or channel URL and this calculator fetches the real view count from the YouTube API, then multiplies it by a CPM range and a monetised-view share that you set yourself. You can also skip the URL and type a view count directly.

How to use it

  1. Paste a video URL, a channel URL or an @handle — or leave the box empty and type a view count.
  2. Set the monetised share and the CPM range. The defaults are a wide, deliberately unflattering $0.25 to $4.00.
  3. Read the range. Treat the two ends as the two ends, not as a forecast.

Limits you should know about

  • View counts are real. The money figure is arithmetic on numbers you chose, because YouTube publishes nobody's real RPM.
  • Actual payouts depend on advertiser demand, watch time, viewer country, video length and format. None of that is public.
  • Channel mode uses lifetime channel views, which include years of videos that may have been monetised at very different rates.
  • Nothing here accounts for memberships, Super Chat, Shorts revenue sharing, brand deals or affiliate income.

Questions people ask

How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?

There is no single answer, and any site that gives you one is guessing. Payouts vary by an order of magnitude between countries and niches. That is why this tool asks you for the CPM range instead of inventing one.

What is the difference between CPM and RPM?

CPM is what an advertiser pays per thousand ad impressions. RPM is what lands in the creator's account per thousand video views, after YouTube's 45% share and after the views that saw no ad at all. RPM is always the smaller number.

Why is there a "monetised share" field?

Because not every view is served an ad — ad blockers, Premium subscribers, ineligible videos and short sessions all count as views with no impression. The default of 55% is a starting point; your own analytics will tell you your real figure.

Can I calculate earnings for someone else's channel?

You can produce a range from their public view count, which is what every "how much does X earn" article does. It is an estimate built on an assumption, not a look at their bank account.

Are the view counts live?

They come from the YouTube Data API and are cached for 24 hours per video or channel, so they can be up to a day old.

Everything here reads live data from the YouTube Data API. No account is needed for anything on this site.
Last changed — see the changelog.