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YouTube does not pay a flat rate per view. What you earn depends on your niche, your audience and whether you make long videos or Shorts. Pick yours, set your monthly views, and see the likely range. Add your own RPM from YouTube Analytics for your real number.
- Per year
- $9,600 to $24,000
- Per 1,000 views (RPM)
- $8.00 to $20.00
- Views a month for $1,000
- 50,000 to 125,000
Typical range for personal finance and investing long videos. Ad earnings only, before tax. Sponsors, memberships and affiliate links come on top.
Views pay very differently by niche. Pick the right topics.
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Find what pays in your nicheHow YouTube earnings work
RPM (revenue per mille) is what you actually keep for every 1,000 views, after YouTube takes its share. For long videos, creators in the YouTube Partner Program get 55% of the ad revenue from their videos. RPM is lower than the CPM advertisers pay, because not every view shows an ad and YouTube keeps its cut.
Niche matters most. Advertisers pay more to reach people about to spend money, so finance, business and tech channels earn several times more per view than entertainment, gaming or music.
Audience location matters too. Views from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia usually pay several times more than views from regions where advertisers spend less. If most of your audience is outside those countries, expect the lower end of the range or below.
Shorts pay far less per view. Shorts ad revenue goes into a shared pool, music licensing comes out first, and creators share 45% of what is left by views. That works out to a few cents per 1,000 views.
No earnings before the Partner Program. You need to be accepted into the YouTube Partner Program before ads pay you anything.
These are estimates, not promises. Published figures vary a lot between sources and change through the year (the last quarter usually pays most). Ranges are based on 2026 creator data from vidIQ and AIR Media Tech, and creator reported surveys. Your own RPM in YouTube Analytics is the real number. TubBlast is not affiliated with YouTube.