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YouTube Revenue Calculator

Estimate YouTube ad income from your own RPM or CPM, with separate long-form and Shorts figures and the 55/45 creator split shown in full.

Long-form videos

Presets are rough orientation figures only. They write a number into the RPM box, which you should overwrite with your own YouTube Studio figure — nothing here is fetched from YouTube.

Shorts

Shorts pay from a shared Creator Pool: ad money funds the pool, music licensing is paid out of it, and creators receive 45% of what remains, allocated by share of Shorts views. That is why a Shorts RPM is far lower than a long-form one — enter the figure your own Studio reports.

$1,125.00
Long-form / month
$40.00
Shorts / month
$1,165.00
Total / month
$13,980
Projected / year

Revenue split

RPM already nets out YouTube's cut, so no split is applied. Switch the method to CPM above to see the gross figure and the 55/45 split behind it.

Effective rates

Implied long-form RPM
$4.50
Blended RPM (all views)
$1.55
Total monthly views
750,000

Formula: revenue = views × RPM ÷ 1,000, or (views × monetized-playback rate) × CPM ÷ 1,000 × 55%. This is an estimate built entirely from the rates you typed — ad rates swing with season, niche, geography and advertiser demand, and brand deals, memberships and affiliate income are not included. Nothing is fetched from YouTube; everything is computed in your browser.

What is the YouTube Revenue Calculator?

A YouTube revenue calculator that estimates monthly ad income as views × RPM ÷ 1,000, or as (views × monetized playback rate) × CPM ÷ 1,000 × 55%, using rate figures you enter yourself.

  • Two methods side by side: RPM (net to you) or CPM plus a monetized playback rate
  • Long-form and Shorts modelled separately, with the 55/45 and Creator Pool splits explained
  • Niche and audience-geography presets that prefill an editable RPM
  • Implied and blended RPM shown so you can sanity-check the result
  • Zero views shows a dash, never a divide-by-zero rate
  • Runs entirely in your browser — no channel data is fetched or uploaded

How to use the YouTube Revenue Calculator

  1. 1

    Choose your currency, then pick whether you are working from an RPM (already your share) or a CPM (gross, before YouTube's cut).

  2. 2

    Enter your monthly long-form views and the matching rate. In CPM mode, also set the monetized playback rate — the share of views that actually served an ad.

  3. 3

    Optionally load a niche preset and geography multiplier to prefill the RPM box, then overwrite it with your real YouTube Studio figure.

  4. 4

    Add your monthly Shorts views and Shorts RPM in the second panel.

  5. 5

    Read the monthly and yearly totals, and open the revenue split panel to see the gross figure and YouTube's 45% share.

About the YouTube Revenue Calculator

There is no way to look up what a channel earns, so every honest YouTube earnings estimate is really a piece of arithmetic wrapped around a rate you supply. This calculator makes that explicit. Enter your own RPM from YouTube Studio, or switch to the CPM method and enter a playback CPM plus a monetized playback rate, and it shows the money that falls out of those numbers.

Long-form and Shorts are calculated separately because they pay in completely different ways. Long-form ads are split 55% to you and 45% to YouTube. Shorts pay from a shared Creator Pool where music licensing comes off the top and creators receive 45% of what remains, which is why a realistic Shorts RPM is a few cents rather than a few dollars.

Everything here is an estimate built from figures you control, and everything runs locally in your browser — no channel is looked up, no account is connected and nothing is uploaded. Niche and geography presets simply write a starting number into the RPM box for you to overwrite.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between RPM and CPM on YouTube?

CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 monetized playbacks, before YouTube takes its cut. RPM is what you actually keep per 1,000 total views, including views that never served an ad. RPM is always the lower number, and it is the one that reflects your real earnings.

How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?

There is no single figure. RPM commonly ranges from under a dollar in low-value niches to well over ten dollars in finance or business, and it swings with season and audience country. That is why this tool asks you for the rate rather than inventing one.

Why do Shorts earn so much less than long-form videos?

Shorts do not run pre-roll ads on individual videos. Ad money goes into a shared Creator Pool, music licensing costs are paid from it first, and creators split 45% of what is left in proportion to their share of Shorts views. Shorts RPMs of a few cents are normal.

Is this calculator accurate for my channel?

It is exactly as accurate as the rate you type in. The arithmetic is correct, but ad rates change month to month and this tool cannot see your channel. Pull your real RPM from YouTube Studio under Analytics, Revenue for the closest estimate.

Does this include memberships, Super Thanks and sponsorships?

No, it models ad revenue only. Channel memberships, Super Thanks, Shopping, brand deals and affiliate income all sit outside this calculation and usually make up a large share of a mature creator's income.

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