Creator income
YouTube earnings calculator.
Enter your views and the RPM shown in YouTube Studio, or start from the CPM an advertiser pays and let the 55% revenue share do the rest. Runs in your browser; nothing is sent or stored.
Revenue = views / 1,000 x RPM. 100,000 views at a $3.00 RPM is $300.00 a month, or $3,600.00 a year.
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Worked example
100,000 views a month at a $3.00 RPM: 100,000 / 1,000 x $3.00 = $300.00 a month, $3,600.00 a year, about $9.86 a day. With 8 videos a month that is $37.50 a video.
From a CPM instead: a $10.00 CPM where 45% of views show an ad and you keep 55% gives an RPM of 10.00 x 0.45 x 0.55 = $2.48. The same 100,000 views then earn $247.50 a month.
How it works
YouTube defines RPM as your total revenue after YouTube's share per 1,000 views, and CPM as what an advertiser pays per 1,000 ad impressions before that share. That is why RPM is lower than CPM. YouTube says it pays 55% of net revenue from watch-page ads. The CPM method here applies that share to ad revenue only; the RPM method uses whatever your own RPM already includes.
This tool does not know your RPM. It differs by audience, topic, country, video length and season, so use the figure from your own Analytics rather than a number from the internet. The result is an estimate, not a promise of earnings.
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or stored.
Sources
Revenue shares and the RPM and CPM definitions come from the two YouTube Help pages below. Pages opened 2026-10-08:
FAQ
How does YouTube pay creators?
YouTube says it pays 55% of net revenue from ads on the watch page, 45% of the revenue allocated to you from the Creator Pool for Shorts feed ads, and 70% of net revenue from channel memberships, Super Chat, Super Stickers and Super Thanks.
What is the difference between RPM and CPM?
CPM is what an advertiser pays per 1,000 ad impressions before YouTube takes its share. RPM is your revenue after that share per 1,000 views, and it counts all views, including ones that showed no ad.
How many views do I need to earn $1,000 a month?
It depends on your RPM. At a $3.00 RPM you need 333,333 views a month; at $6.00 you need half as many.
Does this cover Shorts?
Not directly. Shorts revenue comes from a share of a pool, so there is no fixed rate per view. If you know your Shorts RPM from Analytics, you can enter it as the RPM.