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YouTube ad income is paid per thousand monetized views, so this calculator works from views and never from subscribers. The model assumes a net RPM band of $1.00 to $5.00 per 1,000 monetized views, which puts 100,000 views in a month at $100 to $500 and 10,000 views on a single video at $10 to $50.
Subscribers are the number people quote and the weakest signal YouTube exposes. The median channel in the PlayerSells tracked YouTube catalog has 62,000 subscribers, measured across all 35,149 tracked channels on 24 August 2026, and two channels at that same subscriber count can differ many times over in views per video. That catalog was assembled from channels referenced elsewhere, so its median describes established channels rather than YouTube as a whole.
Monthly views are estimated from lifetime views over channel age, which is a fair reading for a steady channel and a poor one for a channel whose traffic has changed shape. A channel that grew sharply this year is understated by it; a channel coasting on an old hit is overstated. The estimate is arithmetic over four numbers on the public About tab - subscribers, lifetime views, video count and join date - so any of them can be corrected by reading the tab yourself.
The dollar figures above are produced by running the calculator's own model over the stated view counts, so they cannot drift from the rate table below. The subscriber median is measured over our tracked catalog; the RPM band is an assumption, and real RPM varies by niche, country and season more than by anything this model can see.
Every rate and every derived input, in one table. Ad revenue is the only income stream modelled here, and the RPM band is where almost all of the uncertainty lives.
| Assumption | Value used |
|---|---|
| Net RPMcreator share per 1,000 monetized views, after YouTube's cut | $1.00 to $5.00 |
| Estimated monthly viewslifetime views over channel age; fair for a steady channel, not for a spiky one | total views / months live |
| Average views per videodrives the per-video figure | total views / video count |
| Yearly incomeno seasonality term, and Q4 RPMs run well above the annual average | monthly x 12 |
| Income streams modelledmemberships, Super Thanks, sponsorships, merch and affiliate income are all excluded | ads only |
| Provider cost of one lookupall four inputs are on the public About tab, so the lookup only saves a copy and paste | 1 ScrapeCreators credit |
Ad revenue is just the start. The biggest channels stack multiple income streams on top of AdSense to maximize their earnings.
The core of YouTube income. Ads run on your videos and you keep ~55% of the revenue. Earnings scale with monetized views and your niche's RPM, typically $1-$5 per 1,000 views.
Often the biggest earner for established channels. Brands pay creators directly for integrated mentions or dedicated videos, frequently exceeding ad revenue many times over.
Channel memberships, Super Thanks, Super Chat, merch shelves, and affiliate links let loyal fans support you directly, adding a recurring layer of income beyond ads.
It cannot tell you a channel's real RPM, and that is the number that decides everything. A finance or software channel can clear several times a gaming channel of identical size, the same channel earns far more in December than in January, and a channel serving a low-CPM country earns a fraction of one serving the United States. It also models ads only: for many mid-sized channels sponsorships out-earn AdSense outright. And it cannot know whether a channel is monetized at all - a channel below the Partner Programme thresholds earns nothing from ads regardless of its views.
After YouTube's revenue share, most channels net roughly $1 to $5 per 1,000 monetized views (RPM). The exact figure depends heavily on niche, audience geography, and the time of year. Finance, tech, and business channels often earn higher RPMs, while entertainment and gaming channels tend to sit at the lower end.
RPM (Revenue Per Mille) is how much you actually earn per 1,000 video views after YouTube takes its 45% cut and after accounting for non-monetized views. CPM (Cost Per Mille) is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions before any cut. RPM is the number that matters for estimating real creator income.
We estimate average monthly views by dividing a channel's lifetime views by its age in months, then multiply that by an RPM range of $1 to $5 per 1,000 views. This gives a realistic ad-revenue band. Actual earnings vary because newer videos usually get more views than old ones, and RPM swings by niche and geography.
No. This calculator estimates AdSense (ad) revenue only. Many creators earn far more from brand sponsorships, channel memberships, Super Thanks, merchandise, and affiliate links. Treat the ad estimate as a baseline, not a creator's total income.
YouTube earnings are not public, and RPM varies wildly between channels and even between months for the same channel. A low-to-high range based on a $1-$5 RPM is far more honest than a single 'exact' figure, which no external tool can know.
Yes, it is completely free and requires no sign-up beyond an email. Enter any public channel by its @handle, channel URL, or channel ID to get an instant earnings estimate.
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PlayerSells is not affiliated with YouTube or Google. The RPM band on this page is an assumption of our model, not a figure published by YouTube, and every dollar figure shown is computed by that model over the inputs stated beside it. The subscriber distribution referenced is our own measurement over the channels we track, published as an aggregate.
