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💰 YouTube Money Calculator

Enter your daily views and your niche's RPM and see what the channel earns — per day, month and year — plus what each video is worth on average. No fantasy numbers: you set the RPM.

Average daily views

RPM — revenue per 1,000 views ($)

Memberships / Supers uplift (%)

Videos published per month

About this tool

Most earnings calculators online invent a single 'YouTube pays $X per view' figure, which does not exist. What exists is RPM: what a channel actually keeps per thousand views after YouTube's cut, and it ranges from under $1 for broad entertainment to $30+ for finance and B2B education, driven by advertiser demand for your audience. This calculator is honest about that — you bring the RPM (your Studio shows your real one; benchmarks are in the tips below), it does the arithmetic properly.

The per-video figure is the one to plan a channel around. It answers the only business question that matters: at my current views, what is one more video worth? When that number is low, the fix is rarely 'more videos' — it is a higher-RPM niche angle or a second revenue line (affiliates, products) on the same views, which the uplift field lets you model.

How to use it

Enter the daily views from your YouTube Studio analytics (last 28 days ÷ 28).
Set RPM to your real figure from Studio's Revenue tab — or use the benchmark ranges below if you are planning a new channel.
Add any regular membership/Super Chat income as an uplift percentage.
Read the per-video number before deciding your upload schedule for next month.

Tips from real creator workflows

Rough RPM benchmarks: finance & business $15–35, technology $8–18, education $6–14, gaming $2–6, entertainment/vlogs $1–4, kids' content often under $1.
December RPM commonly runs 30–60% above January's in the same niche — plan launches and sponsorship pushes around Q4.
Shorts RPM is a fraction of long-form (often $0.03–0.10 per 1,000 views). Model Shorts channels with views in the millions or the numbers will mislead you.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between CPM and RPM?

CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions before YouTube's share. RPM is what you receive per 1,000 views after the split — the only number that belongs in an earnings estimate.

How accurate is this calculator?

The arithmetic is exact; the accuracy of the result is exactly the accuracy of your RPM and views inputs. With your real Studio RPM it will land within a few percent of a normal month.

Does YouTube pay per subscriber?

No. Subscribers are never paid directly — they matter because they produce repeat views, which are what advertisers pay for.

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