YouTube Money Calculator
Estimate your YouTube ad revenue from views and CPM
How much can you actually earn from YouTube ads? Our free YouTube earnings calculator estimates your take-home revenue based on your monthly views, content niche, and whether you create long-form videos or Shorts. See exactly how YouTube’s revenue split affects your bottom line.
Understanding YouTube’s revenue share: YouTube pays creators 55% of ad revenue on long-form videos and 45% on Shorts. But that’s just the starting point – your actual earnings depend heavily on your content niche. Finance and business channels can see CPMs of $15-25+, while entertainment and gaming typically run $2-5. Our calculator factors in monetization rates (not all views show ads) to give you realistic projections.
Long-form vs Shorts: The calculator lets you toggle between content types to see how the different revenue splits affect your income. Shorts earn less per view but can drive massive volume – see what the tradeoff actually looks like for your audience size.
RPM explained: While CPM is what advertisers pay, RPM (Revenue Per Mille) is what you actually earn per 1,000 views after YouTube’s cut and monetization rates. Our calculator shows both so you can set realistic expectations and plan your content strategy.
