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Ballparks, not myths: what YouTube actually pays per 1,000 views, why the number varies so wildly, and how to sanity-check any figure you're quoted.
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Host of The Joe Rogan Experience — one of the most-watched long-form podcasts in the world.
Transparency: Public channel statistics are retrieved using the YouTube Data API. Revenue estimates are independently calculated and are not provided or verified by YouTube or Google.
Estimated earnings
Based on ~16.9M monthly views and an estimated RPM of $5.85 per 1,000 views.
Estimated monthly earnings
$98.6K
$59.2K — $148K
Estimated yearly earnings
$1.2M
$710.2K — $1.8M
Sponsorship value (per video)
$105K
$63K — $168K
Estimated RPM
$5.85/ 1,000 views
Estimated CPM
$10.53/ 1,000 views
Estimated Shorts revenue
$1.2K/ month
Independent estimates only. Actual earnings depend on many factors we cannot observe — ad category mix, fill rate, watch time, YouTube revenue share, sponsorship deals, taxes, and more.
Channel stats
Averaged across the 12 most recent uploads.
Average of (likes + comments) ÷ views on recent uploads.
Typical streams for a creator of this size. This tool only estimates ad revenue and sponsorship value.
2:48:441.2M views · 5 days ago
2:53:352.9M views · 6 days ago
2:14:42562.8K views · 7 days ago
2:39:04555.8K views · 12 days ago
2:03:062.6M views · 13 days ago
2:41:11488.5K views · 14 days ago
2:48:391.7M views · 19 days ago
2:31:10749.7K views · 20 days ago
2:23:13891.1K views · 21 days ago
2:28:18614.9K views · 25 days ago
2:39:033.3M views · 27 days ago
2:53:352.9M views · 6 days ago
2:03:062.6M views · 13 days ago
2:48:391.7M views · 19 days ago
2:43:481.3M views · 28 days ago
2:48:441.2M views · 5 days ago
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