How Much Money Does YouTube Pay Per 1,000 Views?
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.
Gaming creator with a signature energetic style — best known for horror-game playthroughs.
Transparencia: Las estadísticas públicas de los canales se obtienen a través de la YouTube Data API. Las estimaciones de ingresos se calculan de forma independiente y no están proporcionadas ni verificadas por YouTube ni por Google.
Estimated earnings
Based on ~12M monthly views and an estimated RPM of $4.55 per 1,000 views.
Estimated monthly earnings
$54.5K
$32.7K — $81.7K
Estimated yearly earnings
$653.7K
$392.2K — $980.5K
Sponsorship value (per video)
$260K
$156K — $416.1K
Estimated RPM
$4.55/ 1,000 views
Estimated CPM
$8.19/ 1,000 views
Estimated Shorts revenue
$814.1
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.
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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.
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