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YouTube Earnings Calculator

Estimate what a YouTube video earns from its views and your RPM, and project it per month and per year.

Enter the video's views, your RPM from YouTube Studio, and how many videos you publish per month, then calculate.

Find it in YouTube Studio under Analytics, then Revenue. RPM is already after YouTube's share, so do not deduct it again.

An estimate, not a payment promise: RPM varies by audience country, topic, season, and format, and taxes or payment fees are not deducted.

Methodology

Calculator version
1.0.0
Formula version
youtube-rpm-earnings-v1
Latest formula review
2026-09-26

Formula or transformation

Earnings are the views divided by 1,000 and multiplied by the RPM, which YouTube reports after its revenue share; a month multiplies one video’s earnings by the videos per month, and a year is twelve months.

Variables

  1. Views of the video
  2. Revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share
  3. Videos published per month
  4. Estimated earnings of one video

Units

  • Currency
  • View
  • Video
  • Month

Rounding policy

Canonical arithmetic retains declared precision before currency display rounding.

RPM is what you earn per 1,000 views after YouTube's share, so the views divided by 1,000 and multiplied by the RPM give the video's earnings; the month multiplies them by the videos you publish per month, and the year is twelve months.

Estimate what a YouTube video earns from its views and your RPM, and project it per month and per year.

Reviewed sources

  1. YouTube Help — Understand ad revenue analytics Reviewed on 2026-09-26

Formula review history

  1. Initial RPM definition and source review.

    Reviewed 2026-09-26 for formula version youtube-rpm-earnings-v1

Assumptions

  • Inputs are interpreted using the displayed units and options.
  • The calculation follows the methodology and factors listed in the sources.

Limitations

  • Display rounding can hide additional decimal places.
  • The calculation cannot add accuracy that is absent from the submitted inputs.
  • An estimate, not a payment promise: RPM varies by audience country, topic, season, and format, and taxes or payment fees are not deducted.

Worked example

A video with 250,000 views at an RPM of 2.50 earns 625.00; eight such videos a month make 5,000.00 per month and 60,000.00 per year.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between RPM and CPM?

CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions before YouTube's share; RPM is what you actually earn per 1,000 views after that share, across all revenue sources, so RPM is the number to use here.

Should I deduct YouTube's share from the result?

No. RPM is already calculated after YouTube's revenue share, so deducting it again would understate your earnings.