YouTube money calculator, based on your own RPM
This calculator estimates YouTube ad earnings from two inputs you control: your average daily views and your own RPM — the revenue you actually keep per thousand monetized views, taken straight from your YouTube Analytics. It projects those into monthly and yearly figures and shows the arithmetic, so the estimate is grounded in your real numbers rather than a stranger’s.
It deliberately does not prefill a ‘typical’ RPM, because there is no typical RPM. The rate swings with your niche, your audience’s geography, the season, and the format, so any average we filled in would produce a confidently wrong number. Enter your own RPM and treat the output as a projection, not a promise. The tool is free, needs no signup, and runs entirely in your browser.
YouTube money calculator
Monthly estimate
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Yearly estimate
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monthly ≈ daily views × 30.4 ÷ 1,000 × RPM · yearly ≈ monthly × 12
Estimates only — this is not a prediction of your earnings. RPM varies widely by niche, geography, season, and format (Shorts RPM differs substantially from long-form), so a single number can’t capture your real payout. Find your actual RPM in YouTube Studio → Analytics → Revenue and plug it in above.
How to use it
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Find your RPM
In YouTube Studio, open Analytics and go to the Revenue tab — your RPM is reported there. It already accounts for the platform split and unmonetized views, which is why it is the honest number to build an estimate on.
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Enter RPM and daily views
Type in your RPM and your average daily views. Use a recent average rather than a single spike day, since one viral post is not the baseline your channel actually runs at.
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Read the estimate as a range
The monthly and yearly figures update instantly. Re-run it with your RPM from a few different months to see a realistic spread — earnings move, and a range is more truthful than a single line.
Frequently asked questions
Is the YouTube money calculator free?
Yes — free, no signup, and it runs in your browser. You enter your own figures, the math happens locally, and nothing is stored or sent anywhere.
Where do I find my RPM?
Open YouTube Studio, go to Analytics, and select the Revenue tab — RPM is listed there. It is the figure to use here because it already reflects YouTube’s revenue share and the views that were not monetized.
Why don’t you prefill an average RPM?
Because an honest average does not exist. RPM varies enormously by niche, viewer geography, time of year, and video format, so any default we typed in would just generate a misleading estimate for most people. Only your own RPM produces a number that means anything for your channel.
What is the difference between RPM and CPM?
CPM is what advertisers pay per thousand ad impressions; RPM is what you actually receive per thousand video views after the platform split and unmonetized views are taken out. RPM is always the right input for an earnings estimate because it is the money that reaches you.
Can Reelsta help me publish enough to grow these numbers?
Reelsta handles production volume, not payouts — it cannot set your RPM or guarantee earnings, which depend on your niche and audience. What it does, as a paid subscription, is write scripts, narrate in 9 AI voices, build visuals in 12 art styles, caption in 8 styles, and auto-post to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels with edit-before-post review, so posting consistently stops being the bottleneck.
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