What's the difference between RPM and CPM?

CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube's share. RPM is what you earn per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share and counting every view. Your income follows RPM.

How many Shorts views do you need to get paid on YouTube?

For ad revenue (Tier 2) you need 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views in 90 days, or 4,000 watch hours in 12 months. With 500 subscribers and 3 million Shorts views in 90 days you reach Tier 1, which unlocks memberships and Super Chat but not ads. From February 1, 2027, Tier 2 will require 20 million Shorts views.

How much does YouTube pay for 1 million views?

Agencies estimate $1,000 – $30,000 for a million long-video views, depending on the niche, and $10 – $100 for a million Shorts views. These are estimates as of September 2026, not official Google figures.

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Q: How much does YouTube Shorts pay?

Agencies estimate $0.01 – $0.10 per 1,000 Shorts views, so $10 – $100 per million. YouTube gives the creator 45% of their share of the Shorts pool.

Enter your monthly views on long videos and Shorts: you'll see an estimated range for each format and the total. Already monetized? Use your own RPM.

Updated on September 27, 2026

Long-video views per month

Shorts views per month

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Your long-video RPM

Your Shorts RPM

In US dollars. Fill in one or both: that format is then calculated with your own figure instead of our estimate.

Long videos: $50 – $1,500
Shorts: $10 – $100

Estimated per month

$60 – $1,600

Ad revenue only arrives in Tier 2 of the Partner Program (see the requirements).

Estimates used, per 1,000 views: Long videos $1.00 – $30.00 · Shorts $0.01 – $0.10. Industry-agency estimates, not official Google figures · September 2026. Sources: Influencer Marketing Hub — How much do YouTubers make · Influencer Marketing Hub — YouTube Shorts RPM benchmarks · FluxNote — How much do YouTube Shorts pay

How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?

Google doesn't publish a rate. These are ranges estimated by industry agencies, not official figures (September 2026).

Long videos

$1.00 – $30.00 per 1,000 views depending on the niche: $1,000 – $30,000 for a million views.

Shorts

$0.01 – $0.10 per 1,000 views: $10 – $100 for a million. Far below long videos.

Why such a wide range

The niche and your audience's country weigh the most: audiences in Spain and Latin America generate several times less than in the US, the UK or Germany.

How much does YouTube Shorts pay?

Shorts are paid from a shared pool, not ad by ad.

Per 1,000 views

$0.01 – $0.10 according to agency estimates, so $10 – $100 per million views. It takes a lot of volume to add up.

How the pool is split

Shorts ad revenue goes into a shared pool. YouTube splits it by each channel's share of eligible views and gives the creator 45% of their part.

What you need

Tier 2 of the Partner Program (1,000 subscribers plus 10 million Shorts views in 90 days or 4,000 watch hours) and accepting the Shorts monetization module.

RPM vs CPM: which one is your money?

They're often confused, and the difference changes your estimate.

CPM

What advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions, before YouTube takes its share. It only counts views that showed ads.

RPM

What you actually earn per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share and counting every view, with or without ads. It's what this calculator estimates.

Where to find yours

In the revenue analytics of YouTube Studio, once you're monetized. Enter it in the calculator to use your own figure instead of ours.

What changes in February 2027.

YouTube has already announced it: the ad tier gets harder from February 1, 2027.

Tier 2 doubles its bar

Ads will require 1,000 subscribers plus 8,000 watch hours in 365 days or 20 million Shorts views in 90 days (today: 4,000 hours or 10 million).

Tier 1 stays the same

500 subscribers still unlock memberships, Super Chat and Super Thanks.

A monthly bar for the Shorts pool

To get paid from the Shorts pool each month, you'll need to keep 10 million Shorts views over the last 90 days.

Accept the new terms by January 31, 2027

Otherwise, you lose monetization features from February 1, 2027.

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Sources

Checked on September 25, 2026. Per-1,000-view figures are agency estimates, not official data.

FAQ

Google doesn't publish a rate. Agencies estimate $1.00 – $30.00 per 1,000 views on long videos, depending on the niche, and $0.01 – $0.10 on Shorts. These are estimates as of September 2026, not official figures.