How YouTube pays, what you need before it pays you, and how to estimate your own earnings. We stick to what YouTube publishes and to your own numbers: no invented averages.
Guides
- MONEYPay per viewYouTube has no fixed pay per view. Here is how creator pay really works: RPM, CPM, YouTube’s share, Shorts revenue sharing and how to find your own rate.
- MONEY1 million viewsWhat 1 million YouTube views pay depends on your RPM. The formula, worked examples, why Shorts differ, and a free calculator that uses your own numbers.
- MONEYMonetization requirementsThe YouTube Partner Program requirements today, the lower memberships tier, the new thresholds from February 1, 2027, and how to apply step by step.
- MONEYHow much YouTubers makeHow YouTubers make money: ad revenue, Shorts, memberships, Supers, Premium, sponsors and more. What decides income, and how to estimate yours honestly.
Tools
- Monetization checker: how far you are from the YouTube Partner Program thresholds.
- Money calculator: daily, monthly and yearly estimates from your views and your RPM.
The short version
- YouTube only shares ad revenue with channels in the YouTube Partner Program. Today, joining takes 1,000 subscribers plus 4,000 public watch hours in the last 365 days or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
- Once you are in, the number that tells you what a view is worth is your RPM: what you earn per 1,000 views, after YouTube’s share.
- RPM differs from one channel to another, so the only reliable estimate starts from your own RPM in YouTube Studio.