YouTube Shorts earnings calculator
YouTube pays Shorts creators from a monthly Creator Pool: the ad revenue of the Shorts feed, shared by each creator's part of the engaged views in each country, after music licensing. Creators in the Partner Program keep 45% of what is allocated to them. YouTube states no fixed rate per view, so this calculator uses an RPM you choose: take yours from YouTube Studio. Figures other creators report are estimates, not YouTube's.
Formula: Estimated earnings = Shorts views ÷ 1,000 × your RPM. An estimate, not YouTube's figure, and not a promise of earnings.
Sources: YouTube Help: YouTube Shorts monetization policies (read 29 October 2026)
Estimated per month
$50.00
Estimated per year
$600.00
An estimate from the numbers you enter, not a promise: YouTube decides what each view earns.
From February 1, 2027, a channel earns from Shorts only in months with at least 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days. At these views, about 3,000,000 in 90 days, it would earn nothing from Shorts. What changes in 2027
Before Shorts pay: the YouTube Partner Program
To earn from Shorts ads a channel needs 1,000 subscribers and 10 million valid public Shorts views in the last 90 days (or 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months), and has to be accepted. Creators then get 45% of the Shorts ad revenue allocated to their views. From February 1, 2027, new channels need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views to join, and a channel earns from Shorts only in months with 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
Check your channel for free →How the estimate works
- 1
Your views
How many views your Shorts get in a month.
- 2
Your RPM
What you earn per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share. Take it from YouTube Studio if you have it.
- 3
The math
Views ÷ 1,000 × RPM, for a month and for a year.
Questions
How much does YouTube pay for 1 million Shorts views?
It is your RPM times 1,000: at US$0.05 per 1,000 views, about US$50. Your own RPM can be well above or below that.
What is RPM?
Revenue per mille: what you earn for every 1,000 views, after YouTube’s share. It is different from CPM, which is what advertisers pay.
Do AI or faceless Shorts get paid?
Yes, if the channel is accepted into the Partner Program. Channels built on repetitive or reused content are the ones YouTube turns down; our free monetization checker looks for exactly that.
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