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YouTube Shorts RPM and revenue calculator
Enter your engaged Shorts views and your own RPM to get your YouTube Shorts revenue per month and per year, with no account. YouTube publishes no rate, so nothing is assumed for you.
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Meets the published audience thresholds.
- Estimated / month
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- Estimated / year
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Enter your RPM range to see an estimate. The platforms do not publish one, so the calculator does not assume one.
An estimate in US dollars, before tax and withholding. The prefilled audience numbers are placeholders. The threshold check uses the 10 million bar that starts February 1, 2027.
Rules last checked November 7, 2026.
How to find your Shorts RPM
YouTube publishes no Shorts rate, so read your own in the Revenue tab of YouTube Analytics, open to Partner Program channels.
- In YouTube Studio, select Analytics in the left menu, then Revenue in the top menu. In the Studio app: Analytics at the bottom, Revenue at the top.
- Open the Content performance report. It shows what videos, Shorts and live streams earned, and it includes RPM. If the report splits by format, use the Shorts figure: a channel-wide RPM blends in long-form and can include memberships and Super Chat.
- Take the Shorts RPM from past months, lowest for the low field, highest for the high field. Skip the latest weeks: YouTube adjusts revenue after a week and again in the middle of the next month.
No Shorts figure for those dates? Divide Shorts Feed Ads revenue from the How you make money report by engaged views (Analytics → Content → Shorts), then multiply by 1,000.
Shorts views to money: a worked example
The sum is engaged views ÷ 1,000 × RPM. This example takes the prefilled 4,000,000 views and a sample RPM of $0.10, picked because it’s easy to multiply. It is not an average or a benchmark. Replace it with yours.
| Period | Result | Sum |
|---|---|---|
| Per month | $400 | 4,000,000 ÷ 1,000 × $0.10 |
| Per year | $4,800 | $400 × 12 |
| Per engaged view | $0.0001 | $0.10 ÷ 1,000 |
Type 0.10 in both RPM fields to see this in the calculator. For a goal, turn it round: goal ÷ RPM × 1,000 gives the engaged views you’d need. Not in the Partner Program yet? You have no RPM to read, so treat a low and a high guess as a what-if.
Two mistakes throw this sum off:
Using the view count.
Since August 24, 2026, a view counts the moment a Short starts to play. RPM is calculated per 1,000 engaged views: viewers who stayed past the first seconds, without loops. RPM times the view count overstates your earnings.
Taking off 45% again.
RPM is already after YouTube’s share. Some online calculators multiply by 0.45 anyway, which more than halves the result.
What moves your Shorts RPM
Each month YouTube pools Shorts Feed ad revenue, sets part aside for music licensing and shares the rest, the Creator Pool, by your share of engaged views in each country, so where your viewers are matters. You keep 45% of your allocation.
| Factor | Effect |
|---|---|
| Your own music | No effect. YouTube says a track changes neither your allocation nor your 45%. |
| Music across all Shorts | Sizes the pool. Revenue tied to a Short with no music goes in whole, with one track half, with two tracks a third. |
| Ineligible views | Non-original Shorts, fake views and content outside the advertiser-friendly guidelines aren’t paid, yet RPM is calculated per 1,000 engaged views, so they still pull it down. |
| Niche | YouTube’s published steps don’t name it. RPM-by-niche tables online are third-party estimates. |
What changes on February 1, 2027
| When | Bar | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Joining until Jan 31, 2027 | 10 million views | Qualified Shorts views in 90 days, or 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months. Plus 1,000 subscribers. |
| Joining from Feb 1, 2027 | 20 million views | Qualified Shorts views in 90 days, or 8,000 qualified watch hours in 365 days. Plus 1,000 subscribers. Channels already in the program aren’t affected. |
| Earning from Feb 1, 2027 | 10 million views | Qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for each month of Creator Pool and Premium revenue. |
| Terms by Jan 31, 2027 | Accept in Studio | Find the notice on the dashboard or in the Earn tab. Miss it and the monetization features covered by the new terms stop until you accept. |
- The earning window is fixed: 90 days ending on the 15th of the month before the earnings month. February 2027 earnings use the 90 days ending January 15, 2027.
- Below the bar you stay in the program and keep long-form earnings. YouTube’s announcement says Shorts revenue sharing resumes automatically once you cross 10 million again.
- The bar counts qualified views: public Shorts in the Shorts Feed, without ad campaigns or Image Posts. Money uses engaged views, so the calculator asks for both.
Common questions
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 Shorts views?
YouTube publishes no rate. Your own figure is the Shorts RPM in YouTube Analytics, calculated per 1,000 engaged views after YouTube’s share.
How do I convert Shorts views to money?
Divide your engaged views by 1,000 and multiply by your RPM. At a sample RPM of $0.10, 4,000,000 engaged views come to $400. That RPM is only there to show the sum, so use your own.
Does music lower my Shorts earnings?
YouTube says using music won’t change your allocation from the Creator Pool or your 45% share. Music does reduce how much revenue reaches the pool in the first place, and every monetizing creator shares that pool.
How many views do I need to monetize Shorts?
Until January 31, 2027: 1,000 subscribers plus 10 million qualified Shorts views in 90 days or 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months. New creators from February 1, 2027 need 1,000 subscribers plus 20 million Shorts views in 90 days or 8,000 watch hours in 365 days. From that date every channel needs 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days to earn from Shorts for a month.
Can I earn from Shorts if I joined on long-form watch hours?
Until January 31, 2027, yes, once you accept the Shorts Monetization Module. From February 1, 2027 you also need 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Missing that bar doesn’t affect your long-form earnings or your place in the program.
Where do I find my Shorts RPM?
In YouTube Studio, open Analytics, then Revenue, then the Content performance report, and use the Shorts figure. Only Partner Program channels see revenue there. Recent weeks are still adjusted, so take past months.
