How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2026

[00:00] YouTube shows ads on the videos that you

[00:02] upload at the beginning sometimes in the

[00:04] middle and at the end of your videos

[00:06] once you get 4,000 hours of watch time

[00:08] and 1,000 subscribers then you can join

[00:10] What's called the YouTube Partner

[00:12] program then YouTube will pay you a cut

[00:14] of the revenue and that's what we're

[00:15] going to be talking about in this video

[00:17] how much you actually make now I

[00:19] personally run a ton of different

[00:20] YouTube channels and I did some research

[00:22] into both my own channels and other

[00:24] people who've uploaded videos talking

[00:26] about how much money they make per

[00:27] thousand views and the answer is that

[00:29] channels make between $1 and $30 per

[00:32] th000 views so the average Channel based

[00:34] on my research makes

[00:36] $115.50 per th000 views but with that

[00:38] being said most channels from my

[00:40] personal experience only get around $5

[00:42] to $10 per thousand views that you make

[00:44] now in order to make more money per

[00:46] th000 views you can do a couple things

[00:48] first of all you can create a channel

[00:49] and what's called a high RPM Niche now

[00:52] RPM is how much you actually make per

[00:54] thousand views and depending on the

[00:55] niche that you're in some advertisers

[00:57] pay more money to put ads on videos than

[01:00] others for example apple is one of the

[01:02] top advertisers on YouTube and they're

[01:04] likely going to be putting their ads on

[01:05] technology videos and Expedia is another

[01:08] one of the top advertisers and they're

[01:09] likely going to be putting their ads on

[01:10] travel videos now here's a list of some

[01:12] of the highest CPM niches so feel free

[01:14] to pause this and screenshot if you want

[01:16] they include Finance make money online

[01:18] technology Health investing travel legal

[01:22] Insurance makeup marketing real estate

[01:25] Cars movies and DIY and tutorials but

[01:28] with that being said some channels in

[01:30] lower CPM niches can get more overall

[01:32] views some examples of low RPM niches

[01:35] include pranks scary videos gaming

[01:38] videos depending on the game that you're

[01:39] playing and general top 10 videos

[01:42] another way to make more money per th000

[01:44] views is to create videos longer than 8

[01:46] minutes then you can go to your YouTube

[01:48] Studio then go to content and then go

[01:50] down here and select any of your videos

[01:52] once you're monetized go down here to

[01:54] the monetization tab and then from here

[01:57] you can add multiple different ad breaks

[01:59] if you click manage mid rolls right here

[02:01] and you can put multiple different ad

[02:03] breaks throughout your video as you can

[02:05] see in this video right here since it's

[02:06] longer than 8 minutes we have 1 2 3 four

[02:09] ad breaks instead of just one if the

[02:11] video was shorter than 8 minutes and I

[02:13] recommend spacing out your ad breaks at

[02:14] least every couple minutes so it doesn't

[02:16] interrupt the viewing experience too

[02:18] much with that being said don't just

[02:19] make videos for the sake of them being

[02:21] long so you can put multiple ad braks

[02:23] because there's a trade-off if you make

[02:24] long videos without actually providing

[02:26] value so if you make a longer video make

[02:28] sure to only make it longer by providing

[02:30] in more value to the end viewer and

[02:31] remember value can be either educational

[02:33] or entertainment value and keep in mind

[02:35] videos at every length can go viral now

[02:37] I'm going to let you in on a little

[02:39] secret and that secret is that this

[02:41] channel that you're watching right now

[02:42] makes over

[02:44] $200 per th000 views now you might be

[02:46] saying Matt how in the world is that

[02:48] possible if channels typically only

[02:49] range from $1 to $30 per th000 views and

[02:52] let me let you in on a secret this is by

[02:54] selling a digital product with my

[02:56] channel which is my YouTube course tube

[02:58] Mastery and monetization and we we

[02:59] average around $100,000 per month with

[03:02] this channel whereas ad Revenue only

[03:04] brings in like $6 to 12,000 per month

[03:06] make sure to check out my video on 12

[03:08] different digital product ideas that you

[03:09] can sell from your channel I go over a

[03:12] bunch of different digital product ideas

[03:13] that you could potentially use to make

[03:15] even more money for 1,000 views and link

[03:17] to that video will be down in the

[03:18] description below now let's break down

[03:20] how much YouTube channels could be

[03:21] earning this channel right here called

[03:23] chills uploads videos within the scary

[03:25] Niche and I'm using an extension called

[03:27] vid IQ to see how many views per month

[03:29] that they get so if I click this they're

[03:30] getting 6.5 million views per month now

[03:33] if we copy this number and open up a

[03:35] calculator I'll show you exactly how to

[03:37] do the math on this you take the number

[03:38] of views per month they're getting

[03:39] divide it by a th000 and this will show

[03:42] you how many thousands of views per

[03:43] month they're getting and then we

[03:44] multiply this by their likely RPM and in

[03:48] my opinion their RPM is probably $2 to

[03:50] $3 per th000 views so let's say $3 per

[03:53] th000 views since this is a little bit

[03:54] of a low CPM Niche this channel would be

[03:56] making about $20,000 per month and this

[03:59] channel called new money uploads videos

[04:01] in the investing Niche and related to

[04:03] finance and if we see how many views per

[04:04] month they're getting they're getting

[04:05] 1.9 million if we do that same exact

[04:08] calculation where we take this divide by

[04:09] a th000 and then multiply by their CPM

[04:12] which I would estimate to be around $ 20

[04:13] to $30 per th000 views since investing

[04:16] make money online and finance is a

[04:18] really high CPM Niche let's say $20 per

[04:20] th000 views that means this channel

[04:22] would be making

[04:24] $309,000 per month and that's just from

[04:26] ad Revenue not counting if they sold a

[04:28] digital product so as you can see this

[04:30] channel could be making more money per

[04:31] month than that first channel we looked

[04:33] at even though it's getting less views

[04:35] this channel Tech Zone uploads

[04:37] technology videos and the channel pulls

[04:39] in 46 million views per month and if we

[04:42] do the same exact calculation but this

[04:43] time putting in an RPM of say $10 per

[04:46] th000 views that means this channel

[04:48] would be making almost half a million

[04:50] dollars per month which is crazy and in

[04:52] this video I used RPM and CPM kind of

[04:54] interchangeably but RPM is how much you

[04:57] actually make per th000 views and when I

[04:59] say CPM I really mean RPM check out this

[05:02] video next to me right here to see some

[05:04] of the best niches to do YouTube in in

[05:06] my personal opinion and why they're the

[05:08] absolute best for making money on

[05:09] YouTube so if you want to make money on

[05:11] YouTube check out this video right here

[05:12] and I will see you there