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

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

[00:02] and 1,000 subscribers you can join

[00:04] What's called the YouTube Partner

[00:06] program and once you join this YouTube

[00:08] will put ads on your videos and you'll

[00:10] get paid every single time someone views

[00:12] an ad on one of your videos now at this

[00:15] point you're probably asking Matt how

[00:17] much will I get paid well I personally

[00:19] run 12 different YouTube channels and I

[00:21] run a community of 6,000 other YouTubers

[00:24] and here's what we found the answer is

[00:26] that channels make anywhere from $1 to

[00:29] $30 per th000 views so for every 100,000

[00:33] views a channel can make anywhere from

[00:36] $100 to

[00:38] $3,000 and the average Channel based off

[00:41] of my research looking into this in the

[00:43] middle of those two numbers makes

[00:46] $115.50 per th000 views that' be

[00:50] $1,550 per 100,000 views but based off

[00:54] of my personal experience running

[00:56] channels myself most channels only make

[00:59] $5 to $10 per th000 views and that would

[01:01] be $500 to $1,000 per 100,000 views but

[01:06] it's not that simple the thing is that

[01:08] different types of content can make

[01:10] different amounts of money per thousand

[01:12] views and here's how you can potentially

[01:14] make more money per thousand views so

[01:17] the way that we measure how much money a

[01:19] channel makes per thousand views is by a

[01:22] metric called CPM or cost per Millie and

[01:25] if you want to get really scientific

[01:26] with it it would be called RPM or

[01:29] Revenue per thousand views but for the

[01:31] purpose of this video I'm going to be

[01:33] using both terms interchangeably and you

[01:35] see different advertisers spend

[01:37] different amounts of money on YouTube

[01:39] for example apple is one of the biggest

[01:41] advertisers on YouTube so therefore they

[01:44] are likely going to be putting their ads

[01:46] on technology related content and that's

[01:48] why technology videos on average have a

[01:51] slightly higher CPM than most niches on

[01:54] YouTube now right here is a list of some

[01:56] of the highest CPM niches on YouTube

[01:59] feel free to screenshot this they're not

[02:01] all the same CPM but all of these in my

[02:03] experience and with communicating with

[02:05] people running thousands of different

[02:06] channels these types of content on

[02:08] average make more money per thousand

[02:10] views but you don't just want to compare

[02:12] how much money a channel can make per

[02:14] thousand views you also want to compare

[02:16] the amount of views that a channel could

[02:19] get because even though some niches are

[02:21] lower CPM or RPM they can get more views

[02:24] which in some cases would make up for

[02:26] that these can be niches like scary

[02:28] videos prank videos

[02:30] General top 10 videos and gaming videos

[02:33] depending on the game and a secret for

[02:35] making more money per thousand views is

[02:37] to make videos longer than 8 minutes and

[02:40] the reasoning for this is because if you

[02:41] make videos longer than 8 minutes you're

[02:43] then Allowed by YouTube to put multiple

[02:45] ad breaks throughout your video and this

[02:47] can increase your cpms by quite a bit

[02:50] and I recommend putting your ads every

[02:52] few minutes so as not to interrupt your

[02:54] viewer experience and then also put an

[02:56] ad at the beginning and end and the way

[02:58] that you do this is you can go to your

[02:59] YouTube channel and then click manage

[03:01] videos right here and then go to one of

[03:04] your videos that is longer than 8

[03:06] minutes for example this video right

[03:08] here and if I click it then if we go on

[03:10] to the left hand side and scroll down to

[03:12] this monetization icon we can click that

[03:15] and then click review placement right

[03:17] here make sure monetization is on and

[03:19] you place ads during the video mid roll

[03:22] ads these are the ads that are going to

[03:24] allow us to make a lot more money

[03:25] potentially per th000 views and as you

[03:28] can see on this video right here here

[03:30] I've placed ads at 2 minutes 6 minutes

[03:32] 11 minutes and 17 minutes as opposed to

[03:36] just one ad being on the video like they

[03:38] would be by default if your video is

[03:40] shorter that being said don't just make

[03:42] videos for the sake of them being long

[03:44] make sure to fill your videos with extra

[03:46] value to make sure people keep watching

[03:48] so your videos still do well within the

[03:50] algorithm and here's a list that came

[03:52] out a couple years ago about the top

[03:54] advertisers on YouTube and these include

[03:56] companies like PayPal Apple Disney Geico

[04:00] Expedia Liberty Mutual tax and what this

[04:02] tells us is that the types of content

[04:05] that these companies are going to be

[04:06] putting ads on is likely going to be

[04:08] much higher in CPM and higher than usual

[04:11] cpms are going to be on niches of

[04:13] content where people generally have

[04:15] problems that they're willing to pay to

[04:17] solve because companies will invest in

[04:19] solving those problems and the most

[04:21] prominent categories for this relate to

[04:23] health wealth relationships travel and

[04:26] technology and then also entertainment

[04:29] like movies and now here's how to

[04:30] calculate how much a channel could be

[04:32] making per month and then I'll just

[04:34] straight up reveal to you how much this

[04:36] channel is actually making per month so

[04:38] for the purpose of this example we're

[04:40] going to take a look at my channel make

[04:42] money mat that you're watching this

[04:43] video on right here if you install an

[04:45] extension called vid IQ and I'll leave a

[04:47] link down below if you're interested in

[04:49] that then you will be able to see this

[04:51] button on all YouTube channels to view

[04:53] the channel stats and if we click this

[04:55] button right here as you can see this

[04:57] channel is pulling in 1.1 million views

[05:00] per month and what we want to do is plug

[05:02] this number right here into a calculator

[05:04] and then divide it by 1,000 and the

[05:07] reason for doing that is we want to see

[05:09] how many thousand views per month that

[05:12] this channel is getting so this channel

[05:13] is getting 1,00,000 views per month so

[05:16] then from this number right here we're

[05:18] going to multiply it by what we suspect

[05:21] the CPM for this Niche to be and since

[05:23] this is in the make money online Niche

[05:25] it's going to make more money than most

[05:27] channels because it's related to finance

[05:29] and money so let's estimate the CPM to

[05:31] be $15 per th000 views so we'll take

[05:34] that number multiplied by 15 our

[05:37] estimate would be that this channel is

[05:39] making $116,000 per month now you might

[05:41] be asking Matt how much money is this

[05:43] channel actually making well I'll

[05:45] actually hop into my YouTube Studio to

[05:47] show you how much this channel is really

[05:49] making and this will help you get a

[05:51] better understanding of how much

[05:53] channels can make here so if we hop on

[05:55] over to my analytics right here as you

[05:58] can see this channel is pulling in at

[06:01] $22,000 per month so it's making a

[06:03] little bit more than our estimated CPM

[06:05] was and this is just a testament as to

[06:07] how much money that channels within

[06:09] niches similar to this can potentially

[06:11] make but with making this video I feel

[06:13] like I should let you in on a really big

[06:15] secret this channel actually makes over

[06:18] $200 per th000 views you might be saying

[06:21] Matt I don't believe you I need proof of

[06:23] this how in the world is that even

[06:25] possible well this is by selling a

[06:27] digital product with my channel doing

[06:30] sponsorships and doing affiliate

[06:32] marketing you see I sell a course called

[06:34] tube Mastery which teaches people how to

[06:36] grow and succeed with faceless YouTube

[06:38] channels and we make over $100,000 per

[06:41] month just from this channel alone

[06:43] selling tube Mastery so make sure to

[06:45] consider selling something with your

[06:46] YouTube channel if you can and the best

[06:48] niches that you can do that in are

[06:50] related to health wealth happiness

[06:52] relationships technology and travel

[06:54] let's take a look at a couple more

[06:55] YouTube channels and how much money they

[06:57] could potentially be making here's a

[06:59] channel called magnets media right here

[07:01] which does these faceless YouTube videos

[07:03] about the Back stories of different

[07:04] popular businesses and if we look at vid

[07:06] IQ they are getting 5.3 million views

[07:09] per month and just a rough estimate if

[07:10] we take 5,300,000 views per month

[07:13] multiply that number by a reasonable CPM

[07:16] we know business niches are typically a

[07:18] little bit higher than usual cpms we'll

[07:20] say 15 this channel is likely making

[07:23] more than

[07:24] $80,000 per month which is absolutely

[07:26] crazy especially given the fact they

[07:28] could be running multiple chance

[07:29] channels this channel right here world

[07:31] according to breaks produces these

[07:32] faceless videos related to travel all

[07:35] around the world and this channel pulls

[07:37] in 6.8 million views per month so if we

[07:40] take

[07:41] 6,800 multiply by reasonable CPM we'll

[07:44] say $10 per th000 views because it's

[07:46] likely going to be higher than normal

[07:47] since we saw that Expedia which is

[07:49] related to travel is one of the top

[07:51] advertisers on YouTube which would mean

[07:54] this channel is pulling in

[07:56] $68,000 per month that's more than a

[07:58] full-time income for a lot of people and

[08:01] this channel right here is called debt

[08:03] Busters they only have 20,000

[08:04] subscribers and they only pull in 60,000

[08:07] views per month yet what if I were to

[08:09] tell you that this channel right here

[08:11] makes over $10,000 per month and the

[08:13] reason I know that is because my student

[08:15] actually runs this Channel and he showed

[08:17] me how much he's making from it and the

[08:20] way he's able to make so much with so

[08:22] little views is by selling affiliate

[08:24] products you see he talks about some of

[08:26] the best AI video making software and

[08:28] tools within his videos and then he

[08:30] makes sure to put an affiliate link to

[08:32] these AI tools in the descriptions of

[08:34] his videos and boom he makes over

[08:36] $10,000 a month doing that and all three

[08:39] of these channels that I just shared

[08:41] with you are completely faceless YouTube

[08:43] channels and the other channels that I

[08:44] run that got me play buttons just like

[08:46] this for getting over a million

[08:47] subscribers are also faceless YouTube

[08:50] channels this is how I got my start with

[08:52] making money online and I think it's one

[08:54] of the best work from home businesses

[08:56] that's out there feel free to check out

[08:57] this video right here which is

[08:58] essentially a free course goes over

[09:00] exactly how to make money on YouTube

[09:02] without making videos this isn't just

[09:04] another video though this reveals the

[09:06] best niches to do this in that I

[09:08] personally would do if I was starting a

[09:09] new faceless channel from scratch it

[09:11] shows how to actually generate content

[09:13] Within These niches how to actually get

[09:16] a ton of views and make this worth it

[09:17] for you and how to monetize to the next

[09:19] level a couple Secrets I've never shared

[09:21] publicly so you can potentially make as

[09:22] much money as possible honestly make

[09:24] sure to check it out I believe you'll

[09:26] get a ton of value see you there