{
  "id": "youtube-money",
  "version": "9ed8dced78ad",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "YouTube Money Calculator",
  "question": "What is my YouTube money?",
  "summary": "Estimates YouTube earnings per day, month and year from daily views and your RPM (revenue per 1,000 views), or the views you need for an income.",
  "category": "finance",
  "subcategory": "business",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/youtube-money-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/youtube-money-calculator.md",
  "kind": "formulas",
  "method": "earnings per day = views per day × RPM ÷ 1,000; per month = per day × 365 ÷ 12; per year = per day × 365. RPM is revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share.",
  "assumptions": [
    "The RPM you type stays the same every day. Real RPM changes with the season, the audience’s country, the topic and how many views have ads.",
    "Views are the same every day; a month is 365 ÷ 12 days and a year 365 days.",
    "RPM already has YouTube’s share taken out. Earnings are before income tax.",
    "Arithmetic is exact on the typed decimals; money shows to the cent and views to the whole number, halves up."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "views": {
        "title": "Views per day",
        "description": "How many times your videos are watched in a day, all videos together.",
        "type": "number",
        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
        "maximum": 10000000000
      },
      "rpm": {
        "title": "RPM",
        "description": "Your revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share, from YouTube Studio (Analytics, Revenue). Typed by you.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000
      },
      "daily": {
        "title": "Earnings per day",
        "description": "What you earn in a day: views × RPM ÷ 1,000.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
        "maximum": 10000000000
      }
    }
  },
  "solve": {
    "fillAny": 2,
    "variables": [
      "views",
      "rpm",
      "daily"
    ],
    "inputsOnly": []
  },
  "outputs": {
    "views": {
      "label": "Views per day",
      "description": "The daily views needed, to the nearest whole view (halves up).",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "rpm": {
      "label": "RPM",
      "description": "Your revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share, from YouTube Studio (Analytics, Revenue). Typed by you.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "daily": {
      "label": "Earnings per day",
      "description": "What you earn in a day: views × RPM ÷ 1,000.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "monthly": {
      "label": "Earnings per month",
      "description": "Earnings per day × 365 ÷ 12 (an average month).",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "yearly": {
      "label": "Earnings per year",
      "description": "Earnings per day × 365.",
      "format": "money"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "views": 10000,
      "rpm": 3
    },
    "outputs": {
      "daily": 30,
      "monthly": 912.5,
      "yearly": 10950
    },
    "text": "10,000 views a day at an RPM of $3.00 earn about $30.00 a day, $912.50 a month, or $10,950.00 a year."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "views": 10000,
        "rpm": 3
      },
      "expect": {
        "daily": 30,
        "monthly": 912.5,
        "yearly": 10950
      },
      "source": "YouTube Help, \"Understand ad revenue analytics\": RPM is revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314357); hand calculation in content.mdx: 10,000 × 3 ÷ 1,000 = 30; 30 × 365 ÷ 12 = 912.50; 30 × 365 = 10,950"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "daily": 100,
        "rpm": 4
      },
      "expect": {
        "views": 25000,
        "monthly": 3041.6666666666665,
        "yearly": 36500
      },
      "source": "YouTube Help, \"Understand ad revenue analytics\": RPM is revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314357); hand calculation in content.mdx: 100 × 1,000 ÷ 4 = 25,000 views a day"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "views": 2500,
        "daily": 6.25
      },
      "expect": {
        "rpm": 2.5
      },
      "source": "YouTube Help, \"Understand ad revenue analytics\": RPM is revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube’s share (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314357); hand calculation in content.mdx: 6.25 × 1,000 ÷ 2,500 = 2.50"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "YouTube Help, \"Understand ad revenue analytics\": RPM and CPM definitions. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314357",
    "Internal Revenue Service, Self-employment tax (Social Security and Medicare taxes). https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes"
  ],
  "related": [
    "cpm",
    "annual-income",
    "profit"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}