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Channel Earnings Estimator
Paste any channel and get an earnings range built on its actual last-30-days views — not a lifetime average, not a single fake number.
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- No signup
- Official YouTube data
Step by step
How to use the Channel Earnings Estimator
Step 01
Paste a channel link or @handle.
Step 02
We fetch its real uploads from the last 30 days and split views into long-form and Shorts.
Step 03
Pick the niche and audience region — the range updates from our published CPM table.
Understand your results
What the results mean
Unlike estimators that work from lifetime views, this one uses the channel's actual uploads from the last 30 days (YouTube's own view counts) and prices long-form and Shorts separately — because they earn wildly different rates. The CPM table behind the range is published on our methodology page.
What no tool can know: the channel's real CPM, its monetized-view share, membership income, or whether it's monetized at all (our Monetization Checker shows the public signals). That's why this is a range — and why we show you the recent-views basis so you can sanity-check it.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is a channel earnings estimate?
It brackets ad earnings if our niche/region assumptions fit. Real figures can leave the range — a channel with direct-sold sponsors or premium audience can earn multiples more. Only YouTube Studio knows.
Why last-30-days views instead of lifetime?
Earnings come from current viewing. A channel with 100M lifetime views but no recent uploads earns almost nothing today; recent uploads are the honest basis.
Why are Shorts shown separately?
Shorts pay roughly a thousand times less per view than good long-form CPMs. Mixing them into one number is how other estimators get comically wrong.
Does this include sponsorships and memberships?
No — ads only. For many mid-size channels, sponsorships (see our Sponsorship Rate Calculator) out-earn AdSense.
Is this tool free?
Yes — free, no account, built on official YouTube data plus our published estimate table.
Last updated November 4, 2026 · Reviewed by the channelpeeker team · How we calculate
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