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YouTube Shorts Earnings Calculator

Estimate how much your YouTube Shorts earn per month. Enter your monthly Shorts views and content niche — see RPM benchmarks and views needed to hit income goals.

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Total Shorts views in your last 30 days (from YouTube Studio)

Shorts RPM for Entertainment

Low: $0.030Mid: $0.050High: $0.080

Monthly (Mid est.)

$50.0

Range: $30.0 – $80.0

Per Short

$2.50

across 20 shorts/month

Annual (Mid est.)

$600.0

12 × monthly estimate

Views Needed to Reach Monthly Income Goals

$100/mo

2.0M

Shorts views

$500/mo

10.0M

Shorts views

$1K/mo

20.0M

Shorts views

Shorts RPM is significantly lower than long-form videos ($0.03–$0.35 vs $2–$14). Revenue is split 45/55 (YouTube/Creator) same as regular videos. Combine Shorts for discovery with long-form for monetization.

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