YouTube Shorts pay $0.03–$0.45 per 1,000 views depending on niche, country, and music usage — far less than long-form video. Enter your views below for a personalized estimate and AI strategy.

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YouTube Shorts
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Shorts RPM is a different (and much lower) number than long-form RPM. Enter your niche, country, and music usage for a realistic estimate — plus an AI-generated strategy based on your exact numbers.

2026 Rate Data

YouTube Shorts RPM by niche (US audience, no music)

Niche	Shorts RPM (per 1,000 views)
Finance & Business	$0.25 – $0.45
Technology / AI	$0.20 – $0.35
Education / How-to	$0.14 – $0.25
Lifestyle / Vlogs	$0.09 – $0.16
Entertainment	$0.06 – $0.11
Gaming	$0.05 – $0.10
Kids Content	$0.03 – $0.06

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YouTube Shorts typically pay $0.03–$0.45 per 1,000 views depending on niche, audience country, and whether the video uses licensed music. Finance and tech Shorts earn the most; gaming and kids content earn the least. This is far lower than long-form video RPM.

Shorts revenue comes from a shared ad pool split across everything a viewer watches in the Shorts feed, not ads on your specific video. Licensed music also reduces your share, since music licensing costs are deducted before the creator payout.

Yes. Using one licensed track typically reduces your earnings by about 33%, and using two or more tracks can reduce earnings by roughly 50%, since licensing costs are deducted from the ad pool before revenue is shared with creators.

Yes. Paste any public Shorts URL into the calculator and it pulls the video's real view count via the YouTube Data API, then applies niche, country, and music-based RPM to estimate earnings — no manual entry needed.

For pure ad revenue, long-form video almost always earns significantly more per view. Shorts are better suited for audience discovery and subscriber growth, then converting that audience to long-form content where the RPM is higher.

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Niche

Shorts RPM (per 1,000 views)

Finance & Business

$0.25 – $0.45

Technology / AI

$0.20 – $0.35

Education / How-to

$0.14 – $0.25

Lifestyle / Vlogs

$0.09 – $0.16

Entertainment

$0.06 – $0.11

Gaming

$0.05 – $0.10

Kids Content

$0.03 – $0.06

Common questions about YouTube Shorts earnings

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