YouTube Shorts Earnings Calculator

Shorts are paid differently from long-form videos. Ads that run between Shorts in the feed go into a monthly pool for each country; part of it pays for music licensing, the rest is shared among monetizing creators by their share of engaged views, and creators keep 45% of what they are allocated. Use your own Shorts RPM for a quick estimate, or the pool formula to see how the mechanism works.

How to use this tool

1. Enter your engaged views for a Short or for the month.
2. With the RPM method, enter your Shorts RPM from YouTube Studio.
3. With the pool method, enter a scenario for the country's Shorts Feed ad revenue, total engaged views and how many views were on Shorts with music.
4. Add an earnings goal to see how many views it takes.

Formula

RPM method: Earnings = Engaged views ÷ 1,000 × Shorts RPM

Creator Pool = Revenue × (1 − ½ × one-track share − ⅔ × two-track share)

Earnings = 45% × Creator Pool × Your views ÷ Total views

One-track associated ad revenue contributes one half to the pool; two-track revenue contributes one third. Inputs are revenue shares; using view shares assumes equal revenue per view across those groups. Your allocation uses eligible engaged-view share. The pool scenario excludes Premium and other rights adjustments.

Example

YouTube's own example has $100,000 of Shorts Feed ad revenue and 100 million engaged views in a country, with 20% of Shorts using one track. The Creator Pool is $90,000. A creator with 1 million engaged views — 1% of the total — is allocated $900 and keeps 45%, or $405, an effective RPM of $0.41.