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Creator Economics

How Much Do YouTubers Make Per View?

As of 2026-08-19, YouTube pays creators about $0.001 to $0.01 per view, a net RPM of $1 to $10 per 1,000 views (a typical figure near $4). Across 287 recent videos from 10 large, well-known channels the median was 3 million views, so a video like that earns about $13,654; a smaller creator scales down by their own view count.

Last updated August 19, 2026

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The numbers, right now

Last updated August 19, 2026

$0.004

Per view

$4

Per 1,000 views

3,413,573

Median views / video

287

Videos sampled

What YouTube pays per view, by RPM scenario

ScenarioPer viewPer 1,000 viewsPer million views
Conservative$0.001$1$1,000
Typical$0.004$4$4,000
Top creators$0.01$10$10,000

How we compute this

SocialCrawl reads the public view count for recent videos from a curated basket of well-known YouTube channels via the API endpoint /v1/youtube/channel/videos, pools them, and takes the median views per video. 287 videos from 10 channels were sampled on 2026-08-19. The per-view rate is a net RPM of $1 to $10 per 1,000 views (model version 2026-07-02), which works out to $0.001 to $0.01 per single view, where net RPM is the creator payout after YouTube's 45% cut and non-monetized views. The band is sourced from Stan Store, How Much Does YouTube Pay Per View (2026) and cross-checked against Hootsuite and Nearstream. View counts are read live, never estimated; the RPM band is a cited assumption, not a computed value, so real pay varies by niche, geography, and season.

Source endpoints
/v1/youtube/channel/videos
Sample size
287
Computed
2026-08-19

Run this yourself

One API call returns the same live feed we sampled. Drop in your key and go.

curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/videos?region=US" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_your_api_key_here"
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How much does YouTube pay per view?
As of 2026-08-19, YouTube pays a net RPM of $1 to $10 per 1,000 views, which is about $0.001 to $0.01 per single view after YouTube's 45% cut. Applied to a median of 3 million views per video, a large channel's video earns about $13,654. The RPM band is sourced from Stan Store, How Much Does YouTube Pay Per View (2026).
How much is 1,000 views worth on YouTube?
About $1 to $10. That net RPM band per 1,000 views is the same figure as the per-view rate, just scaled up, so a typical 1,000 views is worth near $4 as of 2026-08-19. Scale it further and a million views is worth roughly $1,000 to $10,000.
Why is YouTube's pay per view a range, not one number?
Net RPM varies widely by niche, audience geography, and season, so this uses a band of $0.001 to $0.01 per view ($1 to $10 per 1,000 views) rather than one figure. Finance and tech channels often clear $10,000 per million views, while entertainment can sit near $1,000 as of 2026-08-19.
How is this per-view earnings figure calculated?
SocialCrawl pools recent videos from 10 well-known channels via /v1/youtube/channel/videos and takes the median views per video, 3 million across 287 videos on 2026-08-19. It then applies a cited net RPM band of $1 to $10 per 1,000 views. View counts are read live; the RPM band is a documented assumption, never a fabricated number.

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