How Much Do YouTubers Make Per View?
As of 2026-07-12, 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 $12,961; a smaller creator scales down by their own view count.
Last updated July 12, 2026
The numbers, right now
Last updated July 12, 2026
$0.004
Per view
$4
Per 1,000 views
3,240,214
Median views / video
287
Videos sampled
What YouTube pays per view, by RPM scenario
| Scenario | Per view | Per 1,000 views | Per 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 2026-07-12. 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
- 2026-07-12
Run this yourself
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curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/videos?region=US" \
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