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Turn monthly views into a real AdSense estimate

Plug in monthly views, your niche, and how many views actually serve ads. Get a monthly and yearly AdSense range in seconds, built on YouTube's real 55% creator split.

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The vidfora YouTube Money Calculator showing inputs for monthly views, niche and monetized-view percentage alongside estimated monthly and yearly AdSense earnings and an effective RPM figure.

Real niche CPMs

Ten niche baselines, from Finance at $22 CPM down to Music at $2, so your estimate reflects what advertisers actually pay in your space.

Only paid views count

Drag one slider to model ad blockers, skipped ads and ineligible videos, because only a slice of views ever serves an ad and gets paid.

An honest range

See a low-to-high monthly and yearly band plus your effective RPM, since CPM swings hard with season, geography and ad format.

How it works

Three steps, start to finish

01
Enter monthly views
Type in any channel's monthly views, whether that's your own numbers or a competitor's you're sizing up.
02
Set niche and paid share
Pick your niche for the right CPM, then set what percent of views actually serve ads (50 to 70% is typical for long-form).
03
Read your range
Get an estimated monthly and yearly AdSense band, plus the RPM behind it, instantly, no login math required.

Questions

How accurate is the estimate?

It uses per-niche CPM baselines and YouTube's 55% creator split, then shows a low-to-high band because real CPM swings with season, geography and ad format. Treat it as a grounded range, not a guarantee.

Does this include sponsorships or affiliate income?

No, it estimates AdSense ad revenue only. Most creators earn more from sponsorships, affiliates and their own products than from ads, so use this as your baseline ad number and build from there.

Can I use it to value a breakout video?

Yes. Run a video's views through it to see what a breakout is worth. Pair it with vidfora's outlier research, which surfaces videos that beat a channel's own median, so you chase ideas that are proven to both perform and pay.