How Much YouTube Paid Us for 1,000,000 Shorts Views (Monetization Explained)
– In this video, I'm going
to share with you exactly how much YouTube paid us
for 1 million Shorts views, we'll dive into YouTube
Shorts monetization, how you can 10X your short form revenue, and how Shorts revenue
compares to long form videos. Let's get into it. (upbeat music) To start earning money on YouTube Shorts, you first need to be a part of
the YouTube Partner Program. To get in, you need a thousand subscribers and either 4,000 hours of watch time on your long form videos in the last year, or 10 million views on
your YouTube Shorts. Yes, it is kind of crazy, but once you're in, you can start earning.
Now let's break down two
crucial terms, CPM and RPM. CPM is what advertisers pay YouTube for every 1,000 views their ad gets. RPM is what YouTube pays you for every 1,000 views your video gets. Remember this because it is important. In long form videos, ads play
directly on your content. The revenue is split
with YouTube keeping 45% and you getting 55%. It's pretty straightforward, but YouTube Shorts are a
little bit more complicated. That's because on YouTube Shorts, ads play between multiple different videos from various different creators. So, instead of you making all the money, the revenue gets split
between you, YouTube, and all of the other creators
who posted YouTube Shorts, and then the music industry. Picture all the ad revenue
from Shorts as a big pot. Every ad view adds a
little bit more money. If a creator Short uses a
song that's copyrighted, part of its revenue, have to be exact, is deducted to pay for music rights.
If a Short features two copyrighted songs, then two-thirds of that Short's
revenue gets taken away. After setting aside
money for music rights, the remaining money is
divided among all creators based on the popularity of their Shorts. Say, your Shorts get around 1% of all the views on YouTube Shorts, then you earn about 1% of
everything left in the pots. But before you run off, YouTube takes its cut. For Shorts, YouTube takes 55%, then leaving you with 45%
of whatever you received. So after all of that happens, how much do you as a creator make? It's not much. The average RPM for a long
form video is around $3, meaning a 100,000 views could earn you around 300 bucks on average. Of course, some creators make a lot more, some make a lot less. But for Shorts, the average
RPM is around 5 cents. So, the same amount of views
might just bring you in $5.
Compared to long form videos, Shorts turn like the change you find down the side of the couch cushion. Now, before I tell you
how much YouTube paid us for a million views, do me a quick favor and
smashed the Subscribe button. This is the year that we
hit a million subscribers and we cannot do it without your help. And the bigger the channel gets, the bigger the videos get. Now for the big reveal, how much did YouTube pay us
for 1 million Shorts views? Drumroll please. (drum rolling) $99.87 from 3.1 million views, which is about $32 per 1 million views. (bummer music) Yeah, it's not a lot of money, but it's not just us. YouTube giant ZachKing made $91 from 10 million Shorts views. That's, I'm sorry Zach. Put #SorryZach in the comments
if you made it this far.
That's rough. Although short form content does not earn as much as long form videos, they're still valuable. For example, the queen of
YouTube Shorts, JennyHoyos, gained over 1.5 million
subscribers with only 90 Shorts. And while she only gained
$1200 from 22 million views, the interesting part is that $1200 was not even 10% of what she makes as a short form creator. You can make a lot more money beyond ads. Jenny's real success comes from leveraging her Shorts and followers
for selling merchandise, online courses, and brand collaborations.
So remember, monetization isn't
limited to just ad revenue. With a strong following, you could earn through your
own products and partnerships. So no, YouTube Shorts do
not pay a lot of money, but you get way more
subscribers from Shorts than you could ever imagine getting on a long form video. So, eh, you know, you get what you get, you don't throw fit.
And once you have all those subscribers, you can monetize in so many other ways to make a lot more money
than ads could ever pay you. So, let me know if you think
Shorts are a great opportunity in the comments below. Let me know if you're posting Shorts so I can check in your channel out. And when you're done, I suggest you watch this video right here because YouTube has a secret team that nobody knew about and they just got exposed. Check that out. (upbeat music).
