Yield
The boring math
Ads only. RPM is a range — set yours from what similar channels actually report, not a screenshot of someone’s best month.
This month
$895
3 × 8.2K × $8.4
Month 12
$3,112
12% view growth / mo
Year 1 ads
$21,593
If the cadence holds
Videos / week3
Average views / video8.2K
RPM (revenue per 1,000 views)$8.4
History mysteries typically clears 6–14 RPM once monetized. Sleep is low RPM, high hours. Finance is the opposite.
Monthly view growth12%
Twelve months
- $1k / mo
- 2 mo
- $5k / mo
- 17 mo
- $10k / mo
- 23 mo
YouTube Partner checklist
Monetization is not a vibe. It is 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours (or 10 million Shorts views in 90 days), plus a clean channel.
Subscribers412 / 1,000
Public watch hours1860 / 4,000
- YPPTwo-step verification on the Google account
- YPPAdSense in the same country as the channel
- YPPOriginal voice + edit — not reused slideshows
- YPPNo copyrighted music beds
- YPPCommunity guidelines strikes at zero
- YPPWatch time from real long-form, not Shorts loops, if you chose hours