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Ballparks, not myths: what YouTube actually pays per 1,000 views, why the number varies so wildly, and how to sanity-check any figure you're quoted.
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Indian comedy trio producing high-production-value skit videos.
Transparency: Public channel statistics are retrieved using the YouTube Data API. Revenue estimates are independently calculated and are not provided or verified by YouTube or Google.
Estimated earnings
Based on ~13.3M monthly views and an estimated RPM of $0.88 per 1,000 views.
Estimated monthly earnings
$11.7K
$7K — $17.5K
Estimated yearly earnings
$140K
$84K — $210.1K
Sponsorship value (per video)
$707.4K
$424.4K — $1.1M
Estimated RPM
$0.88/ 1,000 views
Estimated CPM
$1.58/ 1,000 views
Estimated Shorts revenue
$143.2/ month
Independent estimates only. Actual earnings depend on many factors we cannot observe — ad category mix, fill rate, watch time, YouTube revenue share, sponsorship deals, taxes, and more.
Channel stats
Averaged across the 12 most recent uploads.
Average of (likes + comments) ÷ views on recent uploads.
Typical streams for a creator of this size. This tool only estimates ad revenue and sponsorship value.
47:4637.7M views · last year
52:5875.5M views · 2 years ago
51:4678.4M views · 3 years ago
59:0080.8M views · 3 years ago
58:4780.1M views · 4 years ago
38:4474.2M views · 4 years ago
51:2298.9M views · 5 years ago
40:34102.3M views · 5 years ago
30:5889.8M views · 6 years ago
21:46121.6M views · 6 years ago
21:46121.6M views · 6 years ago
40:34102.3M views · 5 years ago
51:2298.9M views · 5 years ago
30:5889.8M views · 6 years ago
59:0080.8M views · 3 years ago
58:4780.1M views · 4 years ago
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