Free YouTube Shorts Earnings Calculator (+ TikTok, Facebook Reels, Snapchat)

Estimate how much a video earns on YouTube Shorts, TikTok Creator Rewards, Facebook Reels CMP, and Snapchat Spotlight. Enter views, niche, and audience geography to see per-platform payouts and the total if you cross-post the same video everywhere.

Estimated earnings on YouTube Shorts

$55to$165

for 1,000,000 views in education & how-to, united states audience

Same video, every platform

Estimated earnings if you cross-post the same video and get 1,000,000 views on each.

YouTube Shorts$55 to $165
TikTok$550 to $1,650
Facebook Reels$2,200 to $6,600
Snapchat Spotlight$165 to $385
Instagram Reelsno per-view program
Cross-post total (all monetized platforms)$2,970 to $8,800
Post to all of them from one upload

How this is calculated

Estimated earnings = views ÷ 1,000 × platform RPM × niche multiplier × geo multiplier

Platform base RPM (US, mid-tier niche, per 1,000 views):

  • YouTube Shorts: $0.05 to $0.15
  • TikTok Creator Rewards (60+ sec videos): $0.50 to $1.50
  • Facebook Reels (CMP): $2.00 to $6.00
  • Snapchat Spotlight: $0.15 to $0.35
  • Instagram Reels: no per-view program

Niche and geography adjust from there. Real payouts vary with watch time, advertiser demand, seasonality (Q4 is 30 to 50 percent higher), music licensing on YouTube, and video length rules on TikTok. Treat this as a directional estimate, not a payout guarantee.

Frequently asked questions

YouTube Shorts pays approximately $0.05 to $0.15 per 1,000 views in 2026 under the Shorts Ads Revenue Sharing program. US audiences in high-CPM niches (finance, tech, health) can reach $0.20 to $0.25. This calculator uses that RPM range as the base and adjusts for the niche and audience geography you select.
TikTok Creator Rewards pays approximately $0.40 to $1.20 per 1,000 qualified views in 2026 for creators in eligible countries (US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico). Videos must be over 1 minute long to qualify. Enter your view count here to see the estimated range.
Facebook Reels via the Content Monetization Program pays roughly $1 to $10 per 1,000 views in 2026, with US finance and tech niches hitting $8 to $20+. Facebook has the highest per-view ceiling of any short-form platform right now. This calculator uses $2 to $6 as the US mid-tier base and adjusts by niche and geography.
It gives a directional estimate based on 2026 creator-reported RPMs. Real payouts vary with watch time, ad demand at any given moment, seasonality (Q4 is 30 to 50 percent higher than Q1), music licensing on YouTube Shorts, and the video length rule on TikTok. Use the numbers as a planning range, not a payout guarantee.
Instagram does not have a public per-view monetization program in 2026. Meta runs invite-only Reels bonuses in select markets, but there is no open ad revenue share for creators. Instagram Reels earnings come from brand deals, affiliate sales, and Instagram Subscriptions, none of which are per-view.
Yes, though not perfectly. The same video posted to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Snapchat Spotlight earns from all four independent revenue pools. Views do not distribute evenly (a viral TikTok might only get 10 percent as many views on Facebook Reels), but with a tool like ShortSync that publishes to all platforms in one upload, the extra revenue is nearly free effort.

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