Holds back
Niche: Music
$0.80 to $4 per 1,000 views
$0typical $2$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $2 per 1,000 views to the creator.
ANDREW HUANG
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$1,200a month
About $14,400 a year, likely $8,970 to $20,800
Low end$748
Most likely$1,200
High end$1,730
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$1,180a month
- Long videos550.9K views a month$1,06090%
- Shorts1M views a month$11910%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$1,920 to $4,790Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 239,674 views per long video and typical sponsor rates for this niche.
Views per video
The last 30 public uploads, oldest on the left. Tap or hover a bar for the video.
Long videosShorts
0250K500K
Median 30.8K
Sep 8Nov 5
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| He built a video game inside Ableton that helps you finish tracks | Long video | Nov 5 | 76,200 |
| RC-20 V2 in 3 minutes! | Short | Nov 3 | 15,567 |
| Did we finally write a better Halloween song than Monster Mash? | Short | Oct 31 | 33,252 |
| Music Royalties EXPLAINED | Long video | Oct 30 | 92,260 |
| This music was written to be a unicorn | Short | Oct 30 | 40,379 |
| Took the music notation a bit too literally | Short | Oct 28 | 107,520 |
| Album in a Day 2026 w/ Rob Scallon! | Long video | Oct 26 | 174,710 |
| First of October 2026 sneak peek! Album out on Monday! | Short | Oct 23 | 83,279 |
| Easiest way to get tons of melody ideas! | Short | Oct 21 | 15,003 |
| Minifreak 49 in 90 seconds! | Short | Oct 20 | 71,931 |
| I really thought these were gonna be good 😂 | Short | Oct 19 | 22,212 |
| Robot guitar surprised me! | Short | Oct 17 | 481,911 |
| Unhinged collab approach - would you do this?? | Short | Oct 15 | 22,353 |
| Finding Rhythms In Strange Places | Long video | Oct 14 | 94,932 |
| Would you use wah pedal on drums in a track? | Short | Oct 13 | 58,464 |
| I should probably release this yeah? | Short | Oct 12 | 7,750 |
| Weird track! Can you tell what speed it was meant to be? | Short | Oct 8 | 44,923 |
| Breakbeats controlled by snake game! | Short | Oct 2 | 28,379 |
| Web browser DAW has features the majors are missing! | Long video | Sep 28 | 65,289 |
| AI scammers are trying to use me | Short | Sep 26 | 25,056 |
| Instead of starting your melody from the notes, try doing the rhythm first! | Short | Sep 24 | 26,952 |
| Why these are my favorite headphones for studio work! | Short | Sep 22 | 18,241 |
| Don't skip this in your drum parts! | Short | Sep 21 | 11,842 |
| Challenge: Start a song from 3 random notes? | Short | Sep 19 | 32,941 |
| Which twin is better looking? | Short | Sep 18 | 11,160 |
| This shot took 10 hours | Short | Sep 16 | 12,737 |
| Did NOT expect how good some of these sound in my guitar! | Long video | Sep 15 | 77,483 |
| Such a vibe with 3 randomly drawn plugins! | Short | Sep 12 | 19,857 |
| Asian Guy Didn't Realize How Asian His Samples Were | Short | Sep 10 | 18,827 |
| Once again editing made me look much cooler than what actually happened | Short | Sep 8 | 28,590 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
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Where viewers likely are
95% of US ad rates
0%US rates
Based on the channel's language and country (English, based in CA). Ads pay far more in the US, UK, Canada and Australia than elsewhere.
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Mostly Shorts views
65% of views this month
Long 35%Shorts 65%
Shorts pay about $0.12 per 1,000 views, a small fraction of long videos, so the same views earn much less.
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Long enough for mid roll ads
median 12 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
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Upload pace: speeding up
2.72 per week
That is 1.93x the 90 days before.
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Views per video are rising
1.3x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Time to monetize
When this channel can earn from YouTube ads
Can it earn from ads?Yes, already past the barIt meets the thresholds by our estimate and shows signs of earning
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Unlock with ProHow we got this. Views from the last 30 days are rebuilt from each public video's views and age, cut to the views YouTube pays on, then priced with niche, audience and video length ad rates from published creator data. We run this 2,000 times with realistic variation and show the middle half. Data read November 8, 2026, 13:20 UTC.