Helps
Niche: Education
$3 to $15 per 1,000 views
$0typical $7$20
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $7 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Big Think
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$19,900a month
About $238,000 a year, likely $149,000 to $387,000
Low end$12,500
Most likely$19,900
High end$32,300
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$19,900a month
- Long videos2.7M views a month$19,70099%
- Shorts981.6K views a month$1961%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$4,800 to $12,800Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 319,960 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
0400K800K
Median 53.8K
Sep 30Nov 6
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| How fast was T. Rex? | Steve Brusatte | Short | Nov 6 | 13,399 |
| The laws of the universe are unable to explain these origin mysteries | Paul Davies: Full Interview | Long video | Nov 6 | 134,993 |
| One-way doors vs. two-way doors | Dambisa Moyo | Short | Nov 5 | 7,588 |
| Why listening beats problem solving | Lisa Damour | Short | Nov 4 | 68,497 |
| What is life? | Paul Davies | Short | Nov 2 | 13,397 |
| The absurd power of shared belief | Lisa Feldman Barrett | Long video | Nov 2 | 72,322 |
| How to change your toxic relationship | Ramani Durvasula | Short | Oct 30 | 30,645 |
| 1 in 6 people are narcissists. Learn to spot them early | Ramani Durvasula: Full Interview | Long video | Oct 30 | 290,249 |
| How did dinosaurs get so big? | Steve Brusatte | Short | Oct 28 | 23,846 |
| The hidden trap of overthinking | Lisa Damour | Short | Oct 28 | 131,965 |
| Did life arise more than once? | Paul Davies | Short | Oct 26 | 28,654 |
| The science of how your past contributes to your present | Lisa Feldman Barrett | Long video | Oct 26 | 149,077 |
| Did T. Rex have feathers? | Steve Brusatte | Short | Oct 23 | 19,850 |
| Finding and protecting selfhood in the age of social contagion | Luke Burgis: Full Interview | Long video | Oct 23 | 183,417 |
| Why naming emotions is so powerful | Lisa Damour | Short | Oct 21 | 23,269 |
| The 3 biggest origin mysteries | Paul Davies | Short | Oct 19 | 38,026 |
| The famous tree-falling thought experiment has a new answer | Lisa Feldman Barrett | Long video | Oct 19 | 188,774 |
| Why are T. Rex arms so pathetic? | Steve Brusatte | Short | Oct 16 | 33,743 |
| The next stage of the God debate | Jack Symes | Long video | Oct 16 | 146,045 |
| The shock of doing nothing | Andrew Holecek | Long video | Oct 15 | 693,524 |
| The hidden cost of ignoring your feelings | Lisa Damour | Short | Oct 14 | 61,980 |
| The 3 elements of stupidity | Jonny Thomson | Short | Oct 12 | 312,821 |
| How smart were T. Rex? | Steve Brusatte | Short | Oct 9 | 22,396 |
| The theory that connects the origin of life to the rise of intelligence | Blaise Aguera y Arcas | Long video | Oct 9 | 180,202 |
| 3 rules for being smart about stress | Lisa Damour | Short | Oct 7 | 51,610 |
| How to be free of distress | Jonny Thomson | Short | Oct 5 | 54,243 |
| 3 tips for working with AI | Adam Frank | Short | Oct 2 | 53,366 |
| The political philosophy that changed the world | Jonathan Rauch: Full Interview | Long video | Oct 2 | 334,563 |
| Telling a story with one line | Richard Kelly | Short | Oct 1 | 13,579 |
| AI and filmmaking | Richard Kelly | Short | Sep 30 | 11,252 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
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Where viewers likely are
100% of US ad rates
0%US rates
Based on the channel's language and country (English, based in the US). Ads pay far more in the US, UK, Canada and Australia than elsewhere.
Neutral
Shorts in the mix
26% of views this month
Long 74%Shorts 26%
Shorts pay about $0.20 per 1,000 views, a small fraction of long videos, so the same views earn much less.
Helps
Long enough for mid roll ads
median 18 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
Neutral
Upload pace: steady
4.74 per week
That is 0.85x the 90 days before.
Holds back
Views per video are falling
0.4x
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 7, 2026, 18:20 UTC.