Helps
Niche: Automotive
$3 to $10 per 1,000 views
$0typical $6$15
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $6 per 1,000 views to the creator.
B is for Build
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$9,850a month
About $118,000 a year, likely $78,800 to $178,000
Low end$6,570
Most likely$9,850
High end$14,800
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$9,850a month
- Long videos1.5M views a month$9,840100%
- Shorts15.4K views a month$30%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$6,340 to $15,800Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 316,983 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
02.5M5M
Median 148K
Feb 6Oct 21
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Turned VW's Electric Van Into THIS?! - THE FINALE | Long video | Oct 21 | 170,974 |
| We Turned a Brand New VW Into a Real-Life Comic Book | Long video | Sep 28 | 218,839 |
| My Cancer Is Back and Now Im Really Behind Schedule... | Long video | Sep 8 | 357,425 |
| We Have 30 Days to Build Two Custom Vans | Long video | Aug 13 | 162,036 |
| Will My Homemade Pontoon Yacht Survive Its Maiden Voyage? | Long video | Aug 5 | 220,636 |
| Some products just become part of car culture. Paid partnership with @ArmorAll | Short | Jul 20 | 354,789 |
| We Drove a Semi Into the River to Launch My Pontoon Yacht! | Long video | Jul 18 | 290,220 |
| We Almost Lost Our Dream Yacht With 2 Weeks Left! | Long video | Jun 18 | 140,537 |
| My Friend’s Insurance Company Screwed Him | Long video | May 21 | 98,770 |
| Installing a Bathroom on My Dream Yacht Was a Disaster | Long video | May 13 | 143,571 |
| STOP upgrading your wheels before doing this 👀 Shop now at Auto Zone. @armorall #sponsored | Short | May 1 | 4,667,296 |
| First Time Turning the Key on My Dream Yacht… | Long video | Apr 30 | 145,591 |
| Building My Dream Yacht – The Fuel Tank Problem | Long video | Apr 21 | 123,006 |
| I'm Rebuilding A Crashed Nissan Juke - Why Does Everyone Hate This Car? | Long video | Mar 30 | 109,626 |
| I Bought a Salvage Mach-E With NO Keys… Will It Even Start? | Long video | Mar 23 | 302,033 |
| Health Update & Is Resin 3d Printing Worth It for Car Builders? | Long video | Feb 9 | 139,486 |
| This is My Fastest SEMA Build EVER! | Long video | Nov 4 | 176,144 |
| I FINALLY Got Good Health News!! And A Twin Turbo Audi R8! | Long video | Oct 28 | 200,998 |
| Can I fix My Broken Supercar With One Can of WD-40? | Long video | Aug 30 | 117,139 |
| Things Aren't Going Well.... I Need Your Help. | Long video | Aug 1 | 587,377 |
| Can You Vaporize Used Motor Oil? | Long video | Jun 22 | 117,713 |
| Health Update + How Much Solar Does It Take To Stay Cool In The Summer Heat? | Long video | May 19 | 204,485 |
| After 3 Years 7 Months and 2 Days, My Cancer Came Back... | Long video | Mar 30 | 700,409 |
| Transforming My BRZ with a Custom Hood Scoop and Seamless Widebody Integration! | Long video | Mar 21 | 144,133 |
| I Thought This BRZ Was Almost Done… Then Everything Fell Apart! | Long video | Mar 9 | 131,718 |
| $5,000 Salvage BRZ: Was It a Mistake? Major Body Repair Begins! | Long video | Feb 25 | 122,005 |
| This Widebody BRZ Looks INSANE After These Mods! | Long video | Feb 12 | 150,348 |
| 2014 Ford Raptor With Some Hidden Secrets ⬆️VIEW FULL VIDEO ⬆️ #ford #raptor #truck #rebuild #auto | Short | Feb 7 | 28,731 |
| We Completed This Wild V10 240z Build in 5 Months! ⬆️VIEW FULL VIDEO ⬆️ #automobile #240z #build | Short | Feb 7 | 48,900 |
| Building a Wide-Body Kit for the ‘67 Mustang ⬆️VIEW FULL VIDEO ⬆️ #mustang #DIY #bodykit #auto | Short | Feb 6 | 23,184 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
Helps
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
1% of views this month
Long 99%Shorts 1%
Shorts pay about $0.18 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 20 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
0.31 per week
That is 1x the 90 days before.
Neutral
Views per video are steady
1.06x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
1.4M views a month
Uploads older than three years, and the ones we did not read, keep getting watched. We count them at half their lifetime average pace, a conservative guess, capped by the channel's lifetime average.
Time to monetize
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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 10, 2026, 07:40 UTC.