Neutral
Niche: Cooking
$2 to $5 per 1,000 views
$0typical $3$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $3 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Brian Lagerstrom
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$7,210a month
About $86,500 a year, likely $59,100 to $124,000
Low end$4,920
Most likely$7,210
High end$10,300
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$7,210a month
- Long videos2.3M views a month$7,200100%
- Shorts163 views a month$00%
- Live streams2,913 views a month$70%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$4,370 to $10,900Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 364,457 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 videosLive streams
0500K1M
Median 255.2K
Mar 15Nov 8
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Guilty Pleasure Pasta Just Got a SERIOUS Upgrade | Long video | Nov 8 | 76,892 |
| I Finally Made NYC's Famous Halal Cart Chicken & Rice | Long video | Nov 1 | 308,505 |
| I Made Lasagna The Wrong Way, Im NOT Going Back! | Long video | Oct 25 | 539,879 |
| The FASTER, Better Way to Make Chicken Pot Pie | Long video | Oct 18 | 265,751 |
| 10 Cheap Restaurant Tools Home Cooks Are Missing Out On | Long video | Oct 11 | 905,488 |
| I Didn't Know Southern Cooking Could Taste THIS Good | Long video | Oct 4 | 223,141 |
| Fully Loaded Italian Pasta Salad With Homemade Dressing | Long video | Sep 20 | 280,285 |
| The 15 Minute Steak Dish Everyone Forgot About | Long video | Sep 13 | 606,394 |
| The 25 Minute Noodles I'd Choose Over Pad Thai | Long video | Sep 6 | 447,469 |
| A Great French Dip Sandwich is MUCH Easier Than You Think | Long video | Aug 30 | 244,629 |
| Skip The Pie. Make This Instead. | Long video | Aug 23 | 139,371 |
| The Crispy Taco Recipe I Wish I Knew Sooner | Long video | Aug 16 | 104,634 |
| How To Make Your Best Homemade Pizza Yet | Long video | Aug 2 | 202,613 |
| Perfectly Tender Mussels In Garlicky Wine Broth | Long video | Jul 26 | 107,839 |
| Stop Buying Salsa. Make These 3 Instead. | Long video | Jul 19 | 188,479 |
| Why These Pork Tacos Beat the Restaurant Version | Long video | Jul 12 | 208,277 |
| The Best BBQ Ribs Start in the Oven | Long video | Jun 28 | 153,961 |
| Skip the $40 Lobster Roll. Make This Instead. | Long video | Jun 21 | 932,661 |
| The Best One Pot Pasta I've Made All Year... | Long video | Jun 14 | 423,436 |
| These Chili Oil Wontons Destroy Takeout | Long video | Jun 7 | 182,792 |
| The Best Key Lime Pie Has a Store-Bought Secret | Long video | May 17 | 192,233 |
| Why Your Korean Short Ribs Aren't Tender (And How To Fix Them) | Long video | May 10 | 115,394 |
| How to Make Pastrami on Rye at Home (No Smoker Required) | Long video | May 3 | 170,278 |
| Salad Has No Business Being THIS Good | Long video | Apr 26 | 486,925 |
| The One Pan Dinner I Wish I Knew Sooner | Long video | Apr 19 | 421,893 |
| The Perfect Peanut Butter Cookie Actually Exists | Long video | Apr 12 | 239,495 |
| This Bread is TOO Easy To Be This Good... | Long video | Apr 5 | 544,765 |
| This Recipe Totally Changed My Mind About Gumbo | Long video | Mar 29 | 409,882 |
| This Easy Chicken Dinner Will Make You Feel Like a Chef | Long video | Mar 22 | 541,877 |
| The 30-Minute Spaghetti I Make for People I Love | Live stream | Mar 15 | 276,684 |
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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.
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Shorts in the mix
0% of views this month
Long 100%Shorts 0%
Shorts pay about $0.14 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 11 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
Helps
Upload pace: speeding up
0.93 per week
That is 1.33x the 90 days before.
Helps
Views per video are rising
1.55x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
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 9, 2026, 01:40 UTC.