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.
Car and Driver
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$1,400a month
About $16,800 a year, likely $12,200 to $23,600
Low end$1,020
Most likely$1,400
High end$1,970
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$1,380a month
- Long videos223.2K views a month$1,18086%
- Shorts1.1M views a month$19814%
- Live streams18 views a month$00%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$706 to $1,760Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 35,283 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
0150K300K
Median 20.2K
Sep 21Nov 9
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 Nissan Armada Is Getting a Name Change | Short | Nov 9 | 2,160 |
| Is the 2026 Hyundai Palisade XRT Pro a Real Off-Roader? | Short | Nov 5 | 4,201 |
| A Nissan Frontier with GT-R Turbos | Short | Nov 4 | 8,275 |
| Slammed '55 Chevy Bel Air Packs 741-HP V-8 | Short | Nov 4 | 23,477 |
| Jeep Wrangler SRT Concept Revealed at SEMA | Short | Nov 3 | 14,952 |
| Listen to the Nissan Sentra Spec-V Concept | Short | Nov 2 | 209,137 |
| 2027 Subaru Uncharted Test Drive and Review - Performance, Range, & Interior | Long video | Nov 2 | 14,610 |
| Hyundai Venue Acceleration Test | Short | Oct 29 | 6,045 |
| 40K-Mile Test 2024 Lucid Air Pure RWD | Long video | Oct 28 | 81,522 |
| Tracking the 2027 Lamborghini Revuelto SV | Short | Oct 26 | 11,656 |
| The Ultimate Mid-Size Truck for Overlanding | Short | Oct 24 | 3,500 |
| Chevy Corvette Grand Sport Acceleration Test | Short | Oct 23 | 129,810 |
| 2027 BMW X5 Drives Great, but Screens Galore | Short | Oct 22 | 40,375 |
| Driving Ferrari's Only 'Manual' Available | Short | Oct 21 | 12,963 |
| AMG’s First In-House-Developed SUV Makes 1153 HP | Short | Oct 17 | 18,990 |
| Tesla Roadster Drives Upside Down | Short | Oct 16 | 26,043 |
| Tesla Roadster Does a Literal Flip | Short | Oct 16 | 283,196 |
| Porsche's New Mid-Engined Supercar Revealed | Short | Oct 15 | 47,338 |
| BMW Reveals V-8-Powered 7-Series | Short | Oct 14 | 10,132 |
| Nissan Frontier PRO-4X Review: An Analog Truck in a Digital World | Long video | Oct 13 | 94,517 |
| Features You Won't Find on a Modern Accord | Short | Oct 11 | 180,105 |
| Porsche Is Celebrating a Birthday the Right Way | Short | Oct 9 | 11,989 |
| Design Leads the 2028 Jaguar Type 01 | Short | Oct 7 | 37,725 |
| Mini's New Off-Road-Themed ‘Untamed’ Trim | Short | Oct 6 | 19,793 |
| What's New with the 2027 Hyundai Tucson? | Short | Oct 1 | 43,386 |
| Inside the 2028 Bentley Torcal EV | Short | Sep 30 | 20,530 |
| We Tested Radar Detectors: This Came Out on Top | Short | Sep 26 | 35,726 |
| 2028 Torcal Is Bentley's First EV | Short | Sep 23 | 15,681 |
| What We Like About the 2027 GMC Sierra 1500 | Short | Sep 22 | 104,385 |
| Goodwood Revival 2026 Didn't Disappoint! | Short | Sep 21 | 4,580 |
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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.
Holds back
Mostly Shorts views
83% of views this month
Long 17%Shorts 83%
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 9 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
5.6 per week
That is 1.35x the 90 days before.
Holds back
Views per video are falling
0.66x
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
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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, 06:40 UTC.