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.
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Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$45,500a month
About $546,000 a year, likely $381,000 to $808,000
Low end$31,700
Most likely$45,500
High end$67,300
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$45,500a month
- Long videos6.7M views a month$45,500100%
- Shorts324.4K views a month$600%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$57,200 to $143,000Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 2,859,700 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
07.5M15M
Median 2.7M
Dec 15Nov 2
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Restore an ABANDONED Barn Find (Parked for 28yrs) | Long video | Nov 2 | 5,110,939 |
| How to EASILY Remove Locking Lug Nuts WITHOUT a Key | Short | Sep 27 | 599,494 |
| How to Fix a Coolant Leak on the Side of the Road | Short | Sep 6 | 853,387 |
| How to STOP your Engine from Smoking (How to Replace Valve Seals) | Long video | Aug 21 | 1,478,590 |
| How to Re Epoxy a Garage Floor | Short | Jul 24 | 11,833,085 |
| How to SAVE $400 and Change the Oil in your Car | Short | Jul 9 | 2,946,536 |
| How Dash Cameras are Made (Turbo Del Sol UPDATE) | Long video | Jun 23 | 401,680 |
| How to Install a Car Lift in your Garage | Short | Jun 14 | 7,570,183 |
| How to Convert Drum Brakes to Disc Brakes | Long video | Jun 8 | 2,878,288 |
| How to PROPERLY Change Oil in a Diesel (My 1st New Truck) | Short | May 2 | 2,725,256 |
| Helpful Car Hacks Tips and Tricks (Part 2) | Short | Apr 21 | 4,000,399 |
| How to PROPERLY Replace a Pool Pump | Short | Apr 1 | 8,103,066 |
| NEVER Road Trip without Checking these 5 Things!!! | Short | Feb 12 | 2,250,709 |
| How to PROPERLY Replace Differential Fluid (gear oil) | Short | Jan 15 | 3,028,316 |
| Every son’s DREAM: to be able to buy their parents their dream car! | Short | Dec 23 | 746,432 |
| Top Car Tools and Gadgets of 2025 (Christmas Gift Ideas) | Long video | Dec 20 | 773,782 |
| How to Buy a Car to Flip for Profit (Weekend Flip) | Long video | Dec 11 | 2,804,956 |
| Helpful Car Hacks Tips and Tricks | Short | Nov 3 | 3,991,841 |
| How to Quickly Fix Headlight Moisture and Condensation Problems | Short | Oct 12 | 907,189 |
| How to PROPERLY Replace Trailer Wheel Bearings | Long video | Sep 26 | 1,307,932 |
| Fix a Car that Won’t Start | Short | Jun 12 | 2,722,099 |
| How to Fix a Sloppy Shifter and Leaking Transmission | Long video | Jun 5 | 2,399,282 |
| How to Replace the Oil in a Tesla | Long video | Apr 1 | 2,212,823 |
| How Tool Boxes are Made | Long video | Feb 13 | 1,572,824 |
| How to Epoxy Coat your Garage Floor (Dream Garage Build) | Short | Dec 21 | 4,261,797 |
| How to Finish Your Abandoned Project Car (Turbo Del Sol) | Long video | Dec 12 | 5,814,532 |
| How to Replace a STOLEN Catalytic Converter | Short | Aug 29 | 2,449,693 |
| How to SAFELY Install a Dash Camera in a Car with Airbags (Hard Wire and Rear Cam) | Long video | Aug 17 | 5,477,524 |
| How to PERFECTLY Maintain your First Car | Long video | Mar 1 | 9,952,755 |
| Top Car Tools and Gadgets of 2023 (Christmas Gift Ideas) | Long video | Dec 15 | 1,305,271 |
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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
5% of views this month
Long 95%Shorts 5%
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 11 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
Holds back
Upload pace: slowing down
0.31 per week
That is 0.8x the 90 days before.
Holds back
Views per video are falling
0.47x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
2.8M views a month
Uploads older than three years 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
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, 04:00 UTC.