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@cnn20.1M subscribers189,106 videosView channel
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$433,000a month

About $5.19M a year, likely $3.69M to $7.39M

Low end$308,000
Most likely$433,000
High end$616,000

Where the money comes from

Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate

  • Long videos154.4M views a month$405,00094%
  • Shorts123.4M views a month$16,9004%
  • Live streams3.9M views a month$10,1002%

Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 367,937 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 videosShortsLive streams
01M2M
Median 72.7K
Nov 10Nov 10
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VideoFormatPostedViews
Gillibrand praises Schumer, saying blue wave wasn’t ‘created by magic’ShortNov 108
FDA warns weight loss drugs may increase risk of sudden vision lossShortNov 10489
How AI is making flights fasterShortNov 102,704
Eala mania sweeps Hong KongShortNov 10710
Trump claims election was rigged: Enten breaks down the dataLong videoNov 1072,958
The outstanding ballots that could decide the Mississippi Senate raceShortNov 1010,246
Hegseth, Massie trade barbs over impeachment articlesShortNov 1013,046
Bernie Sanders says he won’t back Sen. Schumer for Democratic leaderShortNov 10161,443
This bull and donkey are a same-sex coupleShortNov 1012,374
Rep Jordan elected House GOP leader as Sanders rejects SchumerLong videoNov 1067,060
First snow and cold blast to bring an early taste of winter to the EastShortNov 1040,580
Women appear to make racist gestures outside apartmentShortNov 1026,113
Why the Nvidia CEO scandal mattersLong videoNov 1015,485
Sen. Kelly on Hegseth impeachment: ‘He needs to go’ShortNov 10195,564
GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on nail-biter Mississippi raceShortNov 1068,107
Hegseth ties himself to Trump to defend himself against impeachmentLong videoNov 10442,312
Inside the White House debate over Pete Hegseth’s futureShortNov 10114,034
Johnson defends Hegseth, calls impeachment effort ‘shameful’ShortNov 10156,277
Nvidia scandal latest: China spy allegations, relationship timeline & moreLong videoNov 10261,549
Double waterspout wows onlookers in CapriShortNov 1040,475
Ukrainian bodycam captures moment Russian bomb strikes shelterShortNov 1089,077
Now ahead by 2,536 votes, MS Dem Colom thinks he will winLong videoNov 10511,309
What it’s like to be water-cannoned by a Chinese shipLong videoNov 1072,387
‘We will not apologize’: Hegseth fires back at impeachmentShortNov 10155,937
Where do the remaining midterm races stand? Harry Enten breaks it downLong videoNov 101,541,258
Young cliff divers risking their livesShortNov 1023,065
Did a crowd manage to move‘s Chicago's ‘Bean’?ShortNov 10193,310
Defiant Hegseth calls impeachment effort a stuntShortNov 1090,126
Pete Hegseth holds briefing as impeachment drumbeat continuesLive streamNov 10118,410
Massie predicts Hegseth will be out before end of the yearLong videoNov 101,217,414

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Why this number

What lifts the estimate and what holds it back

Neutral

Niche: News

$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.

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

44% of views this month

Long 55%Shorts 44%

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 12 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: new

54.44 per week

0.0 before
54.4 now

Not enough history to compare yet.

Helps

Views per video are rising

1.33x

Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.

Time to monetize

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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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How 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, 23:20 UTC.

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