Holds back
Niche: Entertainment
$0.80 to $5 per 1,000 views
$0typical $2$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $2 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Discovery
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$18,600a month
About $223,000 a year, likely $130,000 to $355,000
Low end$10,800
Most likely$18,600
High end$29,600
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$18,600a month
- Long videos8.1M views a month$18,40099%
- Shorts1.4M views a month$1831%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$333 to $832Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 41,586 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
0125K250K
Median 20.3K
Oct 21Nov 6
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Pans For Gold!? | Gold Rush | Discovery | Long video | Nov 6 | 20,032 |
| Season 14's Stunning Before & Afters | Homestead Rescue | Discovery | Long video | Nov 6 | 8,666 |
| Firefighter Saves Man Stuck Inside Semi Truck | Rocky Mountain Wreckers | Discovery | Long video | Nov 5 | 7,999 |
| There was a WHAT in her eye?! 🪱 #MonstersInsideMe | Short | Nov 5 | 7,138 |
| Josh Gates Investigates Amelia Earhart's Disappearance ✈️ | Expedition Unknown | Discovery | Long video | Nov 4 | 20,508 |
| Tony Wants Second Washplant Sluicing | Gold Rush | Discovery | Short | Nov 3 | 29,751 |
| A Cave Full of Clues 🔦🔍 | Expedition Unknown | Discovery | Short | Nov 2 | 9,457 |
| The Most Gold Wins the Rush - Full Ep. Recap | Gold Rush | Discovery | Long video | Nov 2 | 135,714 |
| David vs. Goliath Battles: Small versus BIG | BattleBots | Discovery | Long video | Nov 1 | 19,215 |
| BIG MOMENTS from Season 22! | Deadliest Catch | Discovery | Long video | Oct 31 | 119,582 |
| Truck Operator Saves Stuck Semi | Rocky Mountain Wreckers | Discovery | Long video | Oct 30 | 14,715 |
| The Biggest Busts From Season 9 | Contraband: Seized at the Border | Discovery | Long video | Oct 30 | 145,122 |
| SOS: Survival on the Line 🆘 - Full Ep. Recap | Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked | Discovery | Long video | Oct 30 | 41,822 |
| Spotting A Supernatural Figure In Deserted Home | Ghost Adventures | Discovery | Long video | Oct 29 | 8,985 |
| Navigating Icy Roads on the Side of a Cliff | Rocky Mountain Wreckers | Discovery | Short | Oct 29 | 11,157 |
| 🚨 Can't Miss Moments from Season 9! 👀 Contraband: Seized at the Border | Discovery | Long video | Oct 29 | 102,634 |
| 🚨 New Trailer: Monsters Inside Me | Short | Oct 29 | 4,657 |
| Thief Steals Casino's Floor Keys | Secret Life of a Vegas Casino | Discovery | Short | Oct 28 | 23,376 |
| The Biggest Crab Hauls from Season 22! | Deadliest Catch | Discovery | Long video | Oct 28 | 129,412 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick and Vince Wilfork go head-to-head in #MenVFood coming soon 🏈🔥 | Short | Oct 27 | 2,711 |
| Moonshiners Go Strawberry-Picking!? | Moonshiners | Discovery | Short | Oct 27 | 14,295 |
| Mark and Digger Taste SCOTCH!? | Moonshiners | Discovery | Long video | Oct 27 | 37,642 |
| Shawn, Patrick & Ally's Survival Drama Gets INTENSE 😬🌴 Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked | Discovery | Long video | Oct 27 | 224,716 |
| The Risky Roads Less Traveled | Gold Rush | Discovery | Long video | Oct 27 | 22,413 |
| The real nightmare is under the surface. 🦠 Medical mysteries hide within on #MonstersInsideMe | Short | Oct 26 | 5,642 |
| What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science | Curiosity Weekly Podcast | Discovery | Long video | Oct 26 | 12,331 |
| MASSIVE ROCK is STUCK!? | Gold Rush | Discovery | Long video | Oct 23 | 20,142 |
| The Lost Coast's Revenge - Full Episode Recap | Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked | Long video | Oct 23 | 58,658 |
| Scariest Myths... Busted? 👻 Mythbusters | Discovery | Long video | Oct 22 | 24,200 |
| Winter is Coming 🐺❄️ Homestead Rescue: Intervention | Discovery | Long video | Oct 21 | 77,267 |
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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
15% of views this month
Long 85%Shorts 15%
Shorts pay about $0.13 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
11.67 per week
That is 0.82x the 90 days before.
Helps
Views per video are rising
1.82x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
7.2M 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 7, 2026, 15:40 UTC.