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Essential Craftsman

@essentialcraftsman1.9M subscribers1,019 videosView channel
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$28,900a month

About $346,000 a year, likely $219,000 to $562,000

Low end$18,200
Most likely$28,900
High end$46,800

Where the money comes from

Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate

  • Long videos3.9M views a month$28,900100%
  • Shorts30K views a month$60%

Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 108,654 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
01M2M
Median 202.7K
Aug 19Nov 11
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VideoFormatPostedViews
Uniforms to Get More Work DoneLong videoNov 111,409
I Just Bought The Weirdest BeamsLong videoNov 7433,940
The Man Who Thinks For Himself: A Dying BreedLong videoNov 4197,302
The Timber Framing Turned Out More Beautiful Than I Imagined.Long videoOct 31238,786
Construction Math is Overcomplicated. Use Sticks Instead.Long videoOct 28243,476
This is One of My Biggest StrugglesLong videoOct 24193,226
10 Expensive Tools Worth Every PennyLong videoOct 211,596,028
Wood Stoves: Everything to Know for Better FiresLong videoOct 17782,238
Low Work Ethic? I'll Tell you in 15 Minutes How to Get itLong videoOct 14190,022
40 Yr Contractor Learns Traditional Korean House BuildLong videoOct 1096,375
Do Hard ThingsLong videoOct 7753,395
This is the Most Overbuilt WorkbenchLong videoOct 3233,289
The Drill Bits Pros Use vs DIYersLong videoSep 30433,345
This Table Saw Sled is Too Easy Not to BuildLong videoSep 26208,067
How to Extend a BoltShortSep 2424,199
What You Need to Know About Nuts and BoltsLong videoSep 23124,313
This is the Most Overbuilt GateLong videoSep 191,542,187
These Guys Knew What Hard Labor MeantLong videoSep 16141,885
Why a Brand New Chainsaw Won't RunShortSep 1592,715
This Baby Chainsaw Puts a Smile on My FaceShortSep 1460,184
I Should've Upgraded These Chainsaws a Long Time AgoLong videoSep 12262,378
One Man Massive Shop Build [Start to Finish]Long videoSep 91,023,072
Your Shop Needs a Whistle:)ShortSep 774,646
Everything You Need to Know about Air ToolsLong videoSep 5614,883
Thinning a Massive Tree Without Big EquipmentLong videoSep 2472,359
The Nail Placement Mistakes That Give Away a Green CarpenterLong videoAug 29387,487
The "Essential Craftsman" is Misunderstood.Long videoAug 2658,510
These Projects Blew Me Away - Buildoff Winners '26ShortAug 2420,114
This is The Best Craftsmanship I've Seen in Years.Long videoAug 22112,096
What I Wish I Knew Sooner After 40 Years of ContractingLong videoAug 1947,137

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Why this number

What lifts the estimate and what holds it back

Helps

Niche: Education

$3 to $15 per 1,000 views

$0typical $7$20

Long videos in this niche typically pay about $7 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

1% of views this month

Long 99%Shorts 1%

Shorts pay about $0.20 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 13 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

2.41 per week

2.3 before
2.4 now

That is 0.96x the 90 days before.

Holds back

Views per video are falling

0.58x

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

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 11, 2026, 14:20 UTC.

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