Neutral
Niche: Cooking
$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.
Food Wishes
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$5,910a month
About $70,900 a year, likely $49,500 to $105,000
Low end$4,130
Most likely$5,910
High end$8,770
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$5,910a month
- Long videos2.9M views a month$5,79098%
- Shorts1M views a month$1192%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$1,850 to $4,630Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 154,262 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
0500K1M
Median 167K
Jul 15Nov 6
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef John's Favorite Italian Sausage, Beans & Greens | Short | Nov 6 | 90,344 |
| Potatoes Romanoff: Ultimate Make-Ahead Holiday Side | Food Wishes | Long video | Nov 4 | 259,774 |
| The Truth About Leftover Bacon 🥓 | Short | Oct 30 | 79,524 |
| Slow-Cooker Black Magic Pot Roast Will Put a Spell on You | Food Wishes | Long video | Oct 28 | 212,057 |
| More Butter. Zero Regrets: Chef John's Butter Horns | Short | Oct 23 | 51,666 |
| Crime Scene Chicken | Deep Cuts for Max Flavor | Food Wishes | Long video | Oct 21 | 257,601 |
| Chef John's Grandma’s Fried Dough Secret! | Short | Oct 16 | 100,930 |
| Pumpkin Focaccia Donuts (Grandma’s Fried Dough Secret!) | Food Wishes | Long video | Oct 14 | 130,808 |
| How to Make Chef John’s No Water Chicken Soup | Short | Oct 9 | 185,769 |
| How to Turn 1 Chicken into 3 Incredible Soups | Food Wishes | Long video | Oct 7 | 166,250 |
| How to Prep Spaghetti Squash Like a Pro | Short | Oct 2 | 92,674 |
| Loaded Baked Potato Stuffed French Toast | New Brunch Hack | Food Wishes | Long video | Sep 30 | 195,537 |
| Chef John’s Favorite Kitchen Seasoning | Short | Sep 25 | 57,983 |
| Better Than Beef Bolognese! (Budget Turkey and Pork Ragù) | Food Wishes | Long video | Sep 23 | 163,841 |
| Chef John's Perfect One Egg Shakshuka 🍳 | Short | Sep 18 | 57,094 |
| Easy Sheet Pan Chicken with Caramelized Vegetables | Food Wishes | Long video | Sep 16 | 169,702 |
| Chef John’s Easy Two-Ingredient Biscuit Hack | Short | Sep 11 | 144,947 |
| Apple "Cider Bath" Cinnamon Rolls | Easy No-Knead Dough | Food Wishes | Long video | Sep 9 | 341,408 |
| Chef John with No Context: August Edition | Short | Sep 4 | 76,301 |
| Chef John's 3 Favorite One Egg Breakfasts | Food Wishes | Long video | Sep 2 | 275,719 |
| 10,000 Year Old Hamburger Helper | One-Pan Farro Beef Skillet | Food Wishes | Long video | Aug 26 | 212,025 |
| Anthony Bourdain’s Favorite Sandwich | Short | Aug 21 | 895,371 |
| One-Pan Golden Butter Chicken | Fast and Easy Chicken Curry | Food Wishes | Long video | Aug 19 | 241,102 |
| Anthony Bourdain’s Pork Chop Sandwich | Food Wishes | Long video | Aug 12 | 167,699 |
| The Southern Summer Dish Everyone Should Make | Southern Tomato Frito Pie | Food Wishes | Long video | Aug 5 | 112,804 |
| Chef John with 0 Context | Short | Jul 31 | 157,585 |
| The Best Egg Foo Young for One | Food Wishes | Long video | Jul 29 | 306,068 |
| Chef John’s Alpha Burger | Short | Jul 24 | 210,841 |
| Forgotten 1950’s Salmon Patties (in just 20 minutes) | Food Wishes | Long video | Jul 22 | 195,222 |
| How to Make Whipped Burrata and 3 Perfect Summer Appetizers | Food Wishes | Long video | Jul 15 | 89,311 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
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Where viewers likely are
73% of US ad rates
0%US rates
Based on the channel's language and country (English speaking audience). Ads pay far more in the US, UK, Canada and Australia than elsewhere.
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Shorts in the mix
26% of views this month
Long 74%Shorts 26%
Shorts pay about $0.11 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.
Neutral
Upload pace: steady
1.87 per week
That is 1.09x the 90 days before.
Helps
Views per video are rising
1.56x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
2.9M 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 9, 2026, 01:20 UTC.