Neutral
Niche: Documentaries
$2 to $8 per 1,000 views
$0typical $4$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $4 per 1,000 views to the creator.
illymation
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$6,560a month
About $78,700 a year, likely $49,100 to $131,000
Low end$4,090
Most likely$6,560
High end$10,900
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$6,560a month
- Long videos1.9M views a month$6,540100%
- Shorts59.5K views a month$90%
- Live streams2,808 views a month$70%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$60,600 to $162,000Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 4,040,126 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
02M4M
Median 430.6K
Oct 24Nov 1
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| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facing my fear of ROLLER COASTERS | Long video | Nov 1 | 392,628 |
| puppet explains #ADHD snacking #animation | Short | Jul 18 | 104,957 |
| concentrate... 🍊? #animation | Short | Jul 11 | 72,353 |
| I TOOK THE PLEDGE #animation | Short | Jul 4 | 107,072 |
| that hyper kid in class #animation | Short | Jun 27 | 130,163 |
| you're purrfect just the way you are :3 ❤️#HingePartner | Short | Jun 20 | 176,801 |
| Why I DIDN'T have ADHD (until now) | Long video | Jun 20 | 828,257 |
| i have a confession... #animation | Short | May 2 | 137,933 |
| spending all my money on CHIPMUNKS #animation | Short | Apr 18 | 95,102 |
| my chipmunks obsession... #animation | Short | Apr 11 | 68,437 |
| average gamer crashout #animation | Short | Apr 4 | 133,000 |
| Cringey Things I was Obsessed With | Long video | Mar 21 | 1,045,416 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Hunting Expert... | Short | Feb 14 | 2,850,621 |
| how I will be in #ThePitt | Short | Feb 13 | 98,119 |
| hiding my worst haircut #animation | Short | Feb 7 | 1,517,349 |
| how us girls crash out #animation | Short | Jan 31 | 590,324 |
| what even is school fashion #animation | Short | Jan 24 | 1,915,006 |
| LIFEHACK ALERT!! | Short | Jan 17 | 619,794 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Aries #animation | Short | Dec 20 | 812,924 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Leo & Libra #animation #zodiaccats | Short | Dec 13 | 3,134,054 |
| High School "Fashion" | Long video | Dec 13 | 1,416,949 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Capricorn & Sagittarius #animation | Short | Dec 6 | 489,751 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Gemini, Taurus, & Pisces #animation | Short | Nov 29 | 509,555 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Aquarius & Scorpio #animation | Short | Nov 22 | 701,404 |
| that kid who ruins class | Short | Nov 21 | 427,408 |
| ZODIAC CATS: Virgo & Cancer #animation | Short | Nov 15 | 830,995 |
| the purrfect connection ❤️ | Short | Nov 14 | 197,123 |
| was my math teacher a model? | Short | Nov 7 | 433,850 |
| goofing off in art class #illymation | Short | Oct 31 | 323,067 |
| why are teachers LIKE THIS | Short | Oct 24 | 346,167 |
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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
3% of views this month
Long 97%Shorts 3%
Shorts pay about $0.16 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.
Holds back
Upload pace: slowing down
0.08 per week
That is 0x the 90 days before.
Holds back
Views per video are falling
0.36x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
1.3M 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, 09:00 UTC.