Niche: Documentaries
$2 to $8 per 1,000 views
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $4 per 1,000 views to the creator.
About $714,000 a year, likely $450,000 to $1.17M
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
What one sponsor could pay per video
$2,150 to $5,730Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 143,168 views per long video and typical sponsor rates for this niche.
The last 30 public uploads, oldest on the left. Tap or hover a bar for the video.
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colony (2021) | Full Movie | Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sebastian Roché | Long video | Nov 6 | 120,177 |
| Karōshi (2027) Official Trailer - Teo Yoo, Isabel May, Giancarlo Esposito, Cynthia Erivo | Short | Nov 5 | 1,708,544 |
| Karōshi (2027) Official Trailer - Teo Yoo, Isabel May, Giancarlo Esposito, Cynthia Erivo | Long video | Nov 5 | 6,816,106 |
| Could you survive? ABOVE THE BELOW - only in theaters December 4. #AboveTheBelow | Short | Nov 4 | 2,562 |
| Never Back Down (2008) | Full Movie | Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet | Long video | Nov 1 | 25,272 |
| Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation (2015) | Full Movie | Kate Higgins, Ben Diskin, Debi Derryberry | Long video | Nov 1 | 3,741 |
| Fair Game (2010) | Full Movie | Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell | Long video | Nov 1 | 69,791 |
| The Next Three Days (2010) | Full Movie | Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson | Long video | Nov 1 | 133,900 |
| The Last Legion (2007) | Full Movie | Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Iain Glen | Long video | Nov 1 | 24,412 |
| Knowing (2009) | Full Movie | Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Liam Hemsworth | Long video | Nov 1 | 345,220 |
| Mud (2012) | Full Movie | Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon | Long video | Nov 1 | 111,024 |
| Marauders (2016) | Full Movie | Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier | Long video | Nov 1 | 158,249 |
| Genius (2016) | Full Movie | Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce | Long video | Nov 1 | 243,973 |
| Iron Mask (2019) | Full Movie | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Jason Flemyng | Long video | Nov 1 | 6,487 |
| Wagon's East (1994) | Full Movie | John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley | Long video | Nov 1 | 13,650 |
| Little Monsters (1989) | Full Movie | Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Ben Savage | Long video | Nov 1 | 3,691 |
| From Co-Director and Star Idris Elba, ABOVE THE BELOW is in theaters December 4. #AboveTheBelow | Short | Oct 29 | 3,380 |
| Ralph Fiennes at the UK Fan Event for #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping. | Short | Oct 29 | 16,500 |
| Elle Fanning at the UK Fan Event for #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping. | Short | Oct 29 | 24,144 |
| Whitney Peak at the UK Fan Event for #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping. | Short | Oct 29 | 18,173 |
| Joseph Zada at the UK Fan Event for #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping. | Short | Oct 29 | 24,506 |
| TICKETS ON SALE NOW. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping - only in theaters & IMAX November 20. | Short | Oct 28 | 47,089 |
| Take a deep breath. ABOVE THE BELOW - only in theaters December 4. #AboveTheBelow | Short | Oct 27 | 3,894 |
| Effie 🤝 Effie. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping – only in theaters & IMAX November 20. | Short | Oct 24 | 574,201 |
| This is far from over. #DayDrinker - in theaters March 26, 2027. | Short | Oct 23 | 13,674 |
| Witness the beginning of the revolution. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping in theaters Nov 20. | Short | Oct 22 | 31,317 |
| How hard would you fight to stay alive? ABOVE THE BELOW - only in theaters December 4 #AboveTheBelow | Short | Oct 22 | 4,310 |
| A striking ensemble. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping arrives only in theaters & IMAX Nov 20. | Short | Oct 21 | 34,579 |
| The countdown begins. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping – only in theaters & IMAX November 20. | Short | Oct 21 | 191,525 |
| One victor. One arena. One month. #TheHungerGames: Sunrise on the Reaping in theaters & IMAX Nov 20. | Short | Oct 20 | 42,176 |
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Niche: Documentaries
$2 to $8 per 1,000 views
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $4 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Where viewers likely are
100% of US ad 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.
Shorts in the mix
17% of views this month
Shorts pay about $0.15 per 1,000 views, a small fraction of long videos, so the same views earn much less.
Videos under 8 minutes
median 2 min
Below 8 minutes YouTube only shows ads before and after, so each view pays less.
Upload pace: steady
8.4 per week
That is 1.24x the 90 days before.
Views per video are rising
3.77x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
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, 11:00 UTC.