Neutral
Niche: Sports
$1 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.
NBA
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$264,000a month
About $3.17M a year, likely $2.04M to $4.82M
Low end$170,000
Most likely$264,000
High end$401,000
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$265,000a month
- Long videos99.4M views a month$258,00098%
- Shorts47.1M views a month$6,5302%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$1,840 to $4,600Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 229,841 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 68.7K
Nov 8Nov 9
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBA's Nightly Recap | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 54,616 |
| NBA's Top 10 Plays of the Night | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 38,617 |
| Darius Acuff PUT ON A SHOW with 32 PTS & 10 AST | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 22,612 |
| LaMelo Ball Throws Down His First Dunk With The Minnesota Timberwolves 🔥 | Short | Nov 9 | 25,000 |
| HEAT at KINGS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 139,498 |
| PELICANS at CLIPPERS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 36,712 |
| CELTICS at BUCKS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 103,610 |
| NETS at MAVERICKS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 149,299 |
| JAZZ at TIMBERWOLVES | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 262,008 |
| Austin Reaves DOMINATED with 43 PTS & 4 3PM vs Pistons | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 64,438 |
| LAKERS at PISTONS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 9 | 694,440 |
| Cooper Flagg Goes Airborne For The Big-Time Slam💥 | Short | Nov 9 | 74,047 |
| Kevin Huerter Has Eyes In The Back Of His Head | Short | Nov 9 | 58,793 |
| Austin Reaves Hits 32 With a Clutch Banked-In Three | Short | Nov 9 | 41,867 |
| This Fans reaction to getting LeBron’s wristband is amazing | Short | Nov 8 | 75,103 |
| 76ERS at BULLS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 882,163 |
| LeBron, Maxey, Jaylen Brown GO OFF For 78 PTS in Chicago! | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 51,578 |
| LeBron James Drops his MOST Points as a 76er! 🔥 | November 8, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 87,896 |
| LeBron James is now the all-time leading scorer against the Bulls after knocking down the three 👌 | Short | Nov 8 | 72,956 |
| Jimmy Butler was loving the warriors win over the Magic | Short | Nov 8 | 13,985 |
| She needed a snack after that win 😂🏆 | Short | Nov 8 | 25,341 |
| Tim Duncan was loving Vince Carter’s dunks 😂 | Short | Nov 8 | 54,717 |
| Wemby wanted to have a quick rest after this poster | Short | Nov 8 | 17,132 |
| Steph after dropping 41 PTS and leading the warriors to a win 😮💨 | Short | Nov 8 | 14,759 |
| NBA's Nightly Recap | November 7, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 340,303 |
| The ending to the Magic vs Warriors game was WILD! | Short | Nov 8 | 189,062 |
| Steph Curry point tracker | Short | Nov 8 | 33,007 |
| Steph talks his insane shot making | Short | Nov 8 | 73,824 |
| EXTENDED: MAGIC at WARRIORS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | November 7, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 121,295 |
| NBA's Top 10 Plays of the Night | November 7, 2026 | Long video | Nov 8 | 153,718 |
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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
32% of views this month
Long 68%Shorts 32%
Shorts pay about $0.14 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 15 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: new
54.44 per week
Not enough history to compare yet.
Neutral
Views per video are steady
0.84x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
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, 10:40 UTC.