Helps
Niche: Science
$3 to $12 per 1,000 views
$0typical $6$15
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $6 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Scott Manley
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$26,300a month
About $316,000 a year, likely $213,000 to $479,000
Low end$17,700
Most likely$26,300
High end$39,900
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$26,300a month
- Long videos3.7M views a month$26,00099%
- Shorts1.7M views a month$3221%
- Live streams2,030 views a month$120%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$5,510 to $13,800Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 275,600 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
0750K1.5M
Median 147.5K
Sep 27Nov 6
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Now Know What Blue Origin's Secret 'Northstar' Project Is | Short | Nov 6 | 56,545 |
| NASA Let Me Fly the Worlds BEST Flight Simulator | Short | Nov 6 | 38,515 |
| Sequel to Space Race Gets Real - Deep Space Updates November 3rd | Long video | Nov 4 | 411,119 |
| China's Plan To Put Humans On The Moon | Short | Nov 3 | 94,055 |
| This Spacecraft Came Back From Death 20 Years Later | Short | Oct 31 | 70,056 |
| Spacecraft That Returned From The Dead! Transmissions From Beyond The Grave | Long video | Oct 31 | 337,383 |
| Can Cowboy Space Really Design A New Rocket in 2 Years? | Long video | Oct 30 | 206,247 |
| New Dwarf Planet Discovered By Vera Rubin Telescope | Short | Oct 27 | 78,983 |
| China's Super Secret Spaceplane Finally Revealed | Short | Oct 27 | 1,153,887 |
| The Entire History Of The Moon | Long video | Oct 27 | 237,028 |
| Japan Launches To Phobos, Rocket Lab Delays, SpaceX Flies Car - Deep Space Updates October 22 | Long video | Oct 23 | 326,907 |
| The First Spaceship Named After A Comic Book Character? | Short | Oct 22 | 42,690 |
| Let's Talk About Tesla's Rocket Car.... Even Though I'm Supposed to be On Vacation | Long video | Oct 17 | 783,448 |
| What Is NASA Doing With Its Old Blackbird? | Long video | Oct 13 | 522,315 |
| How To Start A Nuclear Chain Reaction | Long video | Oct 10 | 623,034 |
| The Long Term Effects Of The Cheylabinsk Bolide | Short | Oct 10 | 50,050 |
| Could Ancient Rivers Have Flowed on The Moon? | Short | Oct 9 | 15,571 |
| What Was It Like To Watch Your Space Mission Crash? | Short | Oct 8 | 16,399 |
| What is the 'Moon To Mars Architecture'? | Short | Oct 7 | 19,819 |
| Blue Origin Taller Lunar Lander, SpaceX Launches All Its Rockets - Deep Space Updates Oct 6th | Long video | Oct 7 | 377,739 |
| Scientist Explains Why We Need A Mars Weather Forecast | Short | Oct 7 | 20,413 |
| Did DART Do Science? Or Just Get Payback For The Dinosaurs. | Short | Oct 7 | 13,404 |
| The Questions We Need To Answer, The Solutions We Must Find for Moon To Mars | Long video | Oct 6 | 200,965 |
| Can We Measure Water In The Moon's Thin Atmosphere? | Short | Oct 5 | 24,609 |
| Earth Observing Spacecraft Looks At Moon, Finds Something Important | Short | Oct 5 | 56,824 |
| World's Largest Slingshot Threw A Spacecraft To Earth! | Long video | Sep 30 | 304,772 |
| Superheavy Launch - Ultra Slow Motion | Short | Sep 29 | 32,486 |
| Orbit Day - Starship Finally Takes A Big Leap | Long video | Sep 29 | 840,945 |
| Starship Seen From Starlink - In Color For First Time! | Short | Sep 28 | 313,791 |
| Starship's 14th Flight - Orbiting Safely? | Short | Sep 27 | 221,759 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
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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 $0.19 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 18 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
Helps
Upload pace: speeding up
4.36 per week
That is 1.6x the 90 days before.
Neutral
Views per video are steady
1.01x
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
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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 7, 2026, 16:40 UTC.