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.
Terra Mater
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$5,030a month
About $60,400 a year, likely $37,500 to $95,200
Low end$3,130
Most likely$5,030
High end$7,930
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$5,030a month
- Long videos1.1M views a month$5,020100%
- Shorts56.4K views a month$90%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$743 to $1,980Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 49,550 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
0250K500K
Median 3,152
Sep 16Nov 11
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have you ever seen a boxer crab? 🥊🦀 | Short | Nov 11 | 431 |
| Why this orchid's nectar is locked away from most insects #orchids #wildlife | Short | Nov 8 | 2,169 |
| The flower that makes bees carry its oil on their legs 🐝 #orchid #nature #bees | Short | Nov 6 | 2,008 |
| The Greatest Tricksters of the Flower World | Narrated by David Attenborough | 4K Nature Documentary | Long video | Nov 5 | 195,935 |
| Watch the bee fight its way out of this orchid trap #bees #nature #shorts | Short | Nov 4 | 2,096 |
| The Lemur uses a Bug to get get High | Short | Oct 30 | 4,201 |
| Why does this Lemur get stoned to protect itself? | Long video | Oct 29 | 8,967 |
| Behind-The-Scenes filming Madagascar’s Lemurs! See the difference a professional camera makes 🎥 | Short | Oct 28 | 2,602 |
| TOP 3 INSECT KILLERS! ☠️ | Short | Oct 25 | 4,602 |
| Can someone Ethically keep so many Big Cats? 🐅🦁 "Dethroned" out now! | Short | Oct 23 | 2,779 |
| The Secret World of Bugs | 4K Nature Documentary | Long video | Oct 22 | 32,801 |
| The Burrow Ambush! 🕷️💥🦗 | Short | Oct 21 | 2,572 |
| Tiny Titans: Stag Beetle Showdown! 🪲⚔️ | Short | Oct 18 | 4,798 |
| He Hunted a Lion - but why? 🦁 "Dethroned" out now! | Short | Oct 16 | 3,247 |
| The Secret Tricks we use to Make Nature Documentaries | Long video | Oct 15 | 427,296 |
| Have you ever seen a spinner dolphin? 🐬 | Short | Oct 14 | 2,613 |
| This is how shipwrecks become reefs ⚓️🪸🐠 | Short | Oct 11 | 1,544 |
| These Thailand "Zoos" only harm Tigers 💔🐅 "Dethroned" out now! | Short | Oct 9 | 2,292 |
| Why Ocean Giants call Sri Lanka’s Coastline Home | 4K Nature Documentary | Long video | Oct 8 | 49,876 |
| Did you know that this fish can shoot jets of water? 💦🔫 | Short | Oct 7 | 2,853 |
| What caused the fall of the Big Cats? 🐅 "Dethroned" is out now! | Short | Oct 2 | 2,024 |
| The Dark World of Big Cat Trafficking | Award-Winning Wildlife Crime Documentary | Long video | Oct 1 | 110,163 |
| Cobra Lily: The Fly-Eating Plant that uses Light to Trick Prey! | Short | Sep 30 | 7,818 |
| This Carnivorous Plant is like No Other 🌿☠️ David Attenborough narrates a plant-based hunt! | Short | Sep 27 | 8,229 |
| Undercover operation rescues two Lion Cubs from illegal trade 💔 "Dethroned" out October 1st! | Short | Sep 25 | 2,523 |
| The Brutal toll of the Bird Flu 💔 How Heroes try to save the Entire Colony | Short | Sep 23 | 4,504 |
| Did You Know That Ants Can Weave? 🧶🐜 | Short | Sep 20 | 2,988 |
| The Price of Living Alongside Leopards 💔🐆 "Dethroned" out October 1st! | Short | Sep 18 | 3,057 |
| Sri Lanka Up Close - The Wildlife Hidden in the Mountains | 4K Nature Documentary | Long video | Sep 17 | 61,301 |
| These Birds Know How to Parent (Level: Expert) 🐣💪🏼 | Short | Sep 16 | 3,922 |
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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
5% of views this month
Long 95%Shorts 5%
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 50 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
3.81 per week
That is 1x the 90 days before.
Holds back
Views per video are falling
0.53x
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 11, 2026, 17:40 UTC.