Holds back
Niche: Entertainment
$0.80 to $5 per 1,000 views
$0typical $2$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $2 per 1,000 views to the creator.
Watcher
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$10,200a month
About $122,000 a year, likely $73,500 to $191,000
Low end$6,130
Most likely$10,200
High end$15,900
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$10,200a month
- Long videos4M views a month$10,10099%
- Shorts527.2K views a month$721%
- Live streams901 views a month$20%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$7,400 to $18,500Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 924,734 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
01M2M
Median 75.7K
Aug 12Nov 7
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| ...and then they team up on you 😔 #ryanbergara #shanemadej #byronmarin #ghosthunting #shorts | Short | Nov 7 | 72,768 |
| Ghost Hunting At A Haunted Theme Park | Long video | Nov 5 | 732,485 |
| the ghost hunter's natural predator: asbestos #shanemadej #ryanbergara #ghosthunting #shorts | Short | Nov 3 | 74,721 |
| Throwing it back to the time a Ghost Files shoot had a real deal creeper on the loose! | Short | Oct 29 | 43,795 |
| #HuluPartner #Phony Don’t miss Phony, streaming on @hulu with New Episodes Tuesdays. | Short | Oct 22 | 21,868 |
| The Beatles Conspiracy Theory: Did Paul McCartney Die in 1966? | Long video | Oct 22 | 1,281,883 |
| (he's connected them) #shanemadej #ryanbergara | Short | Oct 21 | 43,342 |
| OH that's not... #ryanbergara #shanemadej #watcher #mysteryfiles | Short | Oct 16 | 107,031 |
| the amityville horror house of atlanta | Long video | Oct 15 | 1,345,124 |
| Tag your favorite pumpkin b*tch 🧡 #halloween #pumpkin #spookyseason #fall | Short | Oct 13 | 76,701 |
| Turns out "neutral" was the COMPLIMENT #shanemadej #ryanbergara #ghosthunting #paranormal #shorts | Short | Oct 9 | 59,004 |
| Who Was On the Stairs? | Long video | Oct 8 | 332,754 |
| big "welcome to my crib" energy #shanemadej #ryanbergara #paranormal #ghosthunting | Short | Oct 6 | 30,739 |
| Shane's Weird Beef With Ryan | Short | Oct 2 | 111,789 |
| we found a satanic ghost at a haunted lighthouse | Long video | Oct 1 | 1,363,416 |
| The Ghoul Boys are going down under! | Short | Sep 22 | 66,128 |
| Forever Young: Quest for the Fountain of Youth | Long video | Sep 17 | 1,020,632 |
| it's a canon event #shanemadej #ryanbergara #watcher #mysteryfiles | Short | Sep 15 | 160,380 |
| The look into the camera is diabolical #ghosthunting #paranormal #ryanbergara #shanemadej | Short | Sep 14 | 61,648 |
| Did Robert The Doll Curse Shane?! | Long video | Sep 10 | 475,555 |
| Ryan pranks Shane #ghosthunting #paranormal #haunteddoll #shorts | Short | Sep 8 | 58,070 |
| Shane has an interesting way of making new friends #haunteddoll #ghosthunting #paranormal | Short | Sep 4 | 130,865 |
| Is This Doll More Haunted Than Annabelle? | Long video | Sep 3 | 1,623,859 |
| It comes standard with the Shane Madej Cohost Package #shanemadej #ryanbergara #tommyleejones | Short | Aug 25 | 39,780 |
| This one goes out to...the Men In Black? #shanemadej #ryanbergara #meninblack #mysteryfiles #shorts | Short | Aug 22 | 29,869 |
| Men In Black: The Horrifying Real-Life Encounters | Long video | Aug 20 | 1,494,637 |
| he was just standing there...MENACINGLY #shanemadej #ryanbergara #ghostfiles | Short | Aug 18 | 57,565 |
| and the conversation could have been an email #shanemadej #explore #shorts | Short | Aug 14 | 56,775 |
| Shane's Near-Miss At A Haunted Lighthouse | Long video | Aug 13 | 223,165 |
| Everyone say hello to *checks notes*...the Bone Blaster™ #ryanbergara #shanemadej #cryptids #shorts | Short | Aug 12 | 50,175 |
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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
12% of views this month
Long 88%Shorts 12%
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 27 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
2.33 per week
That is 0.91x the 90 days before.
Helps
Views per video are rising
1.42x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
895K views a month
Uploads older than three years, and the ones we did not read, 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
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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, 22:40 UTC.