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1 million YouTube views: revenue scenarios

An illustrative youtube calculator pre-filled with 1,000,000 views, with assumptions and rights explained.

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Separate the recording from the composition

A million plays is a scale milestone, not proof that the beat producer owns a million plays' worth of recording royalties. A producer may have a master participation, a songwriting share, both, or neither. The calculation below models an entire revenue pool before contributor allocation. Use the signed agreement to allocate a pool; do not infer an individual's share from a production credit. Publishing royalties are a separate calculation and are not added to the recording scenario.

What the inputs mean

This calculator models hypothetical US$1.00 and US$5.00 revenue-per-thousand-view scenarios. They are assumptions, not a measured average or a YouTube promise. YouTube defines RPM as creator revenue per thousand views, after YouTube's revenue share, and includes multiple revenue sources. Actual RPM varies. Shorts use a different monetisation system and are outside this long-form scenario. A video's channel revenue is not the same revenue stream as Content ID payments on a third party's upload.

  • Revenue basisRPM is revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's revenue share.Source: YouTube: RPM and revenue sources. Checked . Licence: official
  • Model statusIllustrative assumptions, not observed earnings or a guaranteed rate.Source: Dreamhause calculator methodology. Checked . Licence: owner-verified

Use this as a sensitivity check

Change the count to compare scenarios. Do not use the midpoint as a forecast or evidence that a named person was paid. Actual statements, rights agreements and reporting periods take precedence. Dreamhause distribution has a separate annual charge and 9% recording/Content ID commission; its optional publishing service is not included in this calculation.

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USD 1,000.00 to USD 5,000.00

For 1,000,000 views, using illustrative rates of USD 0.001 to USD 0.005 per views.

This is an illustration of how rates scale, not a forecast and not what any individual producer earns. Actual payouts vary.

Sources

YouTube: RPM and revenue sourcesChecked · Licence: officialhttps://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314357
Dreamhause calculator methodologyChecked · Licence: owner-verifiedhttps://dreamhause.com/explore/methodology

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