How much does YouTube Shorts pay per 1,000 views in the US? (2026)
YouTube does not publish a Shorts rate, but published 2026 data puts US Shorts RPM at about $0.10 to $0.33 per 1,000 views: AIR Media-Tech's partner data shows $0.328 for a US audience, and FluxNote's estimates give $0.10 to $0.32. So 1 million Shorts views from a mostly US audience pays roughly $100 to $330, and about $300 by AIR's figure. That is the highest Shorts rate of any country, and still a small fraction of what the same views pay on long videos.
How does YouTube pay for Shorts?
Shorts are not paid per view. Every month YouTube pools the ad revenue from ads shown between Shorts, sets aside a portion for music licensing, and splits the rest among monetizing creators by their share of engaged views in each country. Creators keep 45% of what is allocated to them, whether or not they used music (YouTube Help, Shorts monetization policies, read Nov 2026).
Two things follow from that. Your rate moves every month with the size of the pool, and views from a country where advertisers pay more earn more. That is why the country of your audience matters more than your own location.
US Shorts RPM compared with other countries
RPM is what you keep per 1,000 views after YouTube's share. Two published 2026 sources:
| Audience country | AIR Media-Tech partner data | FluxNote estimate |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.328 | $0.10–0.32 |
| Australia | $0.193 | $0.10–0.19 |
| United Kingdom | $0.166 | $0.09–0.17 |
| Canada | $0.165 | $0.08–0.16 |
| Germany | $0.163 | $0.09–0.16 |
| Brazil | not listed | $0.03–0.05 |
| India | not listed | $0.01–0.02 |
Sources: AIR Media-Tech, Shorts RPM vs long-form, data from 274 channels, updated Sept 2026; FluxNote, Shorts RPM by country, updated June 2026, which describes its figures as estimates from creator reports. Neither is YouTube's number, and your own channel can land well outside both.
The math for US Shorts views
| Monthly US Shorts views | At $0.10 RPM | At $0.33 RPM |
|---|---|---|
| 100,000 | $10 | $33 |
| 1,000,000 | $100 | $330 |
| 10,000,000 | $1,000 | $3,300 |
The 10 million row is not hypothetical for a monetized channel: from 1 February 2027, partners need 10 million qualified Shorts views in 90 days to keep sharing in Shorts revenue at all (RouteNote, Aug 2026). The thresholds are on YouTube Shorts monetization requirements.
Why long videos pay more than Shorts
A long video carries its own ads, and creators keep 55% of the ad revenue on it instead of a share of a pool. AIR Media-Tech's data puts the gap in views: in most niches it takes 11,000 to 26,000 Shorts views to earn what 1,000 long-form views earn (same source, Sept 2026). Long-form RPM in high-paying niches such as finance runs in dollars, not cents; see how much faceless YouTube channels make for the ranges by niche.
That is why most faceless channels aimed at a US audience use Shorts to grow and long videos to earn. BakeVideos makes both from one sentence: a short of up to 2 minutes, or a long video of 2, 3 or 5 minutes on a paid plan, with a script, a natural voice, word-synced captions and music. Bake a 40-second short about why US Shorts pay more than anywhere else. Your first video is free (Google sign-in, no card). No watermark on paid plans.
How to raise what your Shorts earn
- Pick a niche US advertisers pay for. Money, business, tech and education draw more ad demand than pranks or memes.
- Aim at a US audience. English, US references, US prices and US examples. The country of the viewer sets the rate, not yours.
- Hold attention. Revenue is split by engaged views, so a hook that stops the scroll and a video people finish both count.
- Post long videos too. A Short that sends viewers to a long video turns a cents view into a dollars view.
- Keep each video original. Reuploads and compilations with nothing added are excluded from Shorts revenue under YouTube's policy.
How to see your own Shorts RPM
In YouTube Studio, open Analytics, then the Revenue tab, and filter the content type to Shorts. RPM there is your real number: revenue divided by views, after YouTube's share. Check it monthly, since the pool changes every month, and compare it with your long-form RPM before deciding where to spend your time.
FAQ
How much does YouTube Shorts pay per 1,000 views in the US? About $0.10 to $0.33 per 1,000 views in published 2026 data: $0.328 in AIR Media-Tech's partner data (Sept 2026) and $0.10 to $0.32 in FluxNote's estimates (June 2026). YouTube publishes no fixed rate.
How much does 1 million Shorts views pay in the US? Roughly $100 to $330 from a mostly US audience, using the published 2026 RPM range. AIR Media-Tech puts it at about $300.
Why do US Shorts views pay more? Shorts revenue is pooled and shared by engaged views in each country, and US advertisers pay the most for those ads. US audiences top every published Shorts RPM table we read.
Do Shorts pay less than long videos? Yes, by a wide margin. On long videos creators keep 55% of the ads on their own video; on Shorts they keep 45% of a share of a pooled fund. AIR Media-Tech found most niches need 11,000 to 26,000 Shorts views to match 1,000 long-form views.
Do I need to live in the US to earn US Shorts rates? No. The rate follows where your viewers are, not where you live. A channel run from anywhere earns the US rate on views from US viewers.
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