YouTube Analytics Simulator

Type your subscribers and long video views from YouTube Studio. The simulator shows what your channel could earn at each milestone, from 10,000 to 1 million. It also shows how long each could take, free in your browser.

How the YouTube Analytics Simulator Works

Four steps, all in your browser. Nothing you type leaves it.

1. Add two numbers from YouTube Studio

   Your subscriber total, and your long video views in the last 28 days. Find those under Analytics, Content, Videos.

2. Pick your niche

   Advertisers and brands pay very different amounts in each niche, so the money changes with it.

3. Choose how often you post

   More videos a week means a faster pace in our model. That is our assumption, not a YouTube rule. It changes when you get there, not what a channel that size earns.

4. Pick a milestone

   See what you could earn there, how long it could take and what your channel could look like.

The example: 2,500 subscribers and 50,000 long video views a month in technology, posting 3 videos a week. At 10,000 it could earn $490 to $1,900 a month, about 16 months away.

YouTube Subscriber Milestones and Rewards

Five milestones let you apply for something new on YouTube, from 500 to 10 million.

Fan funding at 500 also needs 3 public uploads in 90 days. Add 3,000 watch hours in a year, or 3 million Shorts views in 90 days.

From February 1, 2027, new applicants need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views. Subscribers stay at 1,000.

How YouTube Revenue Grows with Subscribers

A channel earns from four places, and each grows at its own pace.

• YouTube ads: paid per view, so they grow with your views. Niche matters most: finance pays many times what music does. Shorts pay far less, about $0.03 to $0.15 per 1,000 views, so we count long videos only.
• Brand deals: paid per video, by how many people watch it. Price yours with the Sponsorship Rate Calculator.
• Channel memberships: a small share of viewers pay each month. YouTube keeps 30%.
• Super Chat and Super Thanks: viewers tip during live streams and on videos. YouTube keeps 30%.

Made for kids videos cannot use memberships, Super Chat or Super Thanks, so the kids niche counts none.

Your own split shows under Where the money comes from, once you add your numbers.

What Affects YouTube Channel Growth Speed?

Three things move the pace most in our model.

• How often you post: each video is another chance to be found. Plan a pace you can keep with the Posting Schedule Generator.
• Your niche: at 2 videos a week, channels grow about 5% a month in music and cars, up to 10% in kids.
• Where you start: growth compounds, so the same pace adds more subscribers each month as you grow.

Beyond the model, a clear title and thumbnail earn the click. See yours beside real videos with the Thumbnail Previewer.

YouTube Revenue Projections Methodology

• Subscribers: each month adds a share of your size, set by your niche and how often you post. Under 100, we start from 100.
• Views: they grow a little slower than subscribers, up to about 20 a month per subscriber at 10,000 and 10 at 1 million. They never drop below today's. With no views yet, we count 2 a month per subscriber.
• Ads: advertiser rates for your niche, cut to about 45% for a worldwide audience. About half of views show an ad, and you keep 55%. We assume videos over 8 minutes, which earn about 1.6 times more.
• Brand deals: one deal a month, priced per 1,000 views of a typical video at a fixed 3 videos a week. Capped at the usual price for that size, with the top end doubled for the best-paid deals.
• Members and Super Chat: a small share of viewers join at $4.99 a month, less YouTube's 30%. Super Chat adds about $0.10 to $0.80 per 1,000 views after YouTube's share, capped by channel size.

Every number is a range for planning, not a promise. One video that takes off, or a month off, changes it.

Next, see what your views earn today with the Money Calculator, or how close you are to ads with the Monetization Calculator.