YouTube Shorts vs Long-Form RPM Calculator

Compare AdSense revenue between viral 60-second YouTube Shorts and full-length 8+ minute videos to optimize your channel upload strategy.

Niche Presets:

YouTube Shorts Metrics

Pool Sharing Model

Monthly Shorts Views1,500,000 views

Shorts RPM ($/1,000 views)$0.050

Low ($0.02)Average ($0.05)High Tier-1 ($0.10+)

Mid-roll Ads Active

Monthly Long-Form Views85,000 views

Long-Form RPM ($/1,000 views)$5.50

Entertainment ($2.00)Average ($5.50)Finance/Tech ($12.00+)

Estimated Channel PayoutMonthly AdSense

Combined Monthly Earnings

$542.50

Shorts + Long-form ad share combined

Shorts Payout$75.0014% of revenue

Long-Form Payout$467.5086% of revenue

💡 The Creator Value Equivalence:

At your current RPMs, 1,000 long-form views generates the same money as 110,000 Shorts views.

Strategy recommendation: Use Shorts primarily as a high-speed subscriber magnet to feed viewers into your lucrative long-form videos.