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  "name": "How much money can a website make from ads?",
  "description": "A content website makes roughly $5–35 per 1,000 pageviews from display ads. That means 100,000 monthly pageviews earns about $500–3,500/month, and 1 million pageviews earns $5,000–35,000/month — niche and traffic geography decide where you land.",
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    "Website Ad Revenue Calculator",
    "AdSense Revenue Calculator",
    "Web Revenue Calculator"
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    "question": "How much money can a website make from ads?",
    "shortAnswer": "A content website makes roughly $5–35 per 1,000 pageviews from display ads. That means 100,000 monthly pageviews earns about $500–3,500/month, and 1 million pageviews earns $5,000–35,000/month — niche and traffic geography decide where you land.",
    "tableTitle": "Monthly ad revenue by traffic level (mid-RPM scenario)",
    "columns": [
      "Monthly pageviews",
      "At $8 RPM",
      "At $25 RPM (finance/B2B)"
    ],
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      {
        "label": "10,000",
        "value": "$80",
        "note": "$250"
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        "label": "50,000",
        "value": "$400",
        "note": "$1,250"
      },
      {
        "label": "100,000",
        "value": "$800",
        "note": "$2,500"
      },
      {
        "label": "500,000",
        "value": "$4,000",
        "note": "$12,500"
      },
      {
        "label": "1,000,000",
        "value": "$8,000",
        "note": "$25,000"
      }
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    "context": "Display ads are the baseline, not the ceiling. Sites in high-RPM niches typically stack affiliate revenue (often 1–2× display) and digital products or sponsorships on top. The strategic implication: at small traffic, niche selection matters more than growth — 30,000 pageviews in personal finance outearns 300,000 pageviews in entertainment, so pick the niche before you write the 200 posts.",
    "methodology": "Revenue = pageviews ÷ 1,000 × RPM. RPM scenarios reflect 2026 publisher-reported display earnings (AdSense through premium managed networks), US-weighted traffic. Every input is adjustable in the linked calculator.",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-29",
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        "label": "AdSense Revenue Calculator",
        "to": "/adsense-revenue-calculator"
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      {
        "label": "Web Revenue Calculator",
        "to": "/web-revenue-calculator"
      }
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    "relatedReading": [
      {
        "label": "Website RPM benchmarks by niche (2026)",
        "to": "/blog/website-rpm-benchmarks-2026"
      }
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