80 markets · updated 2026

YouTube Shorts revenue by country

Shorts pay from a shared ad pool, and your slice of that pool depends almost entirely on where your viewers are. Pick a country below to estimate Shorts earnings with local RPM, or use the quick answer table to see what 1K, 10K, 100K and 1M Shorts views pay in each market.

US Shorts RPM
$0.10–$0.22
Tier-3 Shorts RPM
$0.01–$0.03
Shorts vs long-form
~30× lower

What Shorts views pay in the top 12 markets

Modeled at each market's typical Shorts RPM. Real payouts vary with music licensing, niche, and the share of your views that actually served an ad.

CountryShorts RPM10K views100K views1M views
United States$0.300$3.00$30.00$300
Australia$0.267$2.67$26.67$267
United Kingdom$0.250$2.50$25.00$250
Canada$0.233$2.33$23.33$233
Switzerland$0.233$2.33$23.33$233
Norway$0.227$2.27$22.67$227
Luxembourg$0.227$2.27$22.67$227
New Zealand$0.217$2.17$21.67$217
Ireland$0.217$2.17$21.67$217
Germany$0.217$2.17$21.67$217
Sweden$0.217$2.17$21.67$217
Denmark$0.210$2.10$21.00$210

Tier 3 — high volume, low Shorts RPM

Huge Shorts audiences at a fraction of tier-1 payouts. Shorts RPM typically $0.01–$0.04.

Why Shorts RPM changes so much by country

Shorts don't run ads inside your video. Ads run between Shorts in the feed, YouTube deducts music-licensing costs, and the remainder becomes a creator pool allocated by each creator's share of monetized Shorts views in their viewers' region. That regional allocation is why the same Short earns 10–20× more from US views than from tier-3 views.

Your own location is irrelevant. A creator in Manila with a majority-US audience earns US-level Shorts RPM; a US creator whose views come from India earns tier-3 rates. Check YouTube Studio → Analytics → Audience → Geography and model your largest viewer country first.

Two other factors compress payouts everywhere: heavy use of licensed music (deducted before the pool is split) and unmonetized views (views that never served a feed ad). Both explain why a real payout can land well below the headline range. Full method and sourcing in our methodology.

Shorts revenue by country: FAQ

How much do YouTube Shorts pay per 1,000 views by country?
Roughly $0.10–$0.22 in the United States, $0.08–$0.16 in the UK, Canada and Australia, $0.08–$0.14 in Germany and the Nordics, $0.03–$0.05 in Brazil and Mexico, and $0.01–$0.03 in India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Does the country I live in change my Shorts payout?
No. Payouts follow viewer location, not creator location. Your tax treatment and payment currency depend on where you live; your RPM does not.
Why is my Shorts RPM lower than the country figure here?
Usually a mixed audience (these figures assume a single country), heavy licensed-music usage, or a low monetized-view rate. Blend the rates above by your actual geography split for a closer estimate.
Do Shorts pay less than long-form in every country?
Yes — the gap is roughly 30× everywhere, because it comes from the pool mechanism rather than local ad rates. Shorts are best treated as audience acquisition that feeds long-form and sponsorships.

Run the numbers

Start with the global Shorts calculator, then compare against long-form for the same audience.