Does YouTube Shorts Pay? How Much Shorts Earn per 1,000 Views

Yes, YouTube Shorts pay, but only once your channel is in the YouTube Partner Program. Shorts earn far less per view than long videos, so it helps to know how the money is shared before you plan around it.

How Shorts revenue sharing works

1. Ads that run between Shorts in the feed go into one big pool each month.
2. YouTube sets aside part of that pool for creators, and part to pay for music used in Shorts.
3. The creator part is shared by each channel's share of total Shorts views.
4. You keep 45% of your share. YouTube keeps the rest.

How much do YouTube Shorts pay?

Most creators earn between $0.03 and $0.10 per 1,000 Shorts views in 2026. Finance and tech channels with US viewers sit at the top of that range, and entertainment channels near the bottom.

• 100,000 views: about $3 to $10.
• 1 million views: about $30 to $100.
• 10 million views: about $300 to $1,000.

Shorts vs long videos

Long videos usually earn $1 to $10 per 1,000 views, often 30 to 100 times more than Shorts. That is why many creators use Shorts to grow subscribers quickly, and long videos to earn.

What you need to get paid for Shorts

• 1,000 subscribers.
• 10 million public Shorts views in the last 90 days, or 4,000 public watch hours on long videos in the last 12 months.
• No active Community Guidelines strikes, 2-Step Verification on, and a linked AdSense account.

YouTube has announced higher thresholds for new applicants from February 1, 2027. Read the full breakdown in our YouTube Partner Program guide before you plan.

How to earn more from Shorts

• Use original audio or YouTube's free Audio Library.
• Make Shorts that point viewers to a related long video.
• Pick topics advertisers value, like money, tech or business.
• Post consistently. Shorts earnings grow with total views, not with one viral hit.