Monthly estimate
₹1,000 – ₹10,000
₹1–₹10 per 1,000 eligible views for mostly Indian audiences
Per 1 lakh views
₹100 – ₹1,000
Shorts revenue is pooled and shared — creators get 45% of their allocation, and licensed music takes part of it. Treat this as an order of magnitude, not a forecast.
How Shorts revenue works
Ads run between Shorts in the feed, not on individual Shorts. YouTube pools that ad revenue, sets aside a share for creators, divides it by each creator's share of eligible Shorts views, and pays creators 45% of their allocation. If a Short uses licensed music, part of its allocation goes to the music rights holders.
The result: Shorts earn much less per view than long-form videos. For mostly-Indian audiences, a few rupees per 1,000 eligible views is typical.
Using the calculator
Enter your monthly Shorts views (Studio → Analytics → Content → Shorts), choose where most viewers are, and tick the box if most Shorts use licensed music. The range shows a plausible monthly figure.
What it means for strategy
Many Indian creators use Shorts to grow and long-form to earn. A Short that sends viewers to a related long video (use the "Related video" link) can be worth far more than the Short's own revenue. Compare with the money calculator.