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- Your progress toward your next payment
- Your payment history for the last 12 months including the date, amount paid, and a payment breakdown
If you’re in the YouTube Partner Program , the Revenue tab in YouTube Analytics displays which content is earning the most money and which revenue sources are most profitable. Learn how to earn money on YouTube .
Note:It takes 2 days for revenue to show in YouTube Analytics.
View your revenue reports
- Sign in to YouTube Studio .
- In the left menu, select Analytics
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- From the top menu, select Revenue.
How much you're earning
This report shows you how much your channel has earned in the last 6 months, broken down by month.
How much you're earning is subject to adjustments due to:
- Invalid traffic
- Content ID claims and disputes
- Certain ad campaign types (for example, cost-per-day campaigns)
If your estimated income fluctuates, it may be because of these adjustments. These adjustments happen two times after earned revenue shows in YouTube Analytics:
- The first adjustment happens after 1 week, giving a more complete estimate.
- The second adjustment happens in the middle of the following month and reflects your overall earnings.
How you make money
This report gives a breakdown of how much estimated revenue has come from each revenue source. Examples of revenue sources include Watch Page Ads, Shorts Feed Ads, Memberships, Supers, Connected Stores, and Shopping Affiliates. You can select a source for a detailed revenue breakdown.
Content performance
This report shows how much your videos, Shorts, and live streams earned. The report also includes Revenue Per Mille (RPM) .
This report also shows you which content earned the highest estimated revenue, split out by format types (videos, Shorts, live streams).
View your finalized earnings
About finalized earnings
- Your finalized earnings are only visible in your AdSense for YouTube account.
- Finalized earnings in AdSense for YouTube may be different from your estimated earnings in YouTube Analytics. For example, tax withholding may affect your finalized earnings, if any apply. Any taxes withheld will be visible in your AdSense for YouTube account.
- Finalized earnings for the previous month are added to your account balance between the 7th and 12th of each month.
To view your finalized earnings in AdSense for YouTube:
- Sign in to your AdSense for YouTube account.
- On the left, select AdSense for YouTube.
- Your current balance for your YouTube earnings and your last payment amount shows. You can also access YouTube-specific resources.
Metrics to know
Transactions
Number of transactions from Supers for the selected date range and area.
Estimated monetized playbacks
A monetized playback is when a viewer views your video and is shown at least one ad impression. It can also show when the viewer quit watching during the pre-roll ad without ever reaching your video.
The number of legitimate views for your channels or videos.
YouTube has changed how views are counted on Shorts. Learn about Shorts view count changes .
Average view duration
Average minutes watched among those who stayed to watch.
For Shorts, this is calculated from engaged views and their corresponding watch time.
Watch time (hours)
The amount of time viewers have spent watching your video.
- Members with recurring memberships
- Members with gifted memberships (time-limited)
