B
Evidence Grade B
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$6
$6 -- youtube rpm for YouTube creators (United States audience) (2026)
YouTube creators targeting US audiences have an RPM starting at $6.00.
- Reported as a range: $6-15+ RPM
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Value
$6
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Virvid
Primary
Tier B
https://virvid.ai/blog/faceless-content-rpm-by-niche-real-earnings-data-2026 ↗
Source Article
Faceless Content RPM by Niche: What You Can Actually Earn in 2026 (Real Data)
Faceless Content RPM by Niche: What You Can Actually Earn in 2026 (Real Data)
RPM is what you actually pocket per 1,000 views after YouTube takes its cut, and it varies wildly by niche. Finance creators earn $9-15 while gaming channels scrape by at $2-4, a 5x earnings gap for identical view counts.
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Virvid
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Methodology
Range $6-15+, midpoint used
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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YouTube creators (United States audience): $6 youtube rpm. Source: Virvid (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-us-rpm-2026
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