How much does CNN make on YouTube?
CNN earns an estimated $28K–$101K a month from YouTube ads ($336K–$1.2M a year), from about 18.1M views a day. That's a Vid0 estimate from public numbers, not YouTube data.
Vid0 estimate from YouTube Data API views, updated 1 Nov 2026. 98% of recent upload views were Shorts.
How the estimate works
- Views a day: CNN's total views grew by about 181M over the last 10 days of Vid0's daily readings, so about 18.1M a day across every video, old and new.
- Long-form vs Shorts: 98% of the views on its 12 latest uploads came from Shorts, so the same share of daily views is counted at the Shorts rate.
- RPM: $1–$5 per 1,000 long-form views and $0.03–$0.08 per 1,000 Shorts views. RPM is what a creator keeps per 1,000 views after YouTube's share.
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Estimated earnings per video
Ad earnings so far on CNN's latest uploads, at the same RPM ranges.
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Breaking down Alaska's senate race controversy11.2K views · $0–$1
Why Michael Douglas thinks current state of world is the worst of his lifetime22.6K views · $1–$2
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The fight for battleground state Pennsylvania15.3K views · $0–$1
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Views gained by day
| Day (UTC) | Total views | Gained |
|---|---|---|
| 22,201,151,935 | 11,256,990 | |
| 22,189,894,945 | 35,553,861 | |
| 22,154,341,084 | 11,877,689 | |
| 22,142,463,395 | 18,933,436 | |
| 22,123,529,959 | 25,054,308 | |
| 22,098,475,651 | 8,092,163 | |
| 22,090,383,488 | 16,353,770 | |
| 22,074,029,718 | 15,890,659 | |
| 22,058,139,059 | 19,101,053 | |
| 22,039,038,006 | 18,877,060 | |
| 22,020,160,946 | — |
The day's last reading from the YouTube Data API. “Gained” is the change from the day before.
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