How much does Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell make on YouTube?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell earns an estimated $72K–$362K a month from YouTube ads ($881K–$4.4M a year), from about 2.6M 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. 7% of recent upload views were Shorts.
How the estimate works
- Views a day: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell's total views grew by about 25.9M over the last 10 days of Vid0's daily readings, so about 2.6M a day across every video, old and new.
- Long-form vs Shorts: 7% 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 Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell's latest uploads, at the same RPM ranges.
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What would a Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell sponsorship cost?
Vid0's standard rates for this kind of channel, from typical views and a niche CPM band. Big channels set their own prices. Same formula as the sponsorship rate calculator.
Views gained by day
| Day (UTC) | Total views | Gained |
|---|---|---|
| 3,992,361,922 | 1,922,617 | |
| 3,990,439,305 | 3,767,895 | |
| 3,986,671,410 | 1,625,532 | |
| 3,985,045,878 | 7,204,910 | |
| 3,977,840,968 | 1,709,217 | |
| 3,976,131,751 | 922,738 | |
| 3,975,209,013 | 2,101,786 | |
| 3,973,107,227 | 2,552,211 | |
| 3,970,555,016 | 2,170,802 | |
| 3,968,384,214 | 1,964,488 | |
| 3,966,419,726 | — |
The day's last reading from the YouTube Data API. “Gained” is the change from the day before.
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell stats and rankings
25.8M subscribers, 4B views and where it ranks in education.
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