What is a Good Average Views per Video on YouTube?
Average views per video is one of the most important metrics for measuring YouTube channel health. Unlike total channel views which accumulate over years, average views per video tells you how a channel performs right now with its current audience.
| Channel Size | Average Views/Video | Good | Excellent |
|---|
| Under 1K subs | 50 - 200 | 500+ | 1K+ |
| 1K - 10K subs | 200 - 2K | 3K+ | 8K+ |
| 10K - 100K subs | 2K - 15K | 20K+ | 50K+ |
| 100K - 1M subs | 15K - 80K | 100K+ | 250K+ |
| 1M+ subs | 80K - 5M | 3M+ | 10M+ |
These benchmarks are based on 2026 data across thousands of channels. Keep in mind that niche matters significantly - educational and finance channels often get lower average views than entertainment, while gaming and ASMR channels can see wild variance between videos.
How to Calculate YouTube Average Views
The formula is straightforward: take the total views from your selected videos and divide by the number of videos analyzed.
Our tool goes further by also calculating the median (the middle value) and the P25-P75 range (where the middle 50% of your videos fall). These additional metrics give you a much more honest picture of your channel's typical performance than the average alone.
Average Views vs Median Views - What's the Difference?
Average views can be heavily skewed by a single viral video. If a channel has 19 videos with 1,000 views each and one video with 1,000,000 views, the average would show 52,381 views - completely unrepresentative of the channel's normal performance.
The median in this example would be 1,000 views - which accurately reflects what a typical video on this channel gets. Always look at both metrics together. A large gap between average and median means one or a few videos are outliers.
If your average is more than 3x your median, you likely have one viral video inflating the number. Use median for a more realistic baseline.
YouTube Views to Earnings Estimate
YouTube earnings depend on RPM (Revenue Per Mille - revenue per 1,000 views). RPM varies massively by niche, country, and time of year. Our tool uses three scenarios:
Low ($1 RPM)
Gaming, entertainment, music. Advertisers pay less in these niches.
Average ($3 RPM)
Most general content creators. This is the most common RPM range.
High ($8 RPM)
Finance, tech, business, education. Premium advertisers pay more.
These are estimates only. Actual earnings also depend on watch time, viewer location, ad blockers, and seasonal ad spend fluctuations (Q4 is typically 2-3x higher than Q1).