How much does Plainly Difficult make per 1,000 views?

An estimated $3.96 per 1,000 long-form views (its RPM), most likely between $1.18 and $8.12.

How much does Plainly Difficult make per video?

An average Plainly Difficult video gets about 538K views, which at $3.96 RPM is roughly $2,130 in ad earnings.

Is Plainly Difficult monetized?

Yes. Plainly Difficult was monetized as of Nov 11, 2026, so it earns from ads on its videos.

How are Plainly Difficult's earnings estimated?

Nexlev multiplies the channel's recent long-form views by an RPM predicted from its audience: their countries, age and niche. The result is a range, because real RPMs vary with season, ad formats and how long viewers watch.

Do these earnings include sponsorships?

No. They are estimated YouTube ad earnings only, from a long-form RPM. Sponsorships, merchandise and memberships are not included, and channels that post mostly Shorts earn less than this.

Plainly DifficultMonetized

@PlainlyDifficult

1.1M subscribers
405 videos
217.9M views
United Kingdom
Joined Sep 1, 2016

Short(ish) Educational Videos on Subjects that I think are interesting! Mainly General Interest history, focusing on disasters, scientific discovery and transportation I also Make music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTJKjPWNMe27wg5T7yk9OnQ All videos are Creative Commons licensed as Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA (Please be aware some third party elements in videos are subject to copyright)

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How much does Plainly Difficult make?

Q: How much has Plainly Difficult made in total?

About $862.6K in YouTube ad revenue over the channel's lifetime, most likely between $257.0K and $1.8M, from 217.8M views.

Estimated YouTube ad earnings for Plainly Difficult, from its views and Nexlev's RPM model.

Nexlev estimates Plainly Difficult earned about $27.4K from YouTube ads between Oct 13, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026, at an RPM of $3.96. Its lifetime ad earnings are about $862.6K.

Data updated Nov 12, 2026

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Estimated earnings$27,3606.9M views at $3.96 RPM, at this channel's recent daily average

Based on views from Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Estimated YouTube ad earnings only, from a long-form RPM. Channels that post mostly Shorts earn less than this.

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How much does Plainly Difficult make on YouTube?

Nexlev estimates Plainly Difficult earned about $27.4K from YouTube ads between Oct 13, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026, most likely between $8.2K and $56.1K.

How much does Plainly Difficult make a year?

At its current pace, about $328.3K a year from YouTube ads, most likely between $97.8K and $673.2K. This is last month's estimate times 12.

How much does Plainly Difficult make per day?

About $912 a day from YouTube ads, averaged over the 30 days between Oct 13, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026.

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