Comedy channels with an audience in Indonesia earn an RPM of roughly $0.3 to $0.8 per 1,000 views. That is Indonesia specifically, one of the largest audiences on YouTube, where enormous view volume offsets a low local ad rate. RPM is what the creator keeps after YouTube's 45% cut and the views that never saw an ad, so it is the only earnings figure that reflects real take-home pay.
At that rate, one million monthly views from Indonesian viewers works out to roughly $320 to $800 (about Rp5,184,000 to Rp12,960,000) per month from ads alone, before any sponsorship or affiliate income. That is about 16% of what the same channel would earn from a US audience, because the local ad market pays less per view. Use the calculator below to estimate your own channel.
Pre-filled with comedy RPM at Indonesian rates. Type your real monthly views for a realistic range.
Audience country sets the ad rate. A comedy view from an Indonesian viewer is worth roughly 16% of the same view from a US viewer, because one of the largest audiences on YouTube, where enormous view volume offsets a low local ad rate.
A global audience is the multiplier. An Indonesian comedy channel that pulls even a third of its views from the US, UK, Canada and Australia can lift its blended RPM several times over.
Niche stacks on top of country. Comedy pays more than entertainment or comedy in every market, so an Indonesian comedy channel out-earns an Indonesian vlog of the same size.
| Country | RPM per 1,000 | Per 1M views |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $2.0 – $5.0 | $2,000 – $5,000 |
| Australia | $1.9 – $4.8 | $1,900 – $4,750 |
| United Kingdom | $1.8 – $4.5 | $1,800 – $4,500 |
| Canada | $1.8 – $4.4 | $1,760 – $4,400 |
| India | $0.4 – $1.0 | $400 – $1,000 |
| Pakistan | $0.3 – $0.8 | $320 – $800 |
| Germany | $1.4 – $3.6 | $1,440 – $3,600 |
| Ukraine | $0.4 – $1.1 | $440 – $1,100 |
| Philippines | $0.4 – $0.9 | $360 – $900 |
| Indonesia | $0.3 – $0.8 | $320 – $800 |
| Nigeria | $0.3 – $0.7 | $280 – $700 |
Same comedy content, different audience country. The RPM gap is driven by local advertiser spend, not by the channel.
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A comedy channel with an Indonesian audience typically earns an RPM of $0.3 to $0.8 per 1,000 views, or roughly Rp5,200 to Rp13,000 in local terms, which is what you keep after YouTube's 45% cut and un-monetised views. One million monthly views works out to roughly $320 to $800 (about Rp5,184,000 to Rp12,960,000) a month from ads alone.
It depends on your goal. Comedy sits in the lower half of the RPM table, so at Indonesian rates of $0.3 to $0.8 the ad money is modest and the real upside is brand deals, live shows, and merch far more than ads. Volume and a globally-framed angle both help a channel based in Indonesia.
It comes down to local advertiser spend. Indonesia is one of the largest audiences on YouTube, where enormous view volume offsets a low local ad rate. Brands there pay less per 1,000 impressions than US or UK brands, so the same comedy video earns less per view even though the audience is just as engaged.
AdSense pays in US dollars and your Indonesian bank converts to rupiah, so the Rp total tracks the USD/IDR rate. Payout clears after the $100 threshold. The RPM figures on this page are the US-dollar amounts AdSense reports, which your bank converts to IDR, so the local total moves a little with the exchange rate.
YouTube income is taxable in Indonesia as business income and is reported on your annual SPT, so keeping records of earnings and expenses matters once the channel scales. This is general information, not tax advice, so check your own situation with a local accountant once the channel earns real money.
At an Indonesian RPM of $0.3 to $0.8, one million views earns roughly $320 to $800 (about Rp5,184,000 to Rp12,960,000) from ads. Sponsorships and affiliates usually add more on top, and in a lower-RPM market like this one those extra streams often matter more than the ad revenue.
Within comedy, branded skits and character series command the highest ad rates because advertisers in those categories bid the most, and that holds in Indonesia just as it does elsewhere. Pair that with mid-roll ads on 8-minute-plus videos to lift RPM further.
Most serious comedy creators in Indonesia earn more from brand deals, live shows, and merch far more than ads than from AdSense. This matters even more in a lower-RPM market, where the ad rate alone is thin, and a brand deal is priced on audience and niche, not on the local ad rate.