News & Politics channels with an audience in Indonesia earn an RPM of roughly $0.8 to $2.1 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 $800 to $2,080 (about Rp12,960,000 to Rp33,696,000) 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 news & politics RPM at Indonesian rates. Type your real monthly views for a realistic range.
Audience country sets the ad rate. A news & politics 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.
Video length is the free lever. Pushing videos past 8 minutes lets them carry multiple mid-roll ads, the single biggest RPM upgrade an Indonesian news & politics channel can make without adding a view.
You are paid in US dollars, not IDR. AdSense reports in dollars and your bank converts to IDR, so a stronger dollar quietly lifts your Indonesian take-home even when views stay flat.
| Country | RPM per 1,000 | Per 1M views |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $5.0 – $13 | $5,000 – $13,000 |
| Australia | $4.8 – $12 | $4,750 – $12,350 |
| United Kingdom | $4.5 – $12 | $4,500 – $11,700 |
| Canada | $4.4 – $11 | $4,400 – $11,440 |
| India | $1.0 – $2.6 | $1,000 – $2,600 |
| Pakistan | $0.8 – $2.1 | $800 – $2,080 |
| Germany | $3.6 – $9.4 | $3,600 – $9,360 |
| Ukraine | $1.1 – $2.9 | $1,100 – $2,860 |
| Philippines | $0.9 – $2.3 | $900 – $2,340 |
| Indonesia | $0.8 – $2.1 | $800 – $2,080 |
| Nigeria | $0.7 – $1.8 | $700 – $1,820 |
Same news & politics content, different audience country. The RPM gap is driven by local advertiser spend, not by the channel.
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A news & politics channel with an Indonesian audience typically earns an RPM of $0.8 to $2.1 per 1,000 views, or roughly Rp13,000 to Rp33,700 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 $800 to $2,080 (about Rp12,960,000 to Rp33,696,000) a month from ads alone.
Within news & politics, business and finance-adjacent commentary 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 news & politics creators in Indonesia earn more from memberships and reader-style subscriptions over 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.
Make globally-framed news & politics content in English so a real share of views come from US, UK, Canada and Australia viewers. An Indonesian channel that earns half its views from tier-1 countries can multiply its RPM several times over without changing topic.
At the middle of the Indonesian news & politics RPM band, roughly 3,472,000 monthly views gets you to $5,000 (about Rp81,000,000) a month from ads. Affiliate links and sponsorships can reach it at fewer views, which is often the faster route in a lower-RPM market.
Yes. News & Politics is one of the higher-paying niches, and even at Indonesian rates of $0.8 to $2.1 RPM it out-earns most categories per view. 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 news & politics 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.