Video ad budget calculator
Drag the budget; the filmstrip recomputes views per platform at the sourced bands. Rows without a sourced band say so instead of inventing one.
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Platform / band
CPV band
Views your budget buys
Verdict$1,000 buys 41,667 YouTube in-stream views at the blended average, or 66,667 to 200,000 Shorts views at the Shorts band. Auction platforms without a sourced band get no invented row; run the flight and back the number out.
Reading the table
- Ranges follow the band: at the YouTube industry spread of $0.018 to $0.058 Store Growers, Google Ads Benchmarks, Q1 2026, the view count at the cheap end is more than triple the expensive end. Your vertical decides where you land: industry spread.
- Shorts rows look spectacular because the unit is lighter. Cheap started views Veefly, YouTube Advertising Cost, 2026 still need the CPCV check.
- Platform minimums gate small tests: TikTok enforces $50/day per campaign and $20/day per ad group TikTok Ads Manager, Budget help article, 2026; Meta suggests from $5/day Meta, Ads pricing page, 2026.
Working backwards from a view target instead: the target CPV solver. Choosing between two platforms on one budget: YouTube vs TikTok. Worked end-to-end: the $10k DTC launch.