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Blog Income Calculator

Estimate your monthly blog revenue from AdSense display ads and affiliate marketing combined.

Income Variables

10,000
$8

Avg. $5-15 based on niche

2%
$50
35%

AdSense Potential

$0

Affiliate Potential

$0

Total Monthly Revenue

$0

$0 estimated per year

Scale to $10,000/month

To hit the $10k milestone with these conversion rates, you need a larger audience.

Required Traffic

0 views

Understanding Your Content Monetization

Monetizing a blog is a marathon, not a sprint. While display ads (AdSense) provide a reliable baseline, affiliate marketing is where the real scale happens. This calculator helps you understand the synergy between traffic and conversion.

AdSense RPM

Revenue Per Mille (RPM) measures how much you earn for every 1,000 pageviews. Finance and Insurance niches can see $20+, while hobbies might see $2-5.

Affiliate CTR

The percentage of readers who click your affiliate links. A 2-3% CTR is considered standard. High-intent "Best X for Y" articles can see 10%+.

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External Resources

Learn more about diversifying your blog's income streams.

Neil Patel: How to Make Money Blogging Wikipedia: Blog Monetization

About the Blog Income Calculator

This free blog income calculator estimates how much a blog can realistically earn per month by combining two revenue streams: display advertising (Google AdSense, Ezoic, Mediavine) and affiliate marketing. You enter your monthly pageviews, your niche RPM (revenue per thousand impressions), and your affiliate conversion assumptions, and it returns a monthly and annual projection.

It is designed for bloggers validating a niche, buyers doing due-diligence on a site, and creators setting a traffic goal. The numbers are estimates — real earnings vary with seasonality, ad layout, and audience geography — but the model uses the same RPM and EPC ranges that working bloggers report.

How to use it

  1. 1. Enter your current or target monthly pageviews.
  2. 2. Choose your niche or type a custom display RPM (finance and software pay more than lifestyle).
  3. 3. Add your affiliate assumptions: clicks per visitor, conversion rate, and average commission.
  4. 4. Read the combined monthly and annual revenue projection, then adjust inputs to model growth.

Frequently asked questions

How accurate is a blog income calculator?
It gives a realistic range, not a guarantee. Actual income depends on ad network, ad density, audience country, seasonality, and how well your content matches buyer intent. Treat the output as a planning baseline.
What is a good RPM for a blog?
With AdSense, most niches see $2–$15 RPM. Premium ad networks like Mediavine or Raptive typically pay $15–$40+ RPM once you hit their traffic thresholds. Finance, insurance, and B2B software sit at the top; lifestyle and entertainment at the bottom.
How much traffic do I need to make $1,000 a month?
At a $10 blended RPM you would need roughly 100,000 monthly pageviews from ads alone. Adding affiliate income can cut that to 30,000–50,000 pageviews if your content targets commercial keywords.
Does this tool store my numbers?
No. The calculation happens in your browser and nothing you type is uploaded or saved.

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