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    David Butler YouTube Channel Earnings Report & Research

    EducationActive since February 2013.

    Live David Butler YouTube earnings, subscriber growth and view statistics: 189.0K subscribers, 37.9M lifetime views and an estimated 228.2K views per month.

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    David Butler

    @howfarawayisitEducationUnited StatesActive since February 2013
    Subscribers
    189,000
    Total views
    37,887,286
    Videos
    972
    Est. monthly views
    228,237
    B-
    Grade
    52,910th
    SB Rank
    2,645th
    Subscribers Rank
    26,394th
    Views Rank
    264th
    US Rank
    52nd
    Category Rank
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    1,890
    Subscribers for the last 30 days
    228,237
    Views for the last 30 days
    $616 - $1,552
    Monthly Estimated Earnings
    $7,394 - $18,624
    Yearly Estimated Earnings

    How much does David Butler make on YouTube?

    David Butler YouTube earningsLowMidHigh
    Ad revenue per month$616$1,096$1,552
    Sponsorship per video (integrated mention)$471$674$943
    Channel partner retainer per month$7,344$10,492$14,689
    Estimated total per month (1 sponsored video)$8,432$12,261$17,184
    Estimated total per year$101.2K$147.1K$206.2K

    YouTube ad earnings only

    Sponsors, retainers, memberships, products and affiliates excluded

    Modelled 90 days

    $3,388

    Modelled across the latest 90-day period from the channel's estimated monthly views, with cumulative earnings shown from day one to day 90. The graph applies the $4.8 RPM in USD; it excludes sponsors and every other income source, and is not a creator-disclosed payout.

    David Butler modelled monthly earnings mix

    How the middle estimate is divided across YouTube ads, one integrated sponsorship, and an ongoing channel partnership.

    $12,261modelled per month
    1. YouTube ad revenue8.9%
    2. One integrated sponsorship5.5%
    3. Channel partner retainer85.6%
    #CategoryMonthly valueShare
    1YouTube ad revenue$1,0968.9%
    2One integrated sponsorship$6745.5%
    3Channel partner retainer$10,49285.6%

    Planning model only, not disclosed income. The sponsorship slice assumes one sponsored video; the separate ad earnings graph above excludes sponsors and retainers.

    David Butler is estimated to earn $8,432 to $17,184 a month from ads, one sponsorship and a channel retainer. Test it in the YouTube ad revenue calculator — full methodology below.

    Weekly channel metrics

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    David Butler YouTube sponsors and brand deals

    We are still scanning David Butler’s videos for paid-promotion disclosures, sponsor links and transcript mentions. The dedicated sponsorship report updates automatically as new deals are found.

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    David Butler growth roadmap

    Estimated subscriber growth, upcoming view milestones and the sponsorship tiers this channel is heading towards, based on its current pace.

    Subscribers per month

    +1,982

    About 214,835 subscribers in 12 months

    Views per month

    +228,237

    Growing about 1.5% per month

    Current sponsor tier

    Established creator

    $2,000 - $6,000 per sponsored video

    Next subscriber milestones

    Estimated time to each milestone at the current pace.

    250,000 subscribers~2.2 years

    Mid-tier creator

    500,000 subscribers~6.8 years

    Premium deals

    1,000,000 subscribers~11 years

    Gold Play Button

    Next view milestones

    Lifetime view targets and when they should land.

    50,000,000 views~3.3 years
    100,000,000 views~9.2 years
    500,000,000 views~19 years

    Next sponsorship tiers

    Typical rates brands pay per sponsored video as David Butler reaches each subscriber tier.

    Mid-tier partner

    $6,000 - $20,000 per video

    From 500,000 subscribers · ~6.8 years

    Premium partner

    $15,000 - $50,000 per video

    From 1,000,000 subscribers · ~11 years

    Flagship partner

    $40,000 - $150K per video

    From 5,000,000 subscribers · ~20 years

    Roadmap figures are estimates modelled from public subscriber, view and upload data. They are not financial advice or guaranteed outcomes.

    How much could David Butler potentially make from channel memberships?

    We found no public sign that David Butler has the Join button switched on, so the figures below are what memberships could be worth if they were enabled, not money being earned today. What we can do is model it. The sum is simple: estimated paying members × average membership price, less the 30% YouTube keeps on every membership payment.

    Where memberships appear on YouTube

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    David Butler

    189.0K subscribers

    Join£
    This is the Join button, sitting next to Subscribe on David Butler's channel page. When a viewer clicks it they pick a monthly tier and pay through YouTube. That recurring payment is the membership revenue modelled below.
    Typical tier ladder:$4.99/mo$9.99/mo$24.99/mo
    David Butler membership earningsLowMidHigh
    Members converting from subscribers0.29%0.57%1.09%
    Estimated paying members5431,0872,065
    Average membership price$7.69$7.69$7.69
    Members revenue per month (before YouTube cut)$4,176$8,359$15,880
    Creator keeps after YouTube's 30% cut$2,923$5,851$11,116
    Membership earnings per year$35,076$70,216$133.4K

    The working, step by step

    1. Start with a Education benchmark conversion of 0.50% of subscribers paying for a membership.
    2. Adjust for audience size: at 189.0K subscribers we apply a 1.15× factor, because very large audiences contain far more passive viewers.
    3. Adjust for loyalty: 228.2K monthly views against that subscriber base gives a 1× factor.
    4. That lands on an expected 0.57% conversion, or about 1,087 paying members. The low case halves it, the high case is roughly double, covering the spread seen across real channels.
    5. Price each member at the blended $7.69 average across a standard tier ladder: $4.99 (70% of members), $9.99 (22% of members), $24.99 (8% of members).
    6. Multiply members by price, then take off YouTube's 30% cut to get what David Butler actually keeps: $5,851 a month in the mid case, or $70,216 a year.

    Until David Butler switches the Join button on, membership income is zero regardless of the numbers above. Channels that run members-only videos, Discord perks or loyalty badges usually sit at the high end, while channels that enable memberships and never mention them sit below the low case. These are planning estimates from public data, not disclosed earnings, and not financial advice.

    David Butler channel history

    David Butler opened its YouTube channel on 5 February 2013, which makes it 13 years and 9 months old. Across that run it has published 972 videos and collected 37.9M lifetime views. YouTube does not publish historic snapshots, so the year by year split below is modelled from those lifetime totals using a standard growth curve.

    Started

    February 2013

    Years active

    13

    Uploads per year

    75

    Lifetime views

    37.9M

    Growth over time

    Dotted lines and faded bars show a projection for next year based on the current pace, not real figures.

    YearViews that yearTotal viewsSubscribersUploads that yearEstimated ad earnings
    201345.2K45.2K22530(30)$1,464 - $3,688
    201470.1K115.3K57534(64)$2,270 - $5,717
    2015108.6K223.9K1.1K38(102)$3,518 - $8,861
    2016168.3K392.2K2.0K42(144)$5,453 - $13,735
    2017260.9K653.1K3.3K47(191)$8,453 - $21,289
    2018404.4K1.1M5.3K53(244)$13,102 - $32,999
    2019626.8K1.7M8.4K59(303)$20,309 - $51,148
    2020971.6K2.7M13.2K66(369)$31,478 - $79,280
    20211.5M4.2M20.8K74(443)$48,792 - $122.9K
    20222.3M6.5M32.4K83(526)$75,628 - $190.5K
    20233.6M10.1M50.5K93(619)$117.2K - $295.2K
    20245.6M15.7M78.4K104(723)$181.7K - $457.6K
    20258.7M24.4M121.8K117(840)$281.6K - $709.3K
    202613.5M37.9M189.0K132(972)$436.5K - $1.1M
    2027(projected)13.5M51.4M256.2K132(1.1K)$436.5K - $1.1M

    The strongest stretch on record is 2026, with an estimated 13.5M views and roughly $436.5K to $1.1M in ad revenue for the year.

    Past earnings peaks

    These are the biggest performing uploads we can see for David Butler, with the ad revenue each one is estimated to have generated.

    • How Far Away Is It - 2025 Review

      How Far Away Is It - 2025 Review

      88.0K views · 8 January 2026

      $237 - $598

    • How Old is Life on Earth

      How Old is Life on Earth

      77.8K views · 11 September 2026

      $209 - $528

    • Euclid Space Telescope

      Euclid Space Telescope

      36.2K views · 31 May 2026

      $97 - $246

    • Classroom Aid - Andromeda and its Satellites

      Classroom Aid - Andromeda and its Satellites

      2.4K views · 9 December 2025

      $6 - $16

    • Classroom Aid -  GRB 250314A

      Classroom Aid - GRB 250314A

      1.6K views · 15 December 2025

      $4 - $10

    Lifetime views, subscriber counts and upload dates come straight from YouTube. The yearly split and every earnings figure here are estimates built from public data, not disclosed earnings, and not financial advice.

    Want the full record? See the David Butler channel history with every report, name change and earnings figure over time.

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    Channel tags

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    chemistryastronomycosmologyphysicsquantum mechanicsgeneral relativity

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    David Butler YouTube earnings, income and channel analysis: the full guide

    How much does David Butler make on YouTube per month?

    To answer how much does David Butler make, Branzly runs the channel's estimated 228.2K monthly views through the same ad revenue calculator used across the site: a Education RPM of $2.7-$6.8 from 2026 niche benchmarks, with the headline figure taken at the middle of that range ($4.8), the same RPM used in the home page calculator. That puts David Butler YouTube ad revenue at roughly $616 to $1,552 per month, or $7,395 to $18,624 per year from AdSense alone.

    RPM is what the channel actually keeps per 1,000 views after YouTube's 45% revenue share, unfilled ad inventory and ad blockers, which is why these David Butler earnings figures sit far below the advertiser-side CPM quotes you may see elsewhere. Views from Tier 1 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia pay the most, while Shorts views pay a fraction of long-form RPM.

    How much does David Butler charge for a sponsorship?

    On top of ad revenue, we assume one integrated-mention sponsorship per month priced on 39.0K average views per video at a Education cost-per-view rate of $0.01 with a 1.2× niche multiplier — the identical model in our sponsorship calculator. That suggests a David Butler sponsored video is worth about $471 to $943, with a fair midpoint near $674.

    Sponsorship pricing follows views and engagement, not subscriber count, so a large channel with a quiet video is still only paid for the views that video earns. Brands asking "how much does it cost to sponsor David Butler?" should expect dedicated videos to cost two to three times an integrated mention.

    David Butler brand deals and channel partner retainers

    Channel-level deals work differently again. A retainer is an ongoing fee for a set of deliverables each month, not the sum of every slot the channel could sell, so pricing follows published size bands. With 189.0K subscribers, David Butler sits in the Mid-tier (100K-500K subs) band, where retainers typically run $4,000 to $15,000 a month. Niche demand, engagement, cadence across 6 uploads a month and how much of the audience watches each upload decide where in that band a deal lands. Spread back across uploads, that adds about $1,749 of value to each video.

    David Butler net worth and yearly YouTube income

    Put simply, David Butler YouTube earnings are estimated at roughly $8,432 to $17,184 per month when ad revenue, one sponsored integrated mention and a retainer are combined, or about $101.2K to $206.2K per year. Channels that publish more sponsored videos, sell merchandise or courses, run memberships, or earn affiliate commissions typically make more than this range.

    Net worth estimates for YouTubers like David Butler usually start from several years of this yearly income, minus taxes, team costs and production spend. Treat any David Butler net worth figure as a planning range, not a disclosed number.

    Who is David Butler on YouTube?

    David Butler (@howfarawayisit) is a education YouTube channel that has published 972 videos and accumulated 37,887,286 lifetime views from an audience of 189,000 subscribers. The channel was created in February 2013, which makes it roughly 13 years and 9 months old, and it continues to publish content for viewers interested in education topics. In the creator's own words: "This is the "How Far Away Is It" video book channel. It is a video book of Hubble and other Space and ground based Telescope pictures together with an illustrated explanation of how we know how far away these objects are - from your back yard to the most distant galaxies. See how: Triangulation can take us across the globe Parallax can take us across the solar system Standard c" Branzly analyses David Butler using public YouTube data so creators, brands and media buyers can understand the channel's size, output and likely earning power before they reach out, benchmark against it, or plan a collaboration.

    How long has David Butler been active?

    David Butler has been on YouTube for approximately 13 years and 9 months, starting in February 2013. Across that period the channel has averaged around 75 uploads per year, which gives a useful signal about publishing consistency: channels that maintain a steady cadence typically build stronger session watch time and more predictable sponsorship inventory than channels that upload in bursts. Longevity also matters for advertisers, because an established back catalogue keeps generating views long after each video's launch week. With 972 videos in the library, David Butler earns a meaningful share of its monthly views from older content rather than from new uploads alone, and that evergreen tail is one reason estimated revenue for education channels can stay stable between releases.

    David Butler subscriber count and audience size

    David Butler currently has 189,000 subscribers, a figure that places the channel in the established mid-tier tier of YouTube creators. Total channel views stand at 37,887,286, and average views per video sit at approximately 38,979. The ratio of lifetime views to subscribers is about 200.5 views for every subscriber, which indicates a strong reach beyond the subscribed audience, typically driven by search, suggested video placements or Shorts distribution. Branzly estimates recent activity at roughly 228,237 views per month based on the channel's most recent uploads and publishing history, which is the number our ad revenue calculator uses to model earnings.

    Most viewed videos and Shorts on David Butler

    The most-watched long-form video currently visible for David Butler is "How Far Away Is It - 2025 Review" with 88,020 views. On the Shorts side, "Classroom Aid - Bullseye Galaxy" leads with 1,249 views. Top-performing titles are worth studying because they reveal which hooks, formats and topics the algorithm rewards for this audience. For brands, they also show the realistic ceiling of a sponsored placement: a dedicated integration on a channel of this size will usually land somewhere between the average video performance of 38,979 views and the outliers shown above.

    Estimated David Butler YouTube earnings

    Based on an estimated 228,237 monthly views and typical education CPM ranges, David Butler could earn roughly $616 to $1,552 per month from YouTube ad revenue, or approximately $7,394 to $18,624 per year. These figures reflect the AdSense share only. Most channels of this size also earn from brand sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships, merchandise and product sales, so total creator income is commonly several times the advertising estimate. Sponsorship value is usually priced per view rather than per thousand impressions, and education audiences typically command mid-range rates because of advertiser demand in that vertical.

    What niche and category is David Butler in?

    Branzly classifies David Butler under the Education category using the channel's description, keywords, topic signals and the language of its best-performing uploads. Category matters more than raw subscriber count when estimating revenue: a education channel attracts a specific set of advertisers, and CPMs vary widely between verticals such as finance, software, education, gaming and entertainment. The channel lists US as its primary country, which further shapes its CPM because advertiser spend differs sharply between geographies. Public channel keywords include chemistry, astronomy, cosmology, physics, quantum mechanics, general relativity, which supports this classification. Use the Branzly ad revenue, sponsorship and financial freedom calculators to model how a channel like David Butler converts views into monthly income, sponsorship pricing and long-term wealth.

    How these numbers are produced

    Every figure on this page comes from the public YouTube Data API, refreshed each time David Butler is searched on Branzly. Subscriber counts, view counts and video counts are reported directly by YouTube. Monthly views are an estimate: YouTube does not publish per-month analytics for channels you do not own, so Branzly reconstructs recent performance from the views of the channel's latest uploads, falling back to lifetime views divided by channel age when recent data is sparse. Revenue ranges are modelled estimates, not disclosed earnings, and actual payouts depend on monetisation status, watch time, ad formats, seasonality, audience geography and YouTube's revenue share. Nothing on this page is financial advice, and Branzly is not affiliated with or endorsed by David Butler or YouTube.

    Education YouTube RPM and CPM explained

    Education channels like David Butler sit in the Education RPM bracket. Advertisers pay more for audiences that buy — finance, business and tech pay the highest rates, while entertainment, gaming and music rely on huge view volume. Seasonality matters too: Q4 ad rates commonly run 30–50% higher than January.

    How Branzly estimates David Butler YouTube earnings

    Every figure on this David Butler channel earnings report comes from public YouTube Data API statistics — subscribers, lifetime views, video count and recent upload performance — refreshed when the report is opened. Estimates are modelled, not disclosed income, and not financial advice. Want to test your own assumptions? Open the YouTube money calculator or browse brands that already sponsor similar creators in the sponsors directory.

    Estimates only - not financial advice. Branzly is not affiliated with YouTube.

    David Butler YouTube earnings and subscriber growth: quick answers

    How much does David Butler earn on YouTube?

    Branzly estimates David Butler YouTube earnings at roughly $616 to $1,552 per month, or about $7,394 to $18,624 per year from advertising, based on an estimated 228,237 monthly views and typical education CPM rates. Sponsorships, affiliate income and merchandise are not included and often exceed ad revenue.

    What is the David Butler YouTube subscriber growth rate?

    David Butler has 189,000 subscribers since launching in February 2013. That averages about 14,538 new subscribers per year, or roughly 40 per day across the channel's lifetime. Recent momentum is modelled in the Future projection tab above, where you can adjust the monthly growth assumption yourself.

    How many views does David Butler get per month?

    Branzly estimates 228,237 views per month for David Butler, reconstructed from the performance of its most recent uploads. Lifetime views stand at 37,887,286 across 972 videos, averaging about 38,979 views per video.

    What is the most viewed David Butler video?

    The most viewed video currently visible for David Butler is "How Far Away Is It - 2025 Review" with 88,020 views.

    How much should a brand pay to sponsor David Butler?

    Sponsorship pricing follows views rather than subscribers. With around 38,979 views per video, a dedicated integration on David Butler would typically be priced on a cost-per-view basis for the education niche. Use the Branzly sponsorship rate calculator to model low, fair and premium rates.

    Researching David Butler YouTube earnings, David Butler YouTube subscriber growth, David Butler YouTube income per month, how much does David Butler make on YouTube? Every figure here is refreshed from the public YouTube Data API each time this report is opened.

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    Freedom number
    $195.1K
    Invested each month
    $434
    Freedom age
    50
    Passive income then
    $650/mo

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