What is RPM?

Reviewed08·2026

RPM has four common meanings. In publishing dashboards it is revenue per mille: earnings per 1,000 pageviews or views. On a tachometer it is revolutions per minute, the engine's rotation speed. In healthcare it is remote patient monitoring, and in Linux it is the RPM Package Manager behind .rpm files.

Definitions per AdSense2026-08 YouTube2026-08 HHS2026-08 rpm.org2026-08 and ISO 80000-32026-08

Monthly pageviewsPV

50,000 PV ÷ 1,000 × $12 = $600 / month

Your page RPM

Per month

$600

Per year

$7,200

Networks your traffic tier can apply to

Google AdSense80% shareno minimum Raptive75% sharemeets threshold Mediavine75% share50,000 sessions basis Mediavine Journeyshare not published10,000 sessions basis Ezoicshare not publishedno minimum Monumetricshare not publishedmeets threshold SHE Mediashare not publishedmeets threshold Freestarshare not published30,000 PV short

Thresholds and shares are each network's published terms, verified 2026-08-01 on the pages linked from each row. Sessions run below pageviews; check your analytics before reading the session-based rows.

Four meanings, four wings

Every competitor page picks one lane and ignores the rest. This site forks cleanly: choose your RPM and stay in a wing built for it.

Revenue per milleRPM in publisher dashboardsPage RPM, session RPM, YouTube RPM, benchmarks and the network-switch math.Revolutions per minuteRPM on engines and machinesTachometers, idle and redline, shift points, and the typical-RPM reference table.HealthcareRemote patient monitoringDevices, who qualifies, Medicare coverage and the CPT codes, sourced from CMS.LinuxThe RPM Package ManagerWhat .rpm files are, which distros use them, and the install commands.

Want the full acronym rundown first? See what RPM stands for or jump straight to the RPM earnings calculator.

Fast answers

What is RPM in one sentence?

RPM is an acronym with four common meanings: revenue per mille (earnings per 1,000 pageviews or views) in publishing, revolutions per minute in engines and machines, remote patient monitoring in healthcare, and the RPM Package Manager in Linux.

What is RPM in AdSense or YouTube?

It is revenue per mille: your estimated earnings per 1,000 pageviews (AdSense Page RPM) or per 1,000 views after YouTube's revenue share (YouTube RPM). Both are publisher-side, post-cut metrics.

What is RPM on a car?

Revolutions per minute: how many times the crankshaft turns each minute. The tachometer shows it in thousands; typical petrol cars idle around 600 to 1,000 rpm.

How do I calculate earnings from RPM?

Divide monthly pageviews by 1,000 and multiply by your RPM. 50,000 pageviews at a $12 RPM is 50 x 12 = $600 per month.

Twelve more cross-wing answers live on the FAQ page.

The rest of the metric family

RPM is the seller-side number. The buyer-side and per-view siblings have their own sites: whatiscpm.com explains the advertiser's cost per 1,000 impressions, and cpvcalculator.com handles cost-per-view campaign math.