Instagram Money
Calculator
Estimate what a sponsored post, Reel or story could earn from your followers, engagement and niche, and see what Instagram itself publishes about payouts.
Estimate what your Instagram account could earn
All results are estimates. The math runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.
Sponsored post price estimate
What a brand might pay you for one piece of sponsored content. An estimate built from published 2026 rate tables, not a quote.
Not sure? Calculate it first. Use the rate by followers.
Use your own rate per 1,000 followers
Replaces the published tables. A feed post or carousel uses your rate as is, a Reel is 0.85x to 2.5x of it and a story frame 0.2x to 0.75x. Leave blank to use the tables.
Enter your follower count to see an estimated price range.
Views to money for sponsored content
Brands often price by views. Enter your average views per post and a rate per 1,000 views (CPM). This is what a brand might pay you, not what Instagram pays.
Presets are the typical influencer CPM ranges in Stan's 2026 rate guide. Change them to match your own deals.
Estimated sponsored price
Enter your average views to see an estimate.
What Instagram itself pays
Instagram's Help Center does not publish a rate per 1,000 views. Payouts come from specific programs, and the Help Center does not describe any of them as a fixed rate per view. What is published, checked on October 8, 2026:
- Gifts on Reels. Viewers buy stars and send gifts. Instagram pays creators $0.01 USD for every star received. You need a professional account, to be 18+, at least 500 followers and to live in an eligible country.
- Subscriptions. You set a monthly price for subscriber-only content. You need a professional account with at least 10,000 followers, to be 18+, and to live in an eligible country.
- Bonuses. Invitation-only programs that Instagram tests for a limited time in some countries. There is no public sign-up, and Instagram says it will announce public eligibility if that changes. Check your professional dashboard for an invitation.
At $0.01 per star.
How to use the Instagram money calculator
- Step 1
Enter followers and engagement
Add your follower count and, if you know it, your engagement rate. Engagement moves the range up or down for your account size.
- Step 2
Pick a niche and content type
Niches with higher advertiser demand, like finance and tech, price higher. Reels, feed posts, carousels and story frames each get their own range.
- Step 3
Read the range, not one number
The low end and high end come from two different published rate guides. Use your own rate per 1,000 followers if you already have one.
Where the numbers come from
The estimate comes from two 2026 rate guides: Afluencer (updated April 22, 2026) and Stan. Both publish a price range per follower tier. The top of each tier equals the bottom of the next, so the calculator reads them as points on one curve and draws a line between them. The lower of the two sources sets the low end of your range and the higher sets the high end. They disagree most for small accounts, which is why the range is wide there.
| Price at | 1,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feed post, Afluencer | $10 | $100 | $1,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
| Feed post, Stan | $50 | $200 | $1,500 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
| Reel, Stan (Afluencer: 85% of a feed post) | $100 | $500 | $3,000 | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| Story frame, Afluencer | $50 | $150 | $750 | $3,750 | $7,500 |
| Story frame, Stan | $25 | ~$87 | $300 | $1,000 | $5,000 |
Values with a ~ are not published: they are the points on the line between two published prices. Carousels are priced like feed posts because neither source lists them separately. Below 1,000 followers the price scales down in proportion, and above 1 million it scales up in proportion.
The niche multiplier compares the typical CPM range for a niche in Stan's table with the average of the eight niches listed. Engagement is compared with the typical band for your follower count (see the engagement rate calculator). Stan says high engagement can justify rates 20% to 50% above the tier average, so that is the lift used. For low engagement Stan only says offers get discounted, so the 10% to 30% cut is our own assumption.
| Niche | Typical CPM (Stan) | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| General / lifestyle / other | baseline | 1x |
| Beauty | $25 to $60 CPM | 0.88x |
| Fitness | $20 to $50 CPM | 0.72x |
| Finance | $50 to $120+ CPM | 1.75x |
| Tech | $30 to $90 CPM | 1.24x |
| Food | $20 to $45 CPM | 0.67x |
| Travel | $25 to $70 CPM | 0.98x |
| Parenting | $30 to $65 CPM | 0.98x |
| Fashion | $20 to $55 CPM | 0.77x |
Brand deals and Instagram payouts are different things
Most of the money in the first calculator comes from brands, not from Instagram. A brand pays you a fee for a post, Reel or story, and the fee depends on your audience, your niche and what the brand gets to do with the content.
Instagram's own programs are smaller and more conditional. Gifts pay $0.01 per star, Subscriptions need 10,000 followers, and bonuses are by invitation. We checked the Instagram Help Center on October 8, 2026, and none of these pages states a rate per view. For how creators describe their per-view results, read our guide, how much Instagram pays per 1,000 Reels views.
Turn the views you already get into leads
Views only turn into money when someone takes a next step. A simple way to give them one is to ask viewers to comment a keyword and send them your offer, booking page or link by DM, so the people who are interested start a conversation with you.
Get more from the views you already have
When someone comments a keyword on your post or Reel, FlowGent can send them a DM with your link, offer or booking page through the official Instagram API. Starter is $19 a month for comment-to-DM and keyword flows, with a 7-day free trial.
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