Gaming Influencer Rate Calculator — YouTube India
Gaming is YouTube India's fastest-growing content category, with brand deals from mobile game publishers, gaming gear brands, and streaming platforms. Let's play videos, game reviews, and tournament content all support different brand integration formats. Mid-tier gaming creators (50K–200K) typically earn ₹7,000–₹15,500 per sponsored video. Negotiate usage rights carefully — brands often want to use gaming clips in their own ads.
This preview uses a 50K follower mid-tier creator as the baseline. Create a free account to calculate your exact INR rate from your real follower count, engagement rate, city, and deliverable.
How much do Gaming creators charge on YouTube in India?
Indicative benchmarks based on Indian market data at 3.5% engagement rate, metro city, single-post deliverable. Use the calculator above for your exact rate.
Frequently asked questions
A Gaming creator in India should charge between ₹7,000 (floor) and ₹16,500 (premium) for a YouTube post, with ₹11,000 being the recommended starting point. Rates vary based on follower count, engagement rate, city tier, and deal structure. Metro-based creators typically command 1.3× more than tier 2 city counterparts.
In 2025, mid-tier Gaming influencers (50K–200K followers) on YouTube India earn an average of ₹11,000 per brand collaboration. Nano creators (1K–10K) earn approximately ₹1,000, micro creators (10K–50K) earn ₹3,500, and macro creators (200K–1M) command ₹49,500 and above.
Use a base rate for your tier, then apply multipliers for niche, engagement rate, city tier, and deliverable type. ColabRate automates this using Indian market benchmarks. Your engagement rate is the strongest lever — a 5% ER in Gaming adds roughly 30–40% to your base rate. Always quote floor, recommended, and premium rates to give brands negotiating room.
For Gaming creators on YouTube India, an engagement rate above 3% is average, 5–7% is good, and above 8% is excellent. For YouTube, a comment rate above 0.5% and watch time above 40% of video length signal strong audience connection. Brands increasingly evaluate CPE (cost per engagement) over CPM, so a smaller but highly engaged audience can command better rates.