How much traffic would you *typically* need for each of these scenarios:

1. Just to get accepted by AdSense
2. Generate $10.00 a month.
3. Generate $100.00 a month.
4. Generate $1,000.00 a month.

I'm just curious what the ballpark range is, since I do not know much about the industry and I don't personally know anyone else who does websites (i'm old.)

Yes, I know it depends on content, subject matter, quality of visits, etc, but I was looking for a general ballpark range, based on unique visitors a day, visits a month, hits a month, or whatever metric you like to use. I am just curious..

1 - None at all.

2 - 1000 visitors earning 1 cent per click (or some other combination that equals $10):

3 - 10 x the above number:

4 - 10 x the number at 3


In other words!!!!!

It really doesn't work like that

That was very helpful and thought provoking. Thanks.

1. none at all..
2. 3. 4. Depends on lots of factors, Page CTR, ad placement, ad optimization, ad relevance, type of traffic, etc.. etc.. and lot more...

Actually adsense income is not only depended on number of visits, there are case where you can have thousands of visitors but very less adsense clicks...

Traffic not the only factor, it depends on the CTR and CPC too. Tons of traffic with no click will gain you nothing

Depends on the niche...
There are niches where clicks cost between 0.5$ and 1$, and niches where you won`t get more than 0.05$ for a click