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Grimes

Grimes

@grimes📍 CA📅 15 yrs🔄 Updated 10/15/2026
Independent musicElectronic musicMusic
1.4M
subscribers
#555 Canada

Grimes had 1.4M subscribers as of October 15, 2026, ranked #555 in Canada. The channel has accumulated 889.9M views across 60 videos since 2012.

Relative to its audience, that is 631 lifetime views per subscriber and 380.9K views generated per day.

889.9Mtotal views
60videos
380.9Kviews / day
1.3Mmedian views

Where does Grimes rank on YouTube?

Ranked by subscriber count, Grimes sits 555th in Canada and 11730th worldwide.

CA
#555
Canada
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#11730
worldwide

Over the last 29 days, Grimes's subscriber count moved by +0.71 %.

When did Grimes start on YouTube?

Grimes published their first video on November 1, 2011, "Grimes - Genesis (Fader Fort by Fiat 2011)", which has 385.5K views. Their biggest hit since does 243 × that number.

Grimes - Genesis (Fader Fort by Fiat 2011)
🕰️ First video
Grimes - Genesis (Fader Fort by Fiat 2011)
385.5K views

Grimes published 55 videos between 2011 and 2025, peaking at 10 in 2019. Since 2023, videos under 3 minutes account for 71% of output, against 17% before.

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What is Grimes's most-viewed video?

Grimes's most-viewed video is "Grimes - Genesis", with 93.8M views. That is 14 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 27.6% of the channel's total views.

14 ×outlier multiplier on its best video

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Which format works best for Grimes?

On Grimes, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 2.6M views across 36 videos analysed. That is 11 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.

Short< 3 min
241.9K19 videos
Mid3 – 20 min
2.6M36 videos

How often does Grimes publish?

Grimes currently publishes 4 vidéos par mois. That is 12 × the channel's lifetime average pace. Its catalogue generates 6,348 views per video per day.

4videos / month
4videos / year lifetime
12 ×vs lifetime pace

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How much does Grimes earn on YouTube?

Grimes's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $13,017 and $47,050 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 64% short-form, 36% long-form. At this scale, advertising is typically a minority of a creator's actual income, behind brand partnerships and merchandise, which are not measured here.

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How many views does a typical Grimes video get?

The median Grimes video has 1.3M views, computed across 58 analysed videos.

How long has Grimes been publishing on YouTube?

Grimes has been publishing for 15 years, averaging 4 videos per year.

Which country is Grimes from?

Grimes is registered in CA.

Is this data up to date?

Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on October 15, 2026. Per-video measures cover 58 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.

Methodology

Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 10/15/2026). Per-video measures computed across 58 indexed videos, from a database of over 21 million videos and 27,000 YouTube channels. The outlier multiplier compares a video's views to its channel average. Format performance uses the median, more robust than the mean when isolated hits are present.

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