Grimes
Grimes had 1.4M subscribers as of August 31, 2026, ranked #556 in Canada. The channel has accumulated 872.7M views across 56 videos since 2012.
Relative to its audience, that is 623 lifetime views per subscriber.
Where does Grimes rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, Grimes sits 556th in Canada and 11712th worldwide.
The YouTube API rounds subscriber counts to three significant figures. At this scale, any change below 0.71% over the period is undetectable — we prefer to show nothing rather than rounding noise.
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 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.
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 28.2% of the channel's total views.
14 ×outlier multiplier on its best video
Which format works best for Grimes?
On Grimes, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 2.6M views across 35 videos analysed. That is 12 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.
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Grimes's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $0 and $0 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 100% short-form, 0% 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.
Advertising revenue only — excludes brand deals, sponsorships, merchandise and affiliate income. Range computed from reference RPMs by country and format.
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How many views does a typical Grimes video get?
The median Grimes video has 1.3M views, computed across 56 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 August 31, 2026. Per-video measures cover 56 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.
Methodology
Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 8/31/2026). Per-video measures computed across 56 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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