The Film Theorists
The Film Theorists had 13.4M subscribers as of August 31, 2026, ranked #471 in United States. The channel has accumulated 3.6B views across 717 videos since 2014.
Relative to its audience, that is 266 lifetime views per subscriber and 423.9K views generated per day.
Where does The Film Theorists rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, The Film Theorists sits 471st in United States and 1469th worldwide.
The YouTube API rounds subscriber counts to three significant figures. At this scale, any change below 0.75% over the period is undetectable — we prefer to show nothing rather than rounding noise.
When did The Film Theorists start on YouTube?
The Film Theorists published their first video on June 2, 2015, "Welcome to The Film Theorists!", which has 2.3M views. Their biggest hit since does 14 × that number.
The Film Theorists published 651 videos between 2015 and 2025, peaking at 105 in 2025. Since 2023, videos under 3 minutes account for 45% of output, against 1% before.
What is The Film Theorists's most-viewed video?
The Film Theorists's most-viewed video is "Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse Animation Hides a Secret! 🕷️ #shorts", with 32.7M views. That is 6.7 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 3.9% of the channel's total views.
6.7 ×outlier multiplier on its best video
Which format works best for The Film Theorists?
On The Film Theorists, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 4.9M views across 472 videos analysed. That is 5.2 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.
How often does The Film Theorists publish?
The Film Theorists currently publishes 1,4 vidéos par semaine. Its catalogue generates 591 views per video per day.
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The Film Theorists's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $28,186 and $103,031 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 27% short-form, 73% 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 The Film Theorists video get?
The median The Film Theorists video has 3.5M views, computed across 717 analysed videos.
How long has The Film Theorists been publishing on YouTube?
The Film Theorists has been publishing for 12 years, averaging 58 videos per year.
Which country is The Film Theorists from?
The Film Theorists is registered in US.
Is this data up to date?
Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on August 31, 2026. Per-video measures cover 717 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 717 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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