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TheSmithPlays

TheSmithPlays

@thesmithplays📍 CA📅 15 yrs🔄 Updated 8/31/2026
Action-adventure gameAction gameVideo game culture
2.8M
subscribers
#245 Canada

TheSmithPlays had 2.8M subscribers as of August 31, 2026, ranked #245 in Canada. The channel has accumulated 879.2M views across 2,286 videos since 2011.

Relative to its audience, that is 317 lifetime views per subscriber and 14.1K views generated per day.

879.2Mtotal views
2,286videos
14.1Kviews / day
176.5Kmedian views

Where does TheSmithPlays rank on YouTube?

Ranked by subscriber count, TheSmithPlays sits 245th in Canada and 7289th worldwide.

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The YouTube API rounds subscriber counts to three significant figures. At this scale, any change below 0.36% over the period is undetectable — we prefer to show nothing rather than rounding noise.

When did TheSmithPlays start on YouTube?

TheSmithPlays published their first video on August 29, 2012, "Black Ops Zombies: Der Riese Live (Part 1)", which has 69K views. Their biggest hit since does 106 × that number.

Black Ops Zombies: Der Riese Live (Part 1)
🕰️ First video
Black Ops Zombies: Der Riese Live (Part 1)
69K views

TheSmithPlays published 2,286 videos between 2012 and 2025, peaking at 438 in 2015.

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What is TheSmithPlays's most-viewed video?

TheSmithPlays's most-viewed video is "Fortnite Chapter 2: ROCKET LAUNCH EVENT SEASON 10 FORTNITE LIVE!", with 7.3M views. That is 19 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 3.7% of the channel's total views.

19 ×outlier multiplier on its best video

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Performance analysis

Which format works best for TheSmithPlays?

On TheSmithPlays, long-form (over 20 min) performs best: a median of 183.5K views across 697 videos analysed. That is 1.8 × 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
99.7K138 videos
Mid3 – 20 min
179.9K1,452 videos
Long> 20 min
183.5K697 videos

How often does TheSmithPlays publish?

TheSmithPlays currently publishes 1 vidéo par mois. The pace has slowed markedly against a lifetime average of 155 videos per year. Its catalogue generates 6 views per video per day.

1videos / month
155videos / year lifetime
0.1 ×vs lifetime pace

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How much does TheSmithPlays earn on YouTube?

TheSmithPlays's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $1,270 and $4,658 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 0% short-form, 100% 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 TheSmithPlays video get?

The median TheSmithPlays video has 176.5K views, computed across 2,287 analysed videos.

How long has TheSmithPlays been publishing on YouTube?

TheSmithPlays has been publishing for 15 years, averaging 155 videos per year.

Which country is TheSmithPlays from?

TheSmithPlays 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 2,287 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 2,287 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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