YouTube
YouTube had 46.5M subscribers as of October 16, 2026, ranked #34 in United States. The channel has accumulated 1.3B views across 1,642 videos since 1970.
Relative to its audience, that is 29 lifetime views per subscriber and 1.2M views generated per day.
Where does YouTube rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, YouTube sits 34th in United States and 136th worldwide.
Over the last 29 days, YouTube's subscriber count moved by +0.43 %.
When did YouTube start on YouTube?
YouTube published their first video on October 28, 2005, "YouTube on the tube!", which has 4.1M views. Their biggest hit since does 60 × that number.
YouTube published 1,272 videos between 2005 and 2025, peaking at 431 in 2025. Short-form dominates its recent output.
What is YouTube's most-viewed video?
YouTube's most-viewed video is "YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge | #YouTubeRewind", with 247.6M views. That is 150 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 80.2% of the channel's total views.
150 ×outlier multiplier on its best video
Which format works best for YouTube?
On YouTube, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 1.1M views across 154 videos analysed. That is 8.9 × 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 YouTube publish?
YouTube currently publishes 1,2 vidéos par jour. That is 16 × the channel's lifetime average pace. Its catalogue generates 744 views per video per day.
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YouTube's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $30,215 and $108,238 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 75% short-form, 25% 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 YouTube video get?
The median YouTube video has 138.1K views, computed across 1,704 analysed videos.
How long has YouTube been publishing on YouTube?
YouTube has been publishing for 57 years, averaging 29 videos per year.
Which country is YouTube from?
YouTube is registered in US.
Is this data up to date?
Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on October 16, 2026. Per-video measures cover 1,704 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.
Methodology
Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 10/16/2026). Per-video measures computed across 1,704 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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