Subscribers
7.77M
🔥 Buzz rank
#40 NEW
Total Views
1.22B
Videos
523
Est. monthly earnings
$46K – $88.8K
How we estimate: ~9.72M recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of
$4.90–$9.45 per 1,000 views —
adjusted for Knowledge content and a US audience.
About 3% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $552.4K – $1.07M.
Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →
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💡 Did you know?
- Joined YouTube in 2011 — 15 years ago.
- Ranked #86 among all creators tracked on SocialDB.
- One of the top Knowledge creators — #6 in the niche.
- Averages 2.09M views per video.
- Posts about 1× per week.
- 3.06% engagement rate.
- Gained 10K subscribers in the last 7 days.
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Performance
2.09M
Avg views / video
60.1K
Avg likes
3.8K
Avg comments
3.06%
Engagement rate
1
Uploads / week
2.33M
Lifetime avg / video
3%
Shorts (recent views)
Engagement rate = (likes + comments) ÷ views across recent videos.
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