1980sGamer YouTube Stats

@1980sgamer1 · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

1980sGamer channel overview

1980sGamer (@1980sgamer1) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2011. It has 2M subscribers and 3B total views across 3.5K videos, an average of 865K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 237K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 10K views. Over the last 12 months, 1980sGamer published 91 videos (92% Shorts), and 8 of them (9%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 15 days, 1980sGamer gained 10K subscribers and 41M views, about 2.7M views a day.

How much does 1980sGamer make?

Returbe estimates 1980sGamer's YouTube ad revenue at $2.7K – $11K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.03 to $0.12, typically $0.07, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $70.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

1980sGamer publishes about 83.6 videos a month. Based on its last 91 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (16% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

1980sGamer's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are 1980sGamer's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Sneaking Some PS2 At 2AM2.6M views · Oct 18, 202611.6× typical views
• Getting The PS5 Digital Version #ps5 #physical #digital #mattsmother #20252.4M views · Oct 22, 202610.5× typical views
• Matt’s Nintendo 64 Coke Trick #n64 #nintendo64 #bawby #smash1.4M views · Oct 11, 20266.2× typical views
• Matt Makes a Huge Mistake #timmy #gameboy #pokemon #mattsmother #19981.2M views · Oct 26, 20265.1× typical views
• History Of The Game Boy Headphone Jack #gameboy #gba #gameboyadvance #bawby #gbasp1.1M views · Oct 8, 20264.8× typical views
• Timmy Keeps Trading In Matt’s Games891K views · Oct 28, 20263.9× typical views
• Matt Learns About The PS2 Game Case #ps2 #playstation2 #memorycard #gta3 #bawby876K views · Oct 6, 20263.9× typical views
• The Last Drive In GTA5 #gta #gta5 #ps5 #gta6 #2026819K views · Oct 13, 20263.6× typical views

Latest videos

5 of 1980sGamer's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• When You Fail Sucessfully #mattsmother #3ds #birthday #zelda #switch26.3K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Timmy Attacks The Chickens In OoT #zelda #timmy #mattsmother #ocarinaoftime19K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Matt’s Christmas In 2003 #christmas #timmy #yumyums #ps2 #mattsmother158K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• Bawby’s Extra Memory Card #bawby #gta #sanandreas #ps2 #200467K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Bawby Upgrades To The DSi #dsi #ds #dslite #bawby #200982K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• Napoleon’s GBA Case #gba #gamecube #bawby #napoleon148K views · Nov 4, 20260.6× typical views
• Saving Games On Nintendos #nes #snes #n64 #gamecube97K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• 1980sGamer: Best of October, 2026!4.9K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• How Stu Does Trade Ins #stu #ps5 #playstation #scam101K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Matt Chooses The Switch Lite #steve #switch #digital #retro91K views · Nov 2, 20260.4× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 38K videos from 2.3K channels in this niche. 10.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 76K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 96.1×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 62.6×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 117×), Abi Army (412K subs, best video 41.9×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with 1980sGamer or YouTube.