404 Thread YouTube Stats

@404thread · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

404 Thread channel overview

404 Thread (@404thread) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2017. It has 29K subscribers and 4.5M total views across 42 videos, an average of 107K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 125K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 87K views. Over the last 12 months, 404 Thread published 42 videos, and 3 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, 404 Thread gained 5.1K subscribers and 1.3M views, about 69K views a day.

How much does 404 Thread make?

Returbe estimates 404 Thread's YouTube ad revenue at $2.6K – $10K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $6, typically $3, 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 $3K.

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Upload schedule

404 Thread publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 42 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (29% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

404 Thread's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are 404 Thread's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Lost Games That Should Never Be Found571K views · Oct 11, 20266.5× typical views
• Videos That Scared Japan544K views · May 1, 20266.2× typical views
• Most Disturbing PS2 Games Ever Made [Vol. 2]292K views · Aug 7, 20263.3× typical views
• Lost Games That Should Never Be Found [Vol. 2]236K views · Oct 25, 20262.7× typical views
• Videos That Scared Japan199K views · Oct 19, 20262.3× typical views
• Horrors on the Japanese Internet194K views · Jan 24, 20262.2× typical views
• Most Disturbing PS2 Games Ever Made182K views · Jul 3, 20262.1× typical views
• Disturbing PS1 Games Ever Made [Vol. 2]178K views · Jul 26, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

9 of 404 Thread's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Horrors On The Japanese Internet26K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Most Disturbing Japanese Games Ever Made54K views · Oct 31, 20260.6× typical views
• Korea's Most Disturbing Serial Killers Iceberg76K views · Oct 28, 20260.9× typical views
• Lost Games That Should Never Be Found [Vol. 2]236K views · Oct 25, 20262.7× typical views
• Most Disturbing PS2 Games Ever Made [Vol. 3]100K views · Oct 21, 20261.1× typical views
• Videos That Scared Japan199K views · Oct 19, 20262.3× typical views
• Japan's Most Disturbing TV Moments84K views · Oct 15, 20261× typical views
• Lost Games That Should Never Be Found571K views · Oct 11, 20266.5× typical views
• Most Disturbing Indie Video Games Ever Made101K views · Sep 30, 20261.2× typical views
• 2 Hours Of Internet Oddities41K views · Sep 23, 20260.5× 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 77K 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 113.2×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 56.3×), 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 404 Thread or YouTube.