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Brian Atlas YouTube Stats

@brian · Self-improvement & Motivation · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Subscribers

388K

+0 in 16 days

Total views

491M

+1.8M in 16 days

Videos

7.7K

58.7 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$3K – $11K

RPM $1.02–$3.72

Avg. views (last 30)

28K

Typical views

14K

median per video

Avg. video length

12 min

Channel age

14 years

since Oct 23, 2012

Brian Atlas channel overview

Brian Atlas (@brian) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2012. It has 388K subscribers and 491M total views across 7.7K videos, an average of 63K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 28K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 14K views. Over the last 12 months, Brian Atlas published 80 videos (49% Shorts), and 6 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, Brian Atlas gained 0 subscribers and 1.8M views, about 111K views a day.

Oct 21, 2026388K → 388K subscribersNov 6, 2026

How much does Brian Atlas make?

Returbe estimates Brian Atlas's YouTube ad revenue at $3K – $11K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.02 to $3.72, typically $2.03, 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 $2K.

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

Brian Atlas publishes about 58.7 videos a month. Based on its last 80 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (16% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

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Brian Atlas's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

6 of Brian Atlas's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

The Self-improvement & Motivation niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3K videos from 188 channels in this niche. 15.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.2K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $11.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: T21 (3.7K subs, best video 37.6×), XYT WORLD (4.9K subs, best video 1158.3×), MOTIVATIONAL SD (13K subs, best video 98.4×), The Stoic Scroll (9.3K subs, best video 40.8×), The Mental Health Space (5.8K subs, best video 14.9×), stoic physiology (18K subs, best video 10.4×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does Brian Atlas have?

Brian Atlas has 388K subscribers on YouTube and 491M total views across 7.7K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).

How much does Brian Atlas make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates Brian Atlas's YouTube ad revenue at $3K – $11K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.02–$3.72 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does Brian Atlas upload?

Brian Atlas uploads about 58.7 videos a month, most often on Wednesday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.

What is Brian Atlas's best performing video?

"Feminist PROVES Andrew Wilson Right About Why Men DON’T Open Up!" is Brian Atlas's biggest outlier: 184K views, 13× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to Brian Atlas?

Channels similar to Brian Atlas include imuRgency, Alpha Central, Pretty Basic Podcast, hoe_math (PsychoMath), whatever Clips.

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 Brian Atlas or YouTube.

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Brian Atlas YouTube Stats: 388K Subscribers, Earnings & Outliers · Returbe