Chris James YouTube Stats

@chrisjamestv · Comedy & Memes · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Chris James channel overview

Chris James (@chrisjamestv) is a YouTube channel in the Comedy & Memes niche created in 2016. It has 514K subscribers and 111M total views across 220 videos, an average of 503K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 541K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 417K views. Over the last 12 months, Chris James published 13 videos, and 1 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Chris James gained 3K subscribers and 2.4M views, about 139K views a day.

How much does Chris James make?

Returbe estimates Chris James's YouTube ad revenue at $5.6K – $23K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.2 to $5, typically $2.6, 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 $2.6K.

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

Chris James publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (37% of uploads), usually around 22:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 30, 2026.

Chris James's best outlier videos

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

• To Catch A Predator Was A Fever Dream1.6M views · Sep 18, 20263.9× typical views
• The Most Iconic Wife Swap Episode817K views · Jul 16, 20262× typical views
• The Worst Show On Discovery Channel669K views · Sep 26, 20261.6× typical views
• Inmate To Roommate Just Keeps Getting Worse472K views · Aug 11, 20261.1× typical views
• Criss Angel’s Haunted House Show Was Very Uncomfortable431K views · Oct 23, 20261× typical views
• The Man Show Was Pure Cringe 430K views · May 1, 20261× typical views
• The Worst Ghost Adventures Episode I've Ever Seen417K views · Oct 30, 20261× typical views
• The Best Ghost Hunting Show On TV302K views · Oct 17, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

3 of Chris James's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Worst Ghost Adventures Episode I've Ever Seen417K views · Oct 30, 20261× typical views
• Criss Angel’s Haunted House Show Was Very Uncomfortable431K views · Oct 23, 20261× typical views
• The Worst Show On Discovery Channel669K views · Sep 26, 20261.6× typical views
• To Catch A Predator Was A Fever Dream1.6M views · Sep 18, 20263.9× typical views
• Inmate To Roommate Just Keeps Getting Worse472K views · Aug 11, 20261.1× typical views
• The Most Iconic Wife Swap Episode817K views · Jul 16, 20262× typical views
• Inmate To Roommate Is A Wild Show407K views · Jul 9, 20261× typical views
• Bar Rescue Continues To Be Way Too Dramatic324K views · May 22, 20260.8× typical views
• The Man Show Was Pure Cringe 430K views · May 1, 20261× typical views
• The Dumbest Show I Never Knew Existed277K views · Mar 24, 20260.7× typical views

The Comedy & Memes niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 12K videos from 804 channels in this niche. 17.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 47K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.2 to $5.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Adictos Al Trap (216K subs, best video 39.9×), Patrick Custer (32K subs, best video 404.4×), gningbo (84K subs, best video 2014.8×), Theo Rogan Shorts (436K subs, best video 22.1×), EpsilonnEdit (18K subs, best video 41.9×), WearTheGag (89K subs, best video 63.7×).

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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 Chris James or YouTube.