Chris Williamson YouTube Stats

@chriswillx · Self-improvement & Motivation · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Chris Williamson channel overview

Chris Williamson (@chriswillx) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2018. It has 4.5M subscribers and 1.3B total views across 4.9K videos, an average of 269K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 101K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 187K views. Over the last 12 months, Chris Williamson published 50 videos (50% Shorts), and 6 of them (12%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Chris Williamson make?

Returbe estimates Chris Williamson's YouTube ad revenue at $24K – $89K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.99 to $7.31, typically $3.99, 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 $4K.

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Upload schedule

Chris Williamson publishes about 54.3 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (22% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

Chris Williamson's best outlier videos

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

• Kobe Bryant’s Post After His Injury1.1M views · Oct 24, 202623.3× typical views
• You Must Enjoy Your Life1M views · Oct 17, 202621× typical views
• Why World War II Was So Traumatic481K views · Nov 1, 20269.8× typical views
• The ElevenLabs Situation Is Crazy1.4M views · Oct 16, 20267.6× typical views
• "Japan Pissed Off The Wrong Guy" - The Fat Electrician1.3M views · Oct 21, 20267.1× typical views
• The Most Hardcore War Stories In History - The Fat Electrician1.1M views · Oct 19, 20265.7× typical views
• 12 Things That Decide Compatibility In A Relationship116K views · Nov 5, 20262.3× typical views
• I Was Older Than I Should Have Been109K views · Oct 28, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• The British Used Condoms To Make Bombs12K views · Nov 7, 20260.3× typical views
• Women Are Moving Left. Men Aren’t Following.47K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• 12 Things That Decide Compatibility In A Relationship116K views · Nov 5, 20262.3× typical views
• How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary45K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• The Category For Those Who Need Reassurance From Others35K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• Idiots All The Way Up36K views · Nov 4, 20260.7× typical views
• Signs That You’re About To Make The Wrong Decision - Joe Hudson64K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• How To Know You're In The Wrong Relationship31K views · Nov 4, 20260.6× typical views
• Life Is What Happens While You’re Making Other Plans41K views · Nov 3, 20260.8× typical views
• The War Horse Who Would Not Die - The Fat Electrician113K views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views

The Self-improvement & Motivation niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.4K videos from 250 channels in this niche. 15.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.8K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $11.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: The Mental Health Space (5.9K subs, best video 24.7×), The Stoic Scroll (9.3K subs, best video 46.3×), XYT WORLD (4.9K subs, best video 1158.3×), MOTIVATIONAL SD (13K subs, best video 98.4×), T21 (3.7K subs, best video 31.5×), stoic physiology (18K subs, best video 10.2×).

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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 Williamson or YouTube.