CRITERION YouTube Stats

@criterioncollection · Film, TV & Anime · Updated Nov 6, 2026

CRITERION channel overview

CRITERION (@criterioncollection) is a YouTube channel in the Film, TV & Anime niche created in 2006. It has 943K subscribers and 238M total views across 2K videos, an average of 121K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 100K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 65K views. Over the last 12 months, CRITERION published 69 videos (42% Shorts), and 17 of them (25%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, CRITERION gained 6K subscribers and 4.1M views, about 240K views a day.

How much does CRITERION make?

Returbe estimates CRITERION's YouTube ad revenue at $7.9K – $37K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.9 to $4.21, typically $2.11, 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 $2.1K.

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

CRITERION publishes about 31.5 videos a month. Based on its last 69 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (17% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

CRITERION's best outlier videos

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

• Patton Oswalt on THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG | Adventures in Moviegoing on the Criterion Channel675K views · Oct 22, 202621.2× typical views
• The Film Marc Maron Didn’t Enjoy The First Time | Adventures in Moviegoing on the Criterion Channel429K views · Oct 6, 202613.5× typical views
• Paul Dano on Philip Seymour Hoffman in BOOGIE NIGHTS | The Craft of Acting on the Criterion Channel202K views · Sep 16, 20266.4× typical views
• Jason Sudeikis Picks CITIZEN KANE | Criterion Closet Picks197K views · Sep 18, 20266.2× typical views
• "It Should Be Taught in Film School": Marc Maron on NOUVELLE VAGUE | Adventures in Moviegoing173K views · Oct 4, 20265.4× typical views
• “Paul Was Spectacular”: Sally Field on Paul Newman & Patricia Neal | HUD Special Feature (Excerpt)348K views · Sep 17, 20265.4× typical views
• We ❤️ MOONSTRUCK | Criterion Closet Picks Edition151K views · Oct 13, 20264.7× typical views
• Sebastian Stan’s Closet Picks284K views · Oct 12, 20264.4× typical views

Latest videos

10 of CRITERION's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• We ❤️ WITHNAIL AND I | Criterion Closet Picks Edition1.5K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Parker Posey’s Closet Picks5.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Spotlight on Gene Tierney (by Imogen Sara Smith) | Criterion Channel Original14K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Karyn Kusama on Akira Kurosawa’s HIGH AND LOW | Adventures in Moviegoing on the Criterion Channel17K views · Nov 4, 20260.5× typical views
• Making the Airplane Sequence in KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (Excerpt) | Watch in full on Criterion’s YouTube5.7K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• “How It’s Done”: Making the Airplane Sequence | KPOP DEMON HUNTERS | Full Criterion Special Feature76K views · Nov 3, 20261.2× typical views
• Coming to the Criterion Collection in November | Teaser37K views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views
• John Turturro’s Closet Picks236K views · Nov 2, 20263.7× typical views
• Starring Nicolas Cage | Criterion Channel Teaser48K views · Nov 2, 20260.7× typical views
• Starring Gene Tierney | Criterion Channel Teaser30K views · Nov 1, 20260.5× typical views

The Film, TV & Anime niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 21K videos from 1.6K channels in this niche. 15.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $7.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memelogyz (133K subs, best video 191.2×), 泡芙剧场PuffDrama (108K subs, best video 67.2×), Le Mec (205K subs, best video 132.1×), HSN Explains (24K subs, best video 71.3×), CrispyTheory (86K subs, best video 689.5×), Swagger Exposed Shorts (133K subs, best video 93.4×).

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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 CRITERION or YouTube.