Dan Zakaria YouTube Stats

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

Dan Zakaria channel overview

Dan Zakaria (@danzakaria) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2023. It has 175K subscribers and 13M total views across 788 videos, an average of 16K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 69K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 32K views. Over the last 12 months, Dan Zakaria published 15 videos, and 2 of them (13%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Dan Zakaria make?

Returbe estimates Dan Zakaria's YouTube ad revenue at $511 – $1.9K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $11, typically $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 $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

Dan Zakaria publishes about 7.6 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (20% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Dan Zakaria's best outlier videos

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

• How to become unrecognizable in 60 days (full blueprint)421K views · Sep 30, 202613.2× typical views
• You have A LOT more time than you think257K views · Sep 21, 20268× typical views
• 22 productivity hacks that made me a successful entrepreneur (at 22)50K views · Oct 4, 20261.6× typical views
• Refuse to Become Wasted Potential (in 3 Steps)43K views · Sep 27, 20261.3× typical views
• How to ACTUALLY Lock in This Winter Arc (Nov/Dec)36K views · Nov 3, 20261.1× typical views
• The best time management system for procrastinators35K views · Oct 12, 20261.1× typical views
• How I rebuilt my entire life32K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• How to Rewire Your Brain for Success - [Psycho-Cybernetics Book Summary]32K views · Oct 9, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

3 of Dan Zakaria's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How to be CONSISTENT for 45 Days a Month7.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• How to ACTUALLY Lock in This Winter Arc (Nov/Dec)36K views · Nov 3, 20261.1× typical views
• identity shifting (the cheat code to success)12K views · Oct 29, 20260.4× typical views
• How I rebuilt my entire life32K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• How to Fix Your Attention Span (For Entrepreneurs)12K views · Oct 21, 20260.4× typical views
• How Dopamine Detoxing Changes Your Brain26K views · Oct 16, 20260.8× typical views
• The best time management system for procrastinators35K views · Oct 12, 20261.1× typical views
• How to Rewire Your Brain for Success - [Psycho-Cybernetics Book Summary]32K views · Oct 9, 20261× typical views
• 22 productivity hacks that made me a successful entrepreneur (at 22)50K views · Oct 4, 20261.6× typical views
• How to become unrecognizable in 60 days (full blueprint)421K views · Sep 30, 202613.2× 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×).

Channels similar to Dan Zakaria

• The Inspire Path176K subscribers · 57K typical views
• Antidote330K subscribers · 488K typical views
• David Perell337K subscribers · 77K typical views
• Mel345K subscribers · 91K typical views
• Becoming More75K subscribers · 6.9K typical views
• The Knowledge Project Podcast466K subscribers · 79K typical views
• Taliyah Joelle 505K subscribers · 119K typical views
• Lucas Torgesen51K subscribers · 20K typical views
• S'enrichir670K subscribers · 12K typical views
• Simple Ways of Life45K subscribers · 18K typical views
• Inside Japan Living35K subscribers · 5.5K typical views
• Sadie Aldis996K subscribers · 50K typical views

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 Dan Zakaria or YouTube.