David Rule YouTube Stats

@davidmrule · Travel & Outdoors · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Subscribers

871K

Total views

93M

Videos

2.2 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$8.5K – $28K

RPM $2.53–$8.44

Avg. views (last 30)

Typical views

median per video

Avg. video length

18 min

Channel age

9 years

since Jan 1, 2017

David Rule channel overview

David Rule (@davidmrule) is a YouTube channel in the Travel & Outdoors niche created in 2017. It has 871K subscribers and 93M total views across 56 videos, an average of 1.7M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 3M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, David Rule published 8 videos (50% Shorts), and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does David Rule make?

Returbe estimates David Rule's YouTube ad revenue at $8.5K – $28K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.53 to $8.44, typically $4.64, 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 $4.6K.

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

David Rule publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (24% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

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David Rule's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

0 of David Rule's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

The Travel & Outdoors niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.4K videos from 520 channels in this niche. 12% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 27K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Ngoc Linh (330K subs, best video 36.2×), France 3 Bretagne (141K subs, best video 59.5×), LazyWave (114K subs, best video 93×), Tania💕Mum of 4 (15K subs, best video 29.1×), Apni Dukaan Vlogs (8.8K subs, best video 10.4×), ALLSTAR STEVEN (182K subs, best video 594.3×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does David Rule have?

David Rule has 871K subscribers on YouTube and 93M total views across 56 videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).

How much does David Rule make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates David Rule's YouTube ad revenue at $8.5K – $28K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $2.53–$8.44 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does David Rule upload?

David Rule uploads about 2.2 videos a month, most often on Saturday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.

What is David Rule's best performing video?

"Building a Log Cabin in Alaska" is David Rule's biggest outlier: 1.4M views, 1× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to David Rule?

Channels similar to David Rule include Hakan Karahan Doğada, OttoBulletproof, Hike Camp Climb, Botanik Bushcraft Survival , Victoria Outside.

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 David Rule or YouTube.

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