Digital Foundry YouTube Stats

@digitalfoundry · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Digital Foundry channel overview

Digital Foundry (@digitalfoundry) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2008. It has 1.5M subscribers and 834M total views across 4.8K videos, an average of 175K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 233K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 188K views. Over the last 12 months, Digital Foundry published 62 videos, and 3 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Digital Foundry gained 0 subscribers and 5.1M views, about 298K views a day.

How much does Digital Foundry make?

Returbe estimates Digital Foundry's YouTube ad revenue at $16K – $65K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $6, typically $3, 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 $3K.

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

Digital Foundry publishes about 29.3 videos a month. Based on its last 62 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (16% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Digital Foundry's best outlier videos

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

• Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Look: The Most Impressive Real-Time Game Graphics Yet?922K views · Aug 28, 20264.9× typical views
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2026 - Switch 2 DF Tech Review830K views · Nov 4, 20264.4× typical views
• Hands-On with QSSR - AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 - Image Quality, PSSR Comparisons + More719K views · Oct 1, 20263.8× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto 6: Launch Trailer PS5 Tech Reaction/Breakdown489K views · Oct 16, 20262.6× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto 6 Graphics vs GTA 5 Enhanced Edition PC Maxed - The RAGE Engine Upgraded482K views · Sep 1, 20262.6× typical views
• Elden Ring Tarnished Edition - Switch 2 Tech Review - PS4 Visuals With Boosted Res & Frame-Rates463K views · Sep 4, 20262.5× typical views
• The Witcher 3 Remastered - Switch 2 Tech Review - A Colossal Upgrade over Switch 1431K views · Oct 3, 20262.3× typical views
• Phantom Blade Zero - PS5/PS5 Pro - The Digital Foundry Tech Review429K views · Oct 28, 20262.3× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Digital Foundry's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - PS5/Pro/Xbox Series X|S Tech Review - PSSR Has Pros and Cons17K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• DF Direct Q+A: The PS5/Xbox Series Console Era - Success Or Failure?95K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2026 - Switch 2 DF Tech Review830K views · Nov 4, 20264.4× typical views
• SCSKiller - The Beginning Of The End For PC #StutterStruggle?399K views · Nov 3, 20262.1× typical views
• DF Direct Weekly #288: Phantom Blade Zero PC Tested, FSR 4.1 Handheld, Switch 2 Lite?120K views · Nov 2, 20260.6× typical views
• DF Retro Super Show #026 Halloween Special: First Fears In Video Games66K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
• DF Direct Q+A: Helix 2028 "Delay"...? Xbox's Review Problem Fixed? Will Switch 2 DLSS Improve?118K views · Oct 31, 20260.6× typical views
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Switch 2 Tech Review - Input Latency, Frame-Rates + Visuals Tested273K views · Oct 30, 20261.5× typical views
• QD-OLED Monitors: The Best PC Upgrade - But Which Is Best For You? [Sponsored]66K views · Oct 29, 20260.4× typical views
• Phantom Blade Zero - PS5/PS5 Pro - The Digital Foundry Tech Review429K views · Oct 28, 20262.3× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 38K videos from 2.3K channels in this niche. 10.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 76K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 96.1×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 62.6×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 117×), Abi Army (412K subs, best video 41.9×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×).

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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 Digital Foundry or YouTube.