Doctor Mike YouTube Stats

@doctormike · Science & Education · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Doctor Mike channel overview

Doctor Mike (@doctormike) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2016. It has 15M subscribers and 5.8B total views across 1.3K videos, an average of 4.5M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.7M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, Doctor Mike published 15 videos (27% Shorts), and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Doctor Mike make?

Returbe estimates Doctor Mike's YouTube ad revenue at $34K – $118K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.14 to $7.33, typically $3.98, 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.

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

Doctor Mike publishes about 13 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (33% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

Latest videos

0 of Doctor Mike's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Pharmacy Nearly Killed My Patient1M views · Nov 4, 2026
• Would you trust a doctor who says this?324K views · Nov 3, 2026
• Laws Created After Medical Mistakes2M views · Nov 1, 2026
• Well that was embarrassing…623K views · Oct 30, 2026
• What Paramedics See at 3 AM Is Terrifying1.5M views · Oct 28, 2026
• Doctor Mike Reacts To 1000 Medical TikToks | COMPILATIONS765K views · Oct 26, 2026
• Medical Historian On How Brutal Surgery Was In The 1800's676K views · Oct 25, 2026
• The Worst Medical Devices In History2.6M views · Oct 21, 2026
• Doctor Reacts To Viral Horror Movie Injuries | Backrooms, Obsession, Iron Lung1.8M views · Oct 18, 2026
• What Killed Every World Leader1.4M views · Oct 14, 2026

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.4K videos from 499 channels in this niche. 12.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (52K subs, best video 325.7×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 364.2×), The Why Side (48K subs, best video 188.1×), The Cosmic Narrative (5.2K subs, best video 24.8×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 24×).

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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 Doctor Mike or YouTube.