Drew Dirksen YouTube Stats

@drewdirksen · Challenges & Entertainment · Updated Nov 8, 2026

Drew Dirksen channel overview

Drew Dirksen (@drewdirksen) is a YouTube channel in the Challenges & Entertainment niche created in 2017. It has 4.8M subscribers and 2.1B total views across 669 videos, an average of 3.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 3M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 2M views. Over the last 12 months, Drew Dirksen published 50 videos (44% Shorts), and 6 of them (12%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Drew Dirksen make?

Returbe estimates Drew Dirksen's YouTube ad revenue at $19K – $74K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.92 to $3.68, typically $1.85, 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 $1.9K.

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

Drew Dirksen publishes about 9.8 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (58% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 8, 2026.

Drew Dirksen's best outlier videos

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

• Who can escape before getting crushed!28M views · Oct 14, 202643.8× typical views
• Taking random things down my waterslide!21M views · Aug 29, 202633.2× typical views
• I Built the World’s Biggest Backyard Waterslide!6.7M views · Aug 13, 202610.4× typical views
• The world’s most insane slides!4.2M views · Jul 6, 20266.5× typical views
• Testing KPop Demon Hunter Weapons in Real Life!3.2M views · Apr 28, 20264.9× typical views
• 1 Star vs 5 Star TEMU products 😳2.5M views · Oct 3, 20263.9× typical views
• I Tested TEMU Waterparks!5.8M views · Jun 21, 20262.9× typical views
• I Tested 1-Star vs 5-Star Waterslides!5.5M views · May 24, 20262.8× typical views

Latest videos

5 of Drew Dirksen's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• I Tested the World’s Weirdest Sleeping Products!104K views · Nov 8, 20260.1× typical views
• I Tested Horror Movie Rides in Real Life!796K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
• I Built a SECRET room in an Arcade!45K views · Oct 27, 20260.1× typical views
• I Secretly Hid in an Arcade Overnight!600K views · Oct 25, 20260.3× typical views
• My wife gets scared very easily…784K views · Oct 18, 20261.2× typical views
• I Tested Horror Movie Products in Real Life!2.7M views · Oct 18, 20261.4× typical views
• Sneaking up on my wife like an assassin71K views · Oct 15, 20260.1× typical views
• Who can escape before getting crushed!28M views · Oct 14, 202643.8× typical views
• Couch Tic Tac Toe!288K views · Oct 12, 20260.4× typical views
• I Tested the Weirdest Gaming Locations!753K views · Oct 11, 20260.4× typical views

The Challenges & Entertainment niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.2K videos from 527 channels in this niche. 15.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 70K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Tynx (288K subs, best video 148.5×), superiiorcheer (29K subs, best video 73.3×), Banijay Bluelight (221K subs, best video 13.3×), MooDMelt (177K subs, best video 155.2×), Hood Shop Moments (46K subs, best video 81.3×), BrettCooperFanPage (279K subs, best video 12.3×).

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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 Drew Dirksen or YouTube.