Eater YouTube Stats

@eater · Food & Cooking · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Eater channel overview

Eater (@eater) is a YouTube channel in the Food & Cooking niche created in 2006. It has 4.1M subscribers and 1.5B total views across 2.6K videos, an average of 570K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 656K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 306K views. Over the last 12 months, Eater published 40 videos (25% Shorts), and 6 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Eater make?

Returbe estimates Eater's YouTube ad revenue at $7.9K – $29K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.23 to $8.04, typically $4.47, 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 $4.5K.

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

Eater publishes about 15.2 videos a month. Based on its last 40 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (25% of uploads), usually around 10:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Eater's best outlier videos

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

• Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington share hot takes on their favorite LA restaurants #food #losangeles985K views · Oct 10, 202619.4× typical views
• Why Daniel Chung Traded a Corporate Job for Restaurant Ownership [Partner content from Vanguard]893K views · Oct 13, 202617.6× typical views
• Inside the NYC Grocery Store Behind the Viral $2.90 Burger — The Experts4.9M views · Sep 8, 202616× typical views
• The Pakistani Chopped Cheese That Has NYC Obsessed — Most-Ordered3.6M views · Oct 8, 202611.8× typical views
• The McDonald's-Inspired Breakfast Sandwich That Took Over Philly — Most-Ordered2.6M views · Oct 8, 20268.5× typical views
• Inside the Pizzeria Making Massive Garlic Knots Taking Over New Jersey — Most-Ordered941K views · Aug 9, 20263.1× typical views
• How to make shrimp toast pork schnitzel #shorts #recipe137K views · Nov 6, 20262.7× typical views
• DC's Most Popular Chicken Sandwich Has a Surprise Pepperoni Bolognese Sauce — Most-Ordered656K views · Aug 9, 20262.1× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Eater's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How to make shrimp toast pork schnitzel #shorts #recipe137K views · Nov 6, 20262.7× typical views
• This potato dish taste like the best, crispiest hash brown #shorts #recipe54K views · Nov 5, 20261.1× typical views
• Inside "The Hairy Shrimp", NYC's Newest Mexican Hit138K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• What It Takes to Run One of NYC's Most Popular New Restaurants — Mise En Place477K views · Nov 3, 20261.6× typical views
• Why duck eggs make the best noodles #shorts #noodles27K views · Oct 28, 20260.5× typical views
• Why Alfie's in D.C. Is Serving Only Five Thai Curry Steak Frites a Night411K views · Oct 27, 20261.3× typical views
• How to make the ultimate sourdough focaccia barese #focaccia #sourdoughbaking #homemade40K views · Oct 25, 20260.8× typical views
• Where a Top NYC Chef Actually Eats on His Day Off – Chef's Day Off642K views · Oct 24, 20262.1× typical views
• Could this be the best ragu recipe ever? #pasta #italianfood #recipe30K views · Oct 23, 20260.6× typical views
• Is this the best pizza in New York? 🍕🤔 #nyceats #pizza #shorts58K views · Oct 22, 20261.1× typical views

The Food & Cooking niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.5K videos from 840 channels in this niche. 13.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2.5 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Hauptsache Wissen (134K subs, best video 47.4×), ChefClick (46K subs, best video 119.7×), Outback Caravan Guide (89K subs, best video 106.8×), Chinese Cuisine 6969 (105K subs, best video 7.9×), Dadi’s Crazy Kitchen (186K subs, best video 22.7×), Das perfekte Dinner | VOX (37K subs, best video 18.9×).

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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 Eater or YouTube.