Explains 101 YouTube Stats

@explains101 · Finance & Investing · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Explains 101 channel overview

Explains 101 (@explains101) is a YouTube channel in the Finance & Investing niche created in 2024. It has 353K subscribers and 19M total views across 70 videos, an average of 268K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 256K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, Explains 101 published 4 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Explains 101 make?

Returbe doesn't have enough recent views to estimate Explains 101's monthly revenue. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $8 to $30, typically $14, 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 $14K.

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Upload schedule

Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (40% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Jan 25, 2026.

Explains 101's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Explains 101's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Is the AI Boom Just Another Bubble?65K views · Jan 25, 20261× typical views
• How Banks Create Money From Nothing (Fractional Reserve Banking)74K views · Dec 29, 20251× typical views
• How Private Equity Keeps Killing Your Favorite Brands63K views · Dec 7, 20251× typical views
• Why Japan Is Stuck (And Still Rich Anyway)102K views · Nov 16, 20251× typical views
• Why Nobody Can Afford a Home Anymore552K views · Oct 26, 20251× typical views
• Credit Cards EXPLAINED: The Traps, Rewards, and Hidden Truths231K views · Oct 5, 20251× typical views
• Why the Rich Pretend to Be Poor (And Why You Should Too)338K views · Sep 20, 20251× typical views
• How Scammers Rig the Stock Market117K views · Sep 3, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

0 of Explains 101's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Is the AI Boom Just Another Bubble?65K views · Jan 25, 20261× typical views
• How Banks Create Money From Nothing (Fractional Reserve Banking)74K views · Dec 29, 20251× typical views
• How Private Equity Keeps Killing Your Favorite Brands63K views · Dec 7, 20251× typical views
• Why Japan Is Stuck (And Still Rich Anyway)102K views · Nov 16, 20251× typical views
• Why Nobody Can Afford a Home Anymore552K views · Oct 26, 20251× typical views
• Credit Cards EXPLAINED: The Traps, Rewards, and Hidden Truths231K views · Oct 5, 20251× typical views
• Why the Rich Pretend to Be Poor (And Why You Should Too)338K views · Sep 20, 20251× typical views
• How Scammers Rig the Stock Market117K views · Sep 3, 20251× typical views
• What Happens When a Country Goes Bankrupt?432K views · Aug 15, 20251× typical views
• Why Markets Panic When Central Banks Speak129K views · Jul 31, 20251× typical views

The Finance & Investing niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.2K videos from 181 channels in this niche. 5.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $8 to $30.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: BFM Business (264K subs, best video 96.9×), The Iced Coffee Hour Clips (474K subs, best video 83.8×), Rémi Lux - Investir en Bourse (30K subs, best video 57.1×), Oba News (14K subs, best video 47×), CME Group (50K subs, best video 32×), Property Accelerator - James Nicholson (59K subs, best video 5.7×).

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Frequently asked questions

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