Friend YouTube Stats

@friendpov · Gaming · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Friend channel overview

Friend (@friendpov) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2012. It has 1.9M subscribers and 881M total views across 1.1K videos, an average of 790K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 519K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 607K views. Over the last 12 months, Friend published 53 videos (13% Shorts), and 3 of them (6%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 7 days, Friend gained 0 subscribers and 6.2M views, about 879K views a day.

How much does Friend make?

Returbe estimates Friend's YouTube ad revenue at $42K – $168K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.41 to $5.63, typically $2.81, 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 $2.8K.

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

Friend publishes about 17.4 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (23% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Friend's best outlier videos

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

• YOU Become BYTE the GLITCH Dragon!5.3M views · Aug 23, 20268.7× typical views
• You are 100% SUPER BUFF in Minecraft3M views · Sep 3, 20264.9× typical views
• YOU Play DATE MARRY KILL!2M views · Aug 20, 20263.3× typical views
• Can me and my friends BREAK BEDROCK in Minecraft!?940K views · Sep 11, 20262.9× typical views
• YOU can NEVER DIE!1.7M views · Sep 13, 20262.8× typical views
• YOU Play SPIN THE BOTTLE in Minecraft!1.6M views · Sep 6, 20262.6× typical views
• YOU become a WEREWOLF!1.5M views · Oct 18, 20262.4× typical views
• YOUR ORIGINS As The LAST ENDERMAN!1.4M views · Sep 15, 20262.4× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Your Friends Have NO EMOTIONS!208K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• I’m a PROTECTIVE Werewolf210K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• YOU Stop EVERYONE Breaking UP!385K views · Nov 1, 20260.6× typical views
• YOU are a ZOMBIE!890K views · Oct 29, 20261.5× typical views
• Never Have I Ever CHEATED?!160K views · Oct 28, 20260.3× typical views
• YOU on Monster Skyblock!621K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• YOU Trick or Treat in 99 Nights!241K views · Oct 24, 20260.4× typical views
• You CHEAT in Manhunt... like dream1.3M views · Oct 22, 20262.1× typical views
• Trapped by Vampire Girls!348K views · Oct 20, 20260.6× typical views
• YOU become a WEREWOLF!1.5M views · Oct 18, 20262.4× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 40K videos from 2.5K channels in this niche. 10.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 77K 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 226.7×), Star Hunt (284K subs, best video 93.8×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 175.4×), Angelixpearl (410K subs, best video 116.9×), Abi Army (413K subs, best video 44.9×), 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 Friend or YouTube.