GothamChess YouTube Stats

@gothamchess · Gaming · Updated Nov 7, 2026

GothamChess channel overview

GothamChess (@gothamchess) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2018. It has 8.5M subscribers and 6.6B total views across 3.5K videos, an average of 1.9M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.3M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 995K views. Over the last 12 months, GothamChess published 77 videos (57% Shorts), and 4 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, GothamChess gained 200K subscribers and 202M views, about 12M views a day.

How much does GothamChess make?

Returbe estimates GothamChess's YouTube ad revenue at $193K – $762K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.47 to $1.86, typically $0.94, 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 $940.

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

GothamChess publishes about 48.9 videos a month. Based on its last 77 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (17% of uploads), usually around 12:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

GothamChess's best outlier videos

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

• SOLOMON IS OUT IN DEADLOCK8.6M views · Oct 9, 20265.1× typical views
• Olise Smiling ❤️7.6M views · Oct 31, 20264.6× typical views
• GPT-6 ASTRA vs CLAUDE FABLE 5.1 (INSANE CHESS MATCH)3.6M views · Oct 12, 20263.6× typical views
• 35005.7M views · Oct 7, 20263.4× typical views
• WITTYALIEN DEFEATS MAGNUS CARLSEN!!!!!2.4M views · Sep 30, 20262.4× typical views
• WHO IS LEVI4M views · Oct 20, 20262.4× typical views
• GPT-6 Astra Solved Chess. Unbelievable.2.3M views · Oct 10, 20262.3× typical views
• GOTHAM I DID IT3.7M views · Oct 16, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• BLINDFOLD BATTLE86K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views
• Michael Olise is a CHESS GRANDMASTER885K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• HE TIME TRAVELED304K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Men's Fantasy313K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• GTA 6 Chess Bots Are Absolutely Terrifying775K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• JYNXZI vs GOTHAM BLINDFOLD411K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• Straight Man791K views · Nov 2, 20260.5× typical views
• HE IS 4000 CHESS ELO. How?1M views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• This is who you make fun of 💔1.5M views · Nov 2, 20260.9× typical views
• GUESS THE ELO IS RUINING MY LIFE1.3M views · Oct 31, 20261.3× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 40K videos from 2.5K channels in this niche. 11.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 76K 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 421.5×), Angelixpearl (410K subs, best video 161.7×), Star Hunt (284K subs, best video 93.4×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 175.4×), 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 GothamChess or YouTube.