GQ YouTube Stats

@gqvideos · Film, TV & Anime · Updated Nov 8, 2026

Subscribers

8.3M

Total views

5.1B

Videos

4.8K

13 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$3.3K – $15K

RPM $1.26–$5.86

Avg. views (last 30)

786K

Typical views

597K

median per video

Avg. video length

25 min

Channel age

18 years

since Jan 16, 2008

GQ channel overview

GQ (@gqvideos) is a YouTube channel in the Film, TV & Anime niche created in 2008. It has 8.3M subscribers and 5.1B total views across 4.8K videos, an average of 1.1M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 786K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 597K views. Over the last 12 months, GQ published 37 videos (19% Shorts), and 7 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does GQ make?

Returbe estimates GQ's YouTube ad revenue at $3.3K – $15K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.26 to $5.86, typically $2.93, 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 $2.9K.

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

GQ publishes about 13 videos a month. Based on its last 37 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (32% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

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GQ's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

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

The Film, TV & Anime niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 25K videos from 2.1K channels in this niche. 16.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $7.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: 泡芙剧场PuffDrama (108K subs, best video 58.4×), Swagger Exposed Shorts (133K subs, best video 190.4×), Memelogyz (134K subs, best video 124.2×), Le Mec (205K subs, best video 150.3×), HSN Explains (25K subs, best video 63.1×), Specular Nove (54K subs, best video 57.9×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does GQ have?

GQ has 8.3M subscribers on YouTube and 5.1B total views across 4.8K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 8, 2026).

How much does GQ make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates GQ's YouTube ad revenue at $3.3K – $15K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.26–$5.86 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does GQ upload?

GQ uploads about 13 videos a month, most often on Wednesday. The last upload was on Nov 5, 2026.

What is GQ's best performing video?

"Alright, Alright, Alright" is GQ's biggest outlier: 5.2M views, 220.3× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to GQ?

Channels similar to GQ include The Johnson Brothers, Screen Junkies, Boxoffice Movie Scenes, TopMovieClips, DC.

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 GQ or YouTube.

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