Hak5 YouTube Stats

@hak5 · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Hak5 channel overview

Hak5 (@hak5) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2005. It has 1M subscribers and 77M total views across 2.2K videos, an average of 36K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 21K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 20K views. Over the last 12 months, Hak5 published 57 videos (21% Shorts), and 2 of them (4%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, Hak5 gained 0 subscribers and 144K views, about 12K views a day.

How much does Hak5 make?

Returbe estimates Hak5's YouTube ad revenue at $1.6K – $6.4K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.46 to $13.83, typically $6.92, 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 $6.9K.

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

Hak5 publishes about 14.1 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (32% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Hak5's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Hak5's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• I Read OpenAI’s Hacking Report. We’re Not Ready for What’s Coming | Threat Wire61K views · Sep 11, 20263.1× typical views
• No More Routers In The US - Threat Wire61K views · Apr 1, 20263.1× typical views
• Introducing Shark Jack Display 🦈56K views · Jun 8, 20262.8× typical views
• A Phone Call Can Now Spread a Zero-Click Worm | Threat Wire49K views · Sep 17, 20262.5× typical views
• How One Image Led Researchers Inside OpenAI | Threat Wire49K views · Oct 3, 20262.5× typical views
• Your Home Internet Has a New Owner | Threat Wire47K views · Jul 15, 20262.4× typical views
• BOTS WIPED OUT? | Threat Wire40K views · Oct 23, 20262.1× typical views
• Google’s Silent AI Install: What They’re Hiding in Your Files #cybersecurity @endi19K views · May 21, 20261.9× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Hak5's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Introducing Theme Studio Pro7.7K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• A 12-Year-Old Security Flaw Was Just the Beginning | Threat Wire23K views · Nov 4, 20261.2× typical views
• Trust Me Bro Then Websites Went Offline (The php2shell story) | Threat Wire28K views · Nov 2, 20261.4× typical views
• 🍍📟 Introducing 2.0 for WiFi Pineapple Pager and One More Thing...13K views · Nov 1, 20260.6× typical views
• 🔴 [PAYLOAD] Shark Jack Display 🦈0 views · Nov 1, 20260× typical views
• 🍍📟 Theme Hacking Tip - WiFi Pineapple Pager #pentesting #hacking #cybersecurity6.8K views · Oct 26, 20260.7× typical views
• BOTS WIPED OUT? | Threat Wire40K views · Oct 23, 20262.1× typical views
• 🍍📟 Don't dox yourself: Censor Mode - WiFi Pineapple Pager #pentesting #hacking #cybersecurity8.2K views · Oct 21, 20260.8× typical views
• 🍍📟 "App Store" Anyone?: Pager Portal - WiFi Pineapple Pager #pentesting #hacking #cybersecurity6.7K views · Oct 20, 20260.7× typical views
• Hackers Turned GitHub Against Its Own Users | Threat Wire32K views · Oct 18, 20261.7× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.8K videos from 724 channels in this niche. 11.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7.1K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 177.6×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 81.1×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×).

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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 Hak5 or YouTube.