Hey Peter YouTube Stats

@heypeterreal · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Hey Peter channel overview

Hey Peter (@heypeterreal) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2020. It has 139K subscribers and 11M total views across 50 videos, an average of 228K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 257K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 110K views. Over the last 12 months, Hey Peter published 9 videos, and 1 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Hey Peter gained 0 subscribers and 94K views, about 5.6K views a day.

How much does Hey Peter make?

Returbe estimates Hey Peter's YouTube ad revenue at $264 – $1.1K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $6, typically $3, 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 $3K.

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

Based on its last 44 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (39% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Sep 18, 2026.

Hey Peter's best outlier videos

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

• The Absurd World Of Postal 2 Mods371K views · Nov 28, 20253.4× typical views
• The Most Esoteric Video Game Ever Made | Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages238K views · May 15, 20262.2× typical views
• The Surreal/Creepy Games Iceberg Explained209K views · Feb 18, 20261.9× typical views
• The Heartbreaking Story Behind The Darkest Sonic Creepypasta Ever Written189K views · Dec 5, 20251.7× typical views
• The Horror Game That Defined Childhood Trauma | Fran Bow338K views · Oct 3, 20251× typical views
• Why Postal 2 is A Timeless American Classic672K views · Sep 7, 20251× typical views
• A Tale of Two Postal Movies (Postal Movies Review)110K views · Sep 2, 20261× typical views
• Why The Internet's Loneliest Indie Game Is Still Unsolved | 0_abyssalSomewhere132K views · Jul 30, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Why Condemned: Criminal Origins Is A Timeless Horror Classic (Retrospective)66K views · Sep 18, 20260.6× typical views
• A Tale of Two Postal Movies (Postal Movies Review)110K views · Sep 2, 20261× typical views
• The Terrifying World of Horror FPS Games106K views · Jul 8, 20261× typical views
• The Most Esoteric Video Game Ever Made | Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages238K views · May 15, 20262.2× typical views
• The Surreal/Creepy Games Iceberg Explained209K views · Feb 18, 20261.9× typical views
• The Indie Games They Don't Want You To Know About104K views · Dec 19, 20250.9× typical views
• 13 Hours of Strange Games To Fall Asleep To (2024 Edition)16K views · Dec 12, 20250.1× typical views
• The Heartbreaking Story Behind The Darkest Sonic Creepypasta Ever Written189K views · Dec 5, 20251.7× typical views
• The Absurd World Of Postal 2 Mods371K views · Nov 28, 20253.4× typical views
• Toby Fox's Most CONTROVERSIAL Game | Earthbound Halloween Hack51K views · Nov 1, 20250.5× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 38K videos from 2.3K channels in this niche. 10.1% 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 77.1×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 62.6×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 119.4×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×), Angelixpearl (409K subs, best video 104.8×).

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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 Hey Peter or YouTube.