How the Mob Actually Lived YouTube Stats

@howthemobactuallylived · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 13, 2026

How the Mob Actually Lived channel overview

How the Mob Actually Lived (@howthemobactuallylived) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2026. It has 1K subscribers and 687K total views across 37 videos, an average of 19K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 20K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 7.7K views. Over the last 12 months, How the Mob Actually Lived published 30 videos, and 6 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does How the Mob Actually Lived make?

Returbe estimates How the Mob Actually Lived's YouTube ad revenue at $1.9K – $5.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $9, typically $5, 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 $5K.

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

How the Mob Actually Lived publishes about 31.5 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (53% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 13, 2026.

How the Mob Actually Lived's best outlier videos

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

• 10 Mafia Rules That Got Men Killed (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)226K views · Oct 23, 202629.5× typical views
• Every Real Godfather Character (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)91K views · Nov 5, 202611.9× typical views
• 10 Public Enemies the FBI Wanted Dead (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)62K views · Oct 23, 20268.1× typical views
• 10 Hitmen Even Mob Bosses Feared (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)30K views · Oct 23, 20263.9× typical views
• 10 More Mafia Rules That Got Men Killed (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)29K views · Oct 30, 20263.8× typical views
• Every Real Goodfellas Character (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)29K views · Nov 2, 20263.8× typical views
• 10 Things Casino Was Too Scared To Show About Tony Spilotro17K views · Oct 23, 20262.2× typical views
• 10 Biggest Snitches in Mafia History (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)14K views · Oct 30, 20261.8× typical views

Latest videos

10 of How the Mob Actually Lived's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• 10 Things The Godfather Was Too Scared To Show About Bugsy Siegel132 views · Nov 13, 20260× typical views
• More Real Godfather Characters (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)7.7K views · Nov 12, 20261× typical views
• Every Godfather Scene That Really Happened (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)3.9K views · Nov 12, 20260.5× typical views
• Every Real Sopranos Character (And What HBO Got Wrong)1.2K views · Nov 11, 20260.2× typical views
• 7 Things That Got Tommy DeSimone Killed (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)5.2K views · Nov 10, 20260.7× typical views
• 10 Mob Bosses Who Never Saw the Hit Coming (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)1.6K views · Nov 9, 20260.2× typical views
• 10 Mafia Hitmen Killed by the Mob They Worked For (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)7K views · Nov 8, 20260.9× typical views
• Every Real Irishman Character (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)1.4K views · Nov 7, 20260.2× typical views
• Every Real Godfather Character (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)91K views · Nov 5, 202611.9× typical views
• How Every New York Mob Boss Actually Lived (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)1.6K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 9K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 10.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 17K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (404K subs, best video 17.1×), FOX 29 Philadelphia (432K subs, best video 82.5×), Criminally Obsessed (248K subs, best video 11.3×), Crime 360 (243K subs, best video 11.1×), Mafia Secrets (5K subs, best video 23.1×), Frontline Crime (79K subs, best video 24.4×).

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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 How the Mob Actually Lived or YouTube.