IBM Developer YouTube Stats

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

IBM Developer channel overview

IBM Developer (@ibmdeveloperadvocates) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2008. It has 96K subscribers and 1.8M total views across 694 videos, an average of 2.6K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 7.5K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 2.5K views. Over the last 12 months, IBM Developer published 31 videos (42% Shorts), and 8 of them (26%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, IBM Developer gained 1.5K subscribers and 31K views, about 1.9K views a day.

How much does IBM Developer make?

Returbe estimates IBM Developer's YouTube ad revenue at $204 – $817 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.01 to $12.02, typically $6.01, 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 $6K.

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Upload schedule

IBM Developer publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 52 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (40% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

IBM Developer's best outlier videos

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

• Agentic Coding + Planning: Why Specs Matter More Than Code43K views · Aug 20, 202616.8× typical views
• How to Self-Host an LLM: Local AI Inference with vLLM27K views · Sep 22, 202610.5× typical views
• How Context Engineering Improves AI Coding Agents22K views · Sep 3, 20268.5× typical views
• AI Coding Agents in CI/CD: Why Shift Left Matters21K views · Oct 15, 20268.4× typical views
• AI Coding Agents + Static Code Analysis for Safer Code16K views · Oct 8, 20266.2× typical views
• Stop Vibe Coding: Build Better Apps with Spec Kit14K views · Aug 11, 20265.3× typical views
• Local LLM Tools Tier List22K views · Sep 17, 20264.5× typical views
• Meet Bob: An AI-Powered IDE for Modern Software Development8.3K views · Feb 13, 20263.2× typical views

Latest videos

11 of IBM Developer's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Which Monitor Setup is Best?1.8K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• The Most Underrated AI Models Right Now2K views · Oct 29, 20260.4× typical views
• Build an AI Moon Explorer with Python, Astra DB and IBM Bob1.8K views · Oct 22, 20260.7× typical views
• AI Coding Agents in CI/CD: Why Shift Left Matters21K views · Oct 15, 20268.4× typical views
• AI Coding Agents + Static Code Analysis for Safer Code16K views · Oct 8, 20266.2× typical views
• Jev Explained: A New Kind of AI Model🤖8.5K views · Oct 1, 20261.7× typical views
• How AI Coding Agents Modernize Legacy Applications6.8K views · Sep 30, 20262.7× typical views
• How to Self-Host an LLM: Local AI Inference with vLLM27K views · Sep 22, 202610.5× typical views
• Local LLM Tools Tier List22K views · Sep 17, 20264.5× typical views
• How to Debug UI Bugs Faster With AI Coding Assistants1.8K views · Sep 15, 20260.7× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.7K videos from 719 channels in this niche. 11.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7.3K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 178.2×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 87.9×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.2×).

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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 IBM Developer or YouTube.