James Shack YouTube Stats

@jamesshack · Finance & Investing · Updated Nov 7, 2026

James Shack channel overview

James Shack (@jamesshack) is a YouTube channel in the Finance & Investing niche created in 2014. It has 284K subscribers and 29M total views across 127 videos, an average of 232K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 350K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 164K views. Over the last 12 months, James Shack published 16 videos, and 3 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does James Shack make?

Returbe estimates James Shack's YouTube ad revenue at $2.3K – $8.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $8 to $30, typically $14, 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 $14K.

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

James Shack publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (57% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 28, 2026.

James Shack's best outlier videos

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

• Once You Understand This, You'll Stop Working Past 572.1M views · Sep 8, 202613.1× typical views
• It's boring, but it pays 8.1% guaranteed for life872K views · Oct 8, 20265.3× typical views
• The Shocking Maths of Working (Just) One More Year529K views · Apr 11, 20263.2× typical views
• Why You’ll Never Actually Spend Your Retirement Savings457K views · Jul 10, 20262.8× typical views
• How Much Can You (Actually) Spend in Retirement with £250k/£500k/£1m?322K views · Aug 9, 20262× typical views
• 3 Signs You Should STOP Paying Into Your Pension216K views · Jul 10, 20261.3× typical views
• I’m 56 with £700k. Can I retire and (safely) spend £55k per year?211K views · Oct 28, 20261.3× typical views
• Which Should Draw First in Retirement? (The optimal order for income)169K views · May 11, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

5 of James Shack's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• I’m 56 with £700k. Can I retire and (safely) spend £55k per year?211K views · Oct 28, 20261.3× typical views
• Want to Stress Test Your Own Retirement Plan? (I've built something for you)63K views · Oct 24, 20260.4× typical views
• It's boring, but it pays 8.1% guaranteed for life872K views · Oct 8, 20265.3× typical views
• Once You Understand This, You'll Stop Working Past 572.1M views · Sep 8, 202613.1× typical views
• How Much Can You (Actually) Spend in Retirement with £250k/£500k/£1m?322K views · Aug 9, 20262× typical views
• 3 Signs You Should STOP Paying Into Your Pension216K views · Jul 10, 20261.3× typical views
• Why You’ll Never Actually Spend Your Retirement Savings457K views · Jul 10, 20262.8× typical views
• The Stupid Mistake Costing Smart People £10,000s131K views · Jun 10, 20260.8× typical views
• The Crushing Reality of Retiring Too Soon136K views · Jun 10, 20260.8× typical views
• Which Should Draw First in Retirement? (The optimal order for income)169K views · May 11, 20261× typical views

The Finance & Investing niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.9K videos from 250 channels in this niche. 6.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $8 to $30.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: BFM Business (264K subs, best video 142.2×), The Iced Coffee Hour Clips (475K subs, best video 100.4×), Rémi Lux - Investir en Bourse (31K subs, best video 54.1×), Macro Tradecraft (1.7K subs, best video 45.9×), Matthias Baccino (89K subs, best video 14.3×), Econ in a Nutshell (3K subs, best video 89×).

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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 James Shack or YouTube.