J. Kenji López-Alt YouTube Stats

@jkenjilopezalt · Food & Cooking · Updated Nov 6, 2026

J. Kenji López-Alt channel overview

J. Kenji López-Alt (@jkenjilopezalt) is a YouTube channel in the Food & Cooking niche created in 2006. It has 1.8M subscribers and 301M total views across 873 videos, an average of 345K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 47K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 91K views. Over the last 12 months, J. Kenji López-Alt published 59 videos (71% Shorts), and 3 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, J. Kenji López-Alt gained 0 subscribers and 752K views, about 68K views a day.

How much does J. Kenji López-Alt make?

Returbe estimates J. Kenji López-Alt's YouTube ad revenue at $3.6K – $13K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.59 to $5.72, typically $3.18, 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 $3.2K.

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

J. Kenji López-Alt publishes about 20.6 videos a month. Based on its last 59 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (22% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

J. Kenji López-Alt's best outlier videos

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

• Knife Sharpening Tools?!151K views · Aug 28, 20266.5× typical views
• How to Sharpen a Knife83K views · Aug 30, 20263.6× typical views
• Crispy Braised Chicken with White Beans and Spinach288K views · Oct 13, 20263.1× typical views
• Bring Japan Home With You (Pantry Staple Haul) | Kenji Eats Japan263K views · Sep 4, 20262.9× typical views
• DIY Instant Soup Jars229K views · Oct 7, 20262.5× typical views
• It's a BADOP! drop. It's a BADROP!56K views · Oct 31, 20262.4× typical views
• Seattle Dog PIZZA?!50K views · Sep 18, 20262.2× typical views
• How to Sharpen a Dull Knife187K views · Aug 27, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

6 of J. Kenji López-Alt's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Cooking on the River: Episode 225K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Welcome to Melonville 🍈4.7K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• Why Should I use a Paper Towel Lid/Cartouche?33K views · Nov 3, 20261.4× typical views
• BADOP! Michelada 🍹 Salty, Sweet, Umami!25K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• Introducing Cooking on the River17K views · Nov 1, 20260.7× typical views
• It's a BADOP! drop. It's a BADROP!56K views · Oct 31, 20262.4× typical views
• Braised Kabocha Squash Season!8.2K views · Oct 30, 20260.4× typical views
• Cooking on the River: Episode 1 | Our Trip to the Moab Music Festival85K views · Oct 29, 20260.9× typical views
• BADOP! Gochujang Michelada49K views · Oct 27, 20260.5× typical views
• Simple Simmered Kabocha Squash69K views · Oct 21, 20260.7× typical views

The Food & Cooking niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 677 channels in this niche. 12.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.1K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2.5 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ChefClick (46K subs, best video 110.3×), Hauptsache Wissen (130K subs, best video 29×), Outback Caravan Guide (86K subs, best video 93.4×), Chinese Cuisine 6969 (105K subs, best video 7.6×), Dadi’s Crazy Kitchen (183K subs, best video 21.7×), TODAY Food (38K subs, best video 15.5×).

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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 J. Kenji López-Alt or YouTube.