Jordan Shanks YouTube Stats

@jordanshanksselfhelp · Self-improvement & Motivation · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Jordan Shanks channel overview

Jordan Shanks (@jordanshanksselfhelp) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2017. It has 177K subscribers and 20M total views across 841 videos, an average of 23K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 39K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 29K views. Over the last 12 months, Jordan Shanks published 53 videos, and 2 of them (4%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, Jordan Shanks gained 0 subscribers and 157K views, about 14K views a day.

How much does Jordan Shanks make?

Returbe estimates Jordan Shanks's YouTube ad revenue at $1.5K – $5.5K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $11, typically $6, 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

Jordan Shanks publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (23% of uploads), usually around 07:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Jordan Shanks's best outlier videos

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

• Ethan Klein Has Cheated On Hila190K views · Oct 23, 20266.6× typical views
• why I almost quit friendlyjordies91K views · Sep 14, 20263.2× typical views
• Ethan Klein addressed the cheating situation and it's crazy79K views · Oct 24, 20262.8× typical views
• Why Medieval People Were Smarter Than You Think69K views · Apr 12, 20262.4× typical views
• Ed Sheeran is permaf**ked68K views · Sep 17, 20262.4× typical views
• How Karl Stefanovic F**ked His Life62K views · Sep 15, 20262.2× typical views
• Ed Sheeran is spiralling HARD58K views · Sep 21, 20262× typical views
• H3H3 Are Getting A Divorc356K views · Nov 3, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

10 of Jordan Shanks's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• EDP445 has been arrested22K views · Nov 5, 20260.8× typical views
• H3H3 Are Getting A Divorc356K views · Nov 3, 20262× typical views
• Why everyone is socially awkward now30K views · Nov 1, 20261.1× typical views
• Ethan Klein addressed the cheating situation and it's crazy79K views · Oct 24, 20262.8× typical views
• Ethan Klein Has Cheated On Hila190K views · Oct 23, 20266.6× typical views
• His Worst Mistake Yet23K views · Sep 30, 20260.8× typical views
• If I Was Starting Youtube Now, I Would Do This17K views · Sep 29, 20260.6× typical views
• Elizabeth Holmes documentary is f**ked50K views · Sep 24, 20261.7× typical views
• Ed Sheeran is spiralling HARD58K views · Sep 21, 20262× typical views
• "AI is going to kill us all in 3 years"48K views · Sep 18, 20261.7× typical views

The Self-improvement & Motivation niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3K videos from 185 channels in this niche. 16.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.4K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $11.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: T21 (3.7K subs, best video 45.1×), XYT WORLD (4.9K subs, best video 1158.3×), The Mental Health Space (5.8K subs, best video 16.9×), MOTIVATIONAL SD (13K subs, best video 98.4×), The Stoic Scroll (9.3K subs, best video 40.8×), stoic physiology (18K subs, best video 9.4×).

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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 Jordan Shanks or YouTube.