Life of A Gangster YouTube Stats

@life.of.a.gangster · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Life of A Gangster channel overview

Life of A Gangster (@life.of.a.gangster) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2022. It has 148K subscribers and 19M total views across 15 videos, an average of 1.3M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.3M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 276K views. Over the last 12 months, Life of A Gangster published 5 videos (40% Shorts), and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Life of A Gangster make?

Returbe estimates Life of A Gangster's YouTube ad revenue at $13 – $39 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $8.99, 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

Life of A Gangster publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (40% of uploads), usually around 08:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 23, 2026.

Life of A Gangster's best outlier videos

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

• The CIA Drug Scandal That Changed America Forever444K views · Dec 18, 20251.6× typical views
• And the Reality Is Far More Brutal Than the Movie...276K views · Oct 14, 20261× typical views
• The Prison Break That Should Have Been Impossible418K views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• The Story of the Real Godfather of Harlem (BUMPY JOHNSON)2.7M views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• Pablo Escobar’s Worst Enemy (The Cali Cartel)2.8M views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• He Fooled the Mafia for 6 Years (and Destroyed an Entire Mob Family)124K views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• FRANK COSTELLO: The Godfather who inspired Vito Corleone (Part 2)180K views · Nov 13, 20241× typical views
• JESSE JAMES: The Wild West's Most Legendary Outlaw1.4M views · Nov 13, 20241× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Life of A Gangster's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Most Absurd Prison Escape (CAUGHT ON CAMERA)4.1K views · Oct 23, 20260× typical views
• And the Reality Is Far More Brutal Than the Movie...276K views · Oct 14, 20261× typical views
• The Unseen Godfather of Harlem: Bumpy Johnson #shorts9.1K views · May 14, 2026
• Hollywood-Style Shootout on LA Streets #shorts6.7K views · May 12, 2026
• The CIA Drug Scandal That Changed America Forever444K views · Dec 18, 20251.6× typical views
• The Prison Break That Should Have Been Impossible418K views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• The Story of the Real Godfather of Harlem (BUMPY JOHNSON)2.7M views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• Pablo Escobar’s Worst Enemy (The Cali Cartel)2.8M views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• He Fooled the Mafia for 6 Years (and Destroyed an Entire Mob Family)124K views · Nov 13, 20251× typical views
• FRANK COSTELLO: The Godfather who inspired Vito Corleone (Part 2)180K views · Nov 13, 20241× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 9K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 11% 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 17.8×), 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 Life of A Gangster or YouTube.