The Linux Foundation YouTube Stats

@linuxfoundationorg · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 12, 2026

The Linux Foundation channel overview

The Linux Foundation (@linuxfoundationorg) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2008. It has 216K subscribers and 21M total views across 9.6K videos, an average of 2.2K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 520 views, and a typical video (the median) gets 249 views. Over the last 12 months, The Linux Foundation published 31 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Linux Foundation make?

Returbe estimates The Linux Foundation's YouTube ad revenue at $1.4K – $5.4K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $4 to $16, typically $8, 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 $8K.

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

The Linux Foundation publishes about 33.7 videos a month. Based on its last 31 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (87% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 9, 2026.

The Linux Foundation's best outlier videos

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

• Free Mainframe Test Infrastructure Is Now Open to Any Open Source Project | John Mertic1.7K views · Nov 5, 20261.7× typical views
• Keynote: Technical Documentation for... - Erin McKean, Google Open Source Programs Office, Google1.7K views · Nov 3, 20261.7× typical views
• LF Live Maintainer Session: My Life as a Linux Kernel Developer and Maintainer with Mike Rapoport1.4K views · Nov 3, 20261.4× typical views
• Lightning Talk: One Line of YAML Leaks Your Secrets: The Pwn-Request Pattern - Arpit Jain1.1K views · Nov 6, 20261.1× typical views
• AI Everywhere, Trust Nowhere: Navigating Open... Christopher "CRob" Robinson & Adrianne Marcum1K views · Nov 3, 20261× typical views
• MCP and AI Protocols: Questions for Open Source Managers - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation762 views · Nov 3, 20260.8× typical views
• Panel: Having an SBOM... Takashi Ninjouji, Yoshiyuki Ito, Kiyoshi Owada, Tsukasa Yobo & Yumi Tomita573 views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views
• Strategic Approach To Demonstrating the Value of OSS Efforts - Dawn Foster, Fast Wonder446 views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views

Latest videos

2 of The Linux Foundation's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Mainframe's Next Chapter: AI, Observability, and Open Source | John Mertic, Linux Foundation1.2K views · Nov 9, 2026
• Vendor Lock-In Is the Biggest Risk to Your Data Infrastructure | Bianca Lewis1.5K views · Nov 6, 2026
• Lightning Talk: One Line of YAML Leaks Your Secrets: The Pwn-Request Pattern - Arpit Jain1.1K views · Nov 6, 20261.1× typical views
• Free Mainframe Test Infrastructure Is Now Open to Any Open Source Project | John Mertic1.7K views · Nov 5, 20261.7× typical views
• Labgrid & Board Farming BOF - Rouven Czerwinski, Linaro153 views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Life Finds a Way, Sandboxed Agents, Observable Verdicts - Henrik Rexed, Dynatrace186 views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Making Your CI Lab Mo... - Patrick Titiano, System Power Management Expert at BayLibre, Baylibre SAS198 views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Evolving the YAML Family (without Breaking the World) - Ingy döt Net, YAML LLC152 views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• How Open Source Communities and... - Norio Kobota, Sony Group Corporation & Alin Jerpelea, Sony144 views · Nov 3, 20260.1× typical views
• Challenges Using an IEC Standard in Open Source - Nico Rikken, OSPO member, Alliander140 views · Nov 3, 20260.1× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 14K videos from 1.2K channels in this niche. 11.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.6K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Fun_Games (71K subs, best video 322.3×), Memes Land (89K subs, best video 156.2×), Tech Meets East (24K subs, best video 15.5×), Sprunki Land (52K subs, best video 86×), MR Mocha White (19K subs, best video 286.8×), Fun Universe (57K subs, best video 92.1×).

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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 The Linux Foundation or YouTube.