Ludwig YouTube Stats

@ludwig · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Ludwig channel overview

Ludwig (@ludwig) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2011. It has 7.1M subscribers and 4.6B total views across 3.2K videos, an average of 1.4M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.6M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.6M views. Over the last 12 months, Ludwig published 74 videos (54% Shorts), and 5 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Ludwig gained 10K subscribers and 76M views, about 4.5M views a day.

How much does Ludwig make?

Returbe estimates Ludwig's YouTube ad revenue at $59K – $234K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.37 to $1.48, typically $0.75, 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 $750.

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

Ludwig publishes about 52.1 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (19% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Ludwig's best outlier videos

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

• Just give me a little time...7.5M views · Oct 8, 20265.2× typical views
• Thanks for the help though I guess…6.2M views · Oct 11, 20264.3× typical views
• Like let’s just think about this for a second…5.2M views · Oct 17, 20263.6× typical views
• He's just a bit... predictable4.9M views · Oct 24, 20263.4× typical views
• He's just built different...4.8M views · Sep 24, 20263.3× typical views
• The Hardest Gaming Challenge in the World4.7M views · Jul 8, 20233.3× typical views
• I Forced my Lovers to Compete in my Gameshow4.7M views · Oct 1, 20262.9× typical views
• And that's why he's my goat3.6M views · Oct 13, 20262.5× typical views

Latest videos

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

• You just don't recover from that...66K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Almost EVERYONE flipped...3.4M views · Nov 5, 20262.4× typical views
• We all fell off....541K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• I just didn't expect him to serenade me...1.6M views · Nov 3, 20261.1× typical views
• Why Schlatt always do this to me....564K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Lowkey just glad it all worked out...461K views · Nov 1, 20260.3× typical views
• Anything to help a friend out164K views · Nov 1, 20260.1× typical views
• Thank you for your sacrifice…1.4M views · Oct 31, 20261× typical views
• Was Streamer U a Mistake?1.3M views · Oct 31, 20260.8× typical views
• I put a curse on Connor...492K views · Oct 31, 20260.3× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 38K videos from 2.3K channels in this niche. 10.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 77K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 96.1×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 62.6×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 117×), Abi Army (412K subs, best video 41.9×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×).

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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 Ludwig or YouTube.