MacRumors YouTube Stats

@macrumors · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 6, 2026

MacRumors channel overview

MacRumors (@macrumors) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2006. It has 662K subscribers and 227M total views across 1.8K videos, an average of 124K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 135K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 185K views. Over the last 12 months, MacRumors published 62 videos (23% Shorts), and 7 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, MacRumors gained 1K subscribers and 2.1M views, about 129K views a day.

How much does MacRumors make?

Returbe estimates MacRumors's YouTube ad revenue at $13K – $53K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.79 to $15.15, typically $7.57, 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 $7.6K.

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

MacRumors publishes about 22.8 videos a month. Based on its last 62 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (21% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

MacRumors's best outlier videos

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

• iPhone Duo Sold Out til 2027405K views · Oct 16, 202644.9× typical views
• iOS 27 is Out Now! These Are the Features You NEED to Try1.6M views · Sep 14, 20268.6× typical views
• iPhone Duo Hands-On: I’m VERY Impressed1.4M views · Sep 10, 20267.7× typical views
• Apple Announcing New Products Next Week: 'Pro and Tell'66K views · Oct 19, 20267.3× typical views
• Should you buy the Duo? Pass this test.52K views · Oct 5, 20265.8× typical views
• Everything Apple Announced at Its Welcome Home Event (Apple HomeView, and More)729K views · Oct 13, 20263.9× typical views
• Netflix added a fake reflection29K views · Oct 25, 20263.2× typical views
• Apple’s HUGE September Event Recap: Everything Announced (iPhone Duo, 18 Pro, and More)437K views · Sep 9, 20262.4× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Rewind a conversation. On your wrist.2.7K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Everything New in iOS 27.3 Beta 1 (Big Siri AI Upgrade!)36K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• OLED iPad mini Review: One Week Later Impressions!103K views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views
• Why video multitasking works on the iPhone Duo7.4K views · Nov 1, 20260.8× typical views
• iPhone Duo Review: Why I’m Keeping It Over My Pro Max270K views · Oct 30, 20261.5× typical views
• A touchscreen Mac? Hmm5.3K views · Oct 29, 20260.6× typical views
• New MacBook Pro: OLED, Touchscreen & a BIG Price Increase129K views · Oct 28, 20260.7× typical views
• Apple’s M6 MacBook Pro & iMac: Everything New!156K views · Oct 27, 20260.8× typical views
• iPad mini with OLED is OFFICIAL: Everything You Need to Know!138K views · Oct 26, 20260.7× typical views
• Netflix added a fake reflection29K views · Oct 25, 20263.2× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.9K videos from 730 channels in this niche. 11.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 177.6×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 81.1×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×).

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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 MacRumors or YouTube.