Marques Brownlee YouTube Stats

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

Marques Brownlee channel overview

Marques Brownlee (@mkbhd) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2008. It has 21M subscribers and 5.9B total views across 1.9K videos, an average of 3.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 8.5M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 6.1M views. Over the last 12 months, Marques Brownlee published 51 videos (25% Shorts), and 1 of them (2%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Marques Brownlee make?

Returbe estimates Marques Brownlee's YouTube ad revenue at $463K – $1.9M per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.29 to $13.15, typically $6.58, 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 $6.6K.

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

Marques Brownlee publishes about 7.6 videos a month. Based on its last 52 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (23% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 3, 2026.

Marques Brownlee's best outlier videos

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

• iPhone 18 Pro/Duo Impressions: Mogged28M views · Sep 10, 20264.6× typical views
• iPhone Duo is here8.8M views · Sep 10, 20262.4× typical views
• The Wildest Camera Robot8.7M views · Aug 25, 20262.3× typical views
• Xiaomi 18 Pro Max: They've Done It Again!14M views · Sep 24, 20262.3× typical views
• iPhone Duo Review: First Generation Fun!13M views · Oct 21, 20262.2× typical views
• iPhone Duo: What We Missed!13M views · Sep 12, 20262.1× typical views
• Xiaomi 18 Fold: How Does This Happen?13M views · Oct 2, 20262.1× typical views
• Apple Products That DON'T Exist7.6M views · Jun 4, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

15 of Marques Brownlee's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• OLED iPad Mini is The Most Apple Product They've Ever Appled9.7M views · Nov 3, 20261.6× typical views
• Macbook PROLED XDR Impressions: They Said They Wouldn't!12M views · Oct 29, 20261.9× typical views
• This can SEE Sound!2.6M views · Oct 27, 20260.7× typical views
• ASMR iPhone Duo Unboxing2.3M views · Oct 21, 20260.6× typical views
• iPhone Duo Review: First Generation Fun!13M views · Oct 21, 20262.2× typical views
• The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction12M views · Oct 17, 20262× typical views
• Apple Homeview Impressions: Not Convinced!11M views · Oct 13, 20261.8× typical views
• WTF is a Googlebook?9.1M views · Oct 8, 20261.5× typical views
• Xiaomi 18 Fold: How Does This Happen?13M views · Oct 2, 20262.1× typical views
• Dear YouTube!5.9M views · Sep 30, 20261× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.7K videos from 719 channels in this niche. 11.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7.3K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 178.2×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 87.9×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.2×).

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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 Marques Brownlee or YouTube.