Nate Herk | AI Automation YouTube Stats

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

Nate Herk | AI Automation channel overview

Nate Herk | AI Automation (@nateherk) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2013. It has 1.1M subscribers and 66M total views across 586 videos, an average of 113K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 55K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 127K views. Over the last 12 months, Nate Herk | AI Automation published 76 videos (57% Shorts), and 8 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Nate Herk | AI Automation gained 30K subscribers and 4.1M views, about 239K views a day.

How much does Nate Herk | AI Automation make?

Returbe estimates Nate Herk | AI Automation's YouTube ad revenue at $28K – $112K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.34 to $13.37, typically $6.69, 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 $6.7K.

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

Nate Herk | AI Automation publishes about 48.9 videos a month. Based on its last 81 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (26% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Nate Herk | AI Automation's best outlier videos

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

• Build & Sell n8n AI Agents (8+ Hour Course, No Code)2M views · May 23, 202517.9× typical views
• Claude has completely changed how I edit videos247K views · Oct 14, 20267.7× typical views
• Claude Code + Blender = Insane 3D Renders203K views · Oct 20, 20266.4× typical views
• n8n Masterclass: Build AI Agents & Automate Workflows (Beginner to Pro)560K views · Oct 20, 20245× typical views
• How I Sold These 4 AI Agents for $23,000 (as a beginner)509K views · Aug 31, 20254.6× typical views
• I Told Claude to "Make it better" 100 Times (It Went Too Far)563K views · Oct 30, 20264.4× typical views
• I Built the Ultimate AI Board of Advisors139K views · Oct 13, 20264.4× typical views
• I Tested OpenAI's Dots vs. Meta's Muse. What You Need to Know.501K views · Sep 30, 20264× typical views

Latest videos

5 of Nate Herk | AI Automation's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Do people say please to AI?1.4K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• What's the dumbest thing you've asked AI?1.8K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Would you let AI text for you for a week?3K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views
• Every AI Business Ranked from Worst to Best68K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• Describe AI agents in 2027 in one word5.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Favorite person in AI? Asking people at Oracle AI World4.8K views · Nov 4, 20260.1× typical views
• What's your favorite AI model?11K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Which AI tool do people at Oracle AI World use the most?12K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• AI co-founder or human co-founder?5.7K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• I Turned Codex Into My AI Operating System42K views · Nov 2, 20261.3× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.9K videos from 733 channels in this niche. 11.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7.2K 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 Nate Herk | AI Automation or YouTube.