Night Drive Thoughts YouTube Stats

@nightdrivethoughts · Self-improvement & Motivation · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Night Drive Thoughts channel overview

Night Drive Thoughts (@nightdrivethoughts) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2015. It has 22K subscribers and 46M total views across 461 videos, an average of 100K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 131K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, Night Drive Thoughts published 108 videos (100% Shorts), and 8 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 15 days, Night Drive Thoughts gained 2.9K subscribers and 9.1M views, about 606K views a day.

How much does Night Drive Thoughts make?

Returbe estimates Night Drive Thoughts's YouTube ad revenue at $657 – $2.2K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.03 to $0.1, typically $0.06, 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 $60.

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Upload schedule

Night Drive Thoughts publishes about 117.3 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (16% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Night Drive Thoughts's best outlier videos

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

• Do Not Look Into Other People's Homes In Old Age #shorts #wisdom #oldage523K views · Nov 2, 20266× typical views
• Want To Live To 90? Do This #shorts #wisdom #longevity454K views · Oct 10, 20265.2× typical views
• The Happiest Person In Old Age #shorts #oldage #happiness #wisdom424K views · Oct 29, 20264.9× typical views
• Foolish Mistakes People Make In Old Age #shorts #oldage #lifelessons #mindfulness424K views · Oct 31, 20264.9× typical views
• 8 Emergency Mistakes That Could Cost You Your Life ⚠️ #shorts #wisdom #life373K views · Oct 23, 20264.3× typical views
• You Call These Problems. Others Call Them Blessings ❤️ #shorts #mindset #life316K views · Oct 24, 20263.6× typical views
• 10 Old-Fashioned Home Habits That Make Life Easier 🏡 #shorts #home #wisdom294K views · Oct 24, 20263.4× typical views
• What Happens After Age 70 #shorts #wisdom #gettingolder #aging286K views · Nov 2, 20263.3× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Night Drive Thoughts's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Why Is It So Sad After A Whole Life #shorts #wisdom #gettingolder747 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Never Reveal Your Will To Your Family Before Age 70 #shorts #wisdom #family3.9K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• The Sickening Reality You Realize After 60 #shorts #wisdom #gettingolder54K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• 7 Rules For Life From A 91-Year-Old Man #shorts #wisdom #gettingolder226K views · Nov 5, 20262.6× typical views
• Money You Must Never Spend After 60 #shorts #wisdom #financialfreedom7.9K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views
• Do Not Sign Over Your House To Your Children Before You Die #shorts #wisdom #family109K views · Nov 5, 20261.3× typical views
• The Difference Between A Happy And An Unhappy Person #shorts #wisdom #psychology181K views · Nov 4, 20262.1× typical views
• Never Mix Money With Relatives After 60 #shorts #wisdom #financialfreedom14K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• People Who Are Happy In Old Age #shorts #wisdom #aging #happiness256K views · Nov 4, 20262.9× typical views
• 7 Unwritten Nutrition Rules After 60 #shorts #healthytips #wisdom101K views · Nov 4, 20261.2× typical views

The Self-improvement & Motivation niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3K videos from 185 channels in this niche. 16.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.2K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $11.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: T21 (3.7K subs, best video 45.1×), XYT WORLD (4.9K subs, best video 1158.3×), The Mental Health Space (5.8K subs, best video 16.9×), MOTIVATIONAL SD (13K subs, best video 98.4×), The Stoic Scroll (9.3K subs, best video 40.8×), stoic physiology (18K subs, best video 10.7×).

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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 Night Drive Thoughts or YouTube.