NileBlue YouTube Stats

@nileblue · Science & Education · Updated Nov 7, 2026

NileBlue channel overview

NileBlue (@nileblue) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2016. It has 3.6M subscribers and 623M total views across 119 videos, an average of 5.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 3.5M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 5.1M views. Over the last 12 months, NileBlue published 36 videos (86% Shorts), and 4 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does NileBlue make?

Returbe estimates NileBlue's YouTube ad revenue at $38K – $130K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.98 to $6.79, typically $3.68, 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 $3.7K.

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

NileBlue publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 74 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (20% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

NileBlue's best outlier videos

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

• Eating the world's biggest pop rock12M views · May 22, 20265.2× typical views
• This is the purest salt I've ever seen10M views · Jul 10, 20264.5× typical views
• Making the world's strongest beer7.8M views · Dec 19, 20253.4× typical views
• This tungsten vest is ridiculously heavy7.7M views · Apr 20, 20263.3× typical views
• Tasting 100% pure alcohol5.4M views · May 1, 20262.3× typical views
• Finding gold in dirt5.3M views · Feb 4, 20262.3× typical views
• Making the world's most extreme candy (it short-circuits my brain)10M views · Nov 1, 20262× typical views
• Blood vs luminol is insane4.1M views · May 12, 20261.8× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Super powerful laser gun vs grass653K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Making the world's most extreme candy (it short-circuits my brain)10M views · Nov 1, 20262× typical views
• This mushroom tastes like chicken570K views · Oct 27, 20260.2× typical views
• This weird plant numbs your mouth1.7M views · Oct 21, 20260.7× typical views
• What did the government send me?1.4M views · Oct 14, 20260.6× typical views
• Taking the fizz out of 100 cans of Red Bull3.1M views · Jul 30, 20261.3× typical views
• I must be the densest person on the planet2.1M views · Jul 24, 20260.9× typical views
• This is the purest salt I've ever seen10M views · Jul 10, 20264.5× typical views
• Fizzy ice cream is crazy1.3M views · Jun 24, 20260.6× typical views
• Turning titanium gold using electricity2.7M views · Jun 16, 20261.2× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.2K videos from 465 channels in this niche. 12.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (52K subs, best video 377.1×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 351.4×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 24.4×), Past the Blue (36K subs, best video 16.1×), The Why Side (48K subs, best video 189.4×).

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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 NileBlue or YouTube.